{"id":156357,"date":"2025-11-26T10:26:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/?post_type=event&p=156357"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T08:56:20","slug":"who-cared-intergenerational-conversations-on-belonging-and-care-migration","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/talk\/who-cared-intergenerational-conversations-on-belonging-and-care-migration-156357\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO CARED"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shortage of care workers and care migration are not new phenomena. As early as the 1960s and 70s, people from abroad were systematically recruited to the Federal Republic of Germany to fill staffing gaps in the care sector. Most of them came from South Korea, the Philippines and India. Their experiences have shaped German history \u2014 yet they often remain invisible.<\/p>\n

WHO CARED<\/strong>\u00a0makes these stories visible. In video portraits, the online archive preserves the life stories of the women who left their homes more than 60 years ago to work in care. What makes the project special: they are interviewed by their children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews.<\/p>\n

With a focus on care migration from the South Indian state of Kerala, Urmila Goel and Viola Mattathil-Reuther discuss how this migration history can be researched \u2014 and what we can learn from it for the present, as Germany once again increasingly recruits people from India and other countries to work in care. At the age of 16, Thressiamma Arackal herself came to the Federal Republic from Kerala in the 1975, worked as a nurse in Hamm (Westphalia) for 40 years and started a family. In a conversation with her son Abhilash, she talks about her experiences. The two provide insights into the archiving and remembrance work of WHO CARED. The talks will be accompanied by music by Manoj Kurian and the bar will be open.<\/p>\n

What kinds of boundaries does migration draw between the lived experiences of two generations?\u00a0<\/em>What longings shape these lives?\u00a0<\/em>How do former nurses look back on care work, migration and their own histories?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thressiamma Arackal\u2019s story and two additional films from the project can be viewed in the exhibition of the annual programme\u00a0Family Matters<\/a> at the Humboldt Forum until July 2026.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n
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