Toolbox

Toolbox

Explore public history initiatives at the intersection of women’s, labour, and migration history. The Toolbox brings together exhibitions, oral history projects, archives, films, podcasts, graphic novels, research platforms, ethical and methodological guidelines, and other resources from across Europe and beyond. As a growing collection, it aims to increase the visibility of existing projects and encourage exchange, inspiration, and collaboration. We invite you to contribute your own project through the submission form below.

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GUESTures / GOSTIkulacije

Institution: Margareta Kern

GUESTures / GOSTIkulacije is a decade-long project by artist Margareta Kern that combines a dual-channel video installation with a participatory migratory archive to trace the overlooked histories of Yugoslav ‘guest workers’ – women who migrated to West Berlin in the late 1960s and early 1970s to work in television fac …

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Exhibition, Movie

Adults, Multipliers, Researchers

Video

Standing up for human rights and workers' rights Setting off and leaving behind Resisting in invisibility Negotiating belonging and identity Facing discrimination and marginalization Dealing with challenges in a new environment Creating a home
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Negotiating Solidarity

Institution: KADOC-KU Leuven

Sensitive Stories – Archive or Publish

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Oral History, Participartory Remembrance

Multipliers, Researchers, Students

Text

Standing up for human rights and workers' rights Dealing with challenges in a new environment Building communities and supporting each other
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ESTRANCA

Institution: Radboud University Nijmegen; Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Sensitive Stories – Archive or Publish

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Oral History

Multipliers, Researchers

Text

Working double Caring for family across borders
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Vijfeeuwenmigratie.nl

Institution: Centrum voor de Geschiedenis van Migranten (CGM)

Sensitive Stories – Archive or Publish

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Online Platform

Adults, Youth

Text

Standing up for human rights and workers' rights Setting off and leaving behind Seeking opportunities Resisting in invisibility Facing discrimination and marginalization Dealing with challenges in a new environment Caring for family across borders Building communities and supporting each other
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Video Interviews: “Voices on 60 German-Turkish years” as part of the exhibition “We are from here: Turkish-German life in 1990. Photographs by Ergun Çağatay”

Institution: Ruhr Museum

Sensitive Stories – Archive or Publish

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Exhibition, Oral History

Adults, Community Organisations, Youth

Video

Resisting in invisibility Negotiating belonging and identity Navigating life decisions Building communities and supporting each other
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In the Shadow. Women on the Move

Institution: WEMov

Sensitive Stories – Archive or Publish

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Movie

Multipliers, Researchers

Video

Working double Standing up for human rights and workers' rights Resisting in invisibility Facing discrimination and marginalization
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Sensitive Stories: Archive or Publish? – Ethical Framework for Handling Privacy‑Sensitive Oral Histories at the Red Star Line Museum

Institution: Red Star Line Museum

Sensitive Stories – Archive or Publish

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Guidelines, Oral History

Community Organisations, Museums and Heritage Institutions, Researchers

PDF

Standing up for human rights and workers' rights Resisting in invisibility Facing discrimination and marginalization Building communities and supporting each other

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Did you work on the topic of female labour migration in public history and would like to contribute a resource to this toolbox? Then use this form:

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