Giving immigrants a voice: exploring migration and identity in the video series Germania
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28-09-2022
David Coury
Résumé
In 2016, the German production company funk began a new weekly series of short documentary videos, Germania, designed to explore German identity and the reality of those living with a migration background. Although one in five people in Germany today have a migratory background, the focus of the series, according to promotional materials, was not the immigration debate (which has consumed much of public policy since 2015) but rather the fact that Germany has long been a land of immigration and is today firmly a multicultural society. Each video, ranging between 5 and 15 minutes, portrays a well-known young artist who talks in first-person about identity, their roots, and the geographies that have shaped and impacted them as well as their perspectives on Germany. The series eschews the traditional documentary format in favor of digital media and a YouTube/TikTok aesthetic. This article explores a select number of these videos and analyzes the concept of identity that they convey as well as the format chosen as a kind of synthesis of traditional documentary and digital media.
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Aydemir, F. (2020). Work. Transit, 12(2).
Bauman, Z. (1991). Modernity and Ambivalence. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Bausinger, H., & Köstlin, K. (1979). Heimat und Identität. Probleme regionaler Kultur. Wachholtz: Neumünster.
Blickle, P. (2002). Heimat: A Critical Theory of the German Idea of Homeland. Rochester, NY: Camden House.
Bock, J., & Macdonald, S. (2019). Refugees Welcome? Difference and Diversity in a Changing Germany. New York: Berghahn.
Dische-Becker, E. (2017). Ohne Humor ist man bestens integriert. Zeit-Online. https://www.zeit.de/kultur/film/2017-07/islam-fernsehen-funk-germania-datteltaeter-diversitaet-grimme-online-award.
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Einashe, I., & Roueché, T. (2019). The Power of the Story. In I. Einashe & T. Roueché (Eds.), Lost in Media: Migrant Perspectives and the Public Sphere (pp. 11-16). Amsterdam: Valiz.
Foroutan, N. (2019a). Die postmigrantische Gesellschaft. Bielefeld: transcript.
Foroutan, N. (2019b). The Post-migrant Paradigm. In J. Bock & S. Macdonald (Eds.), Refugees Welcome? Difference and Diversity in a Changing Germany (pp. 142-167). New York: Berghahn.
Germania (2017). AK Ausserkontrolle [Video]. YouTube. 8 February, 2017. https://youtu.be/Ll3Lllbmmrc.
Germania (2017). Captain Bra [Video]. YouTube. 18 January, 2017. https://youtu.be/7_oNPNvjphs.
Germania (2017). Celo & Abdi [Video]. YouTube. 27 September, 2017. https://youtu.be/mr7QgI4zavo.
Germania (2017). Elif [Video]. YouTube. 6 December, 2017. https://youtu.be/J7Q4BQXPNXY.
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Risager, K. (2006). Language and Culture: Global Flows and Local Complexity. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Sternburg, J. (2020). Das ist Germania. Munich: Droemer.
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ZDF Presse (2020). ZDF und funk zeigen neue Staffel des Erfolgsformats «GERMANIA». Presseportal ZDF. https://presseportal.zdf.de/pressemitteilung/mitteilung/zdf-und-funk-zeigen-neue-staffel-des-erfolgsformats-germania/Risager, K. (2006). Language and Culture: Global Flows and Local Complexity. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Sternburg, J. (2020). Das ist Germania. Munich: Droemer.
Will, A. (2020). Migrationshintergrund—wieso, woher, wohin? Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. https://www.bpb.de/themen/migration-integration/laenderprofile/deutschland/304523/migrationshintergrund-wieso-woher-wohin/
Wimmer, A. (2008). The Making and Unmaking of Ethnic Boundaries. A Multilevel Process Theory. American Journal of Sociology, 113(4), 970-1022.
ZDF Presse (2020). ZDF und funk zeigen neue Staffel des Erfolgsformats «GERMANIA». Presseportal ZDF. https://presseportal.zdf.de/pressemitteilung/mitteilung/zdf-und-funk-zeigen-neue-staffel-des-erfolgsformats-germania/
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