Pedagogical Tools

 

Key Results (2017-2020)

 

The Pedagogical Tools component of the New Migration Narratives project aimed to build a set of practical resources to support skill building of progressive campaigners and spokespersons to positively reshape the public and policy debates on migration and integration. Key outcomes were:

1. Reframing Migration Narratives toolkit launched in English and German in December 2018.

  • 30,000 pageviews of the toolkit (Aug 2020) and recognised as an important contribution by key partners, e.g. OECD.
  • 5000 copies of '12 keys to reframing the migration debate' distributed in English, German and Italian.
  • 4000 views of project videos (Aug 2020)
  • Translated and Launched in Italian (July 2020).
  • Working on a Greek translation to be launched in late 2020.

2. Developed a full curriculum & workshops to support the development of reframing campaigning skills

 

 

Original Plans from 2017:

The Pedagogical Tools component of the New Migration Narratives project aims to build a set of practical resources to support skill building of progressive campaigners and spokespersons to positively reshape the public and policy debates on migration and integration. 

 

Specifically, this component will:

  • Produce an online Reframing Migration Narratives Toolkit (2018) to raise awareness and interest in the reframing approach and also, share guidelines and cases of campaigning practice
     
  • Develop practical, campaigning-skills-building workshops on reframing to engage the middle in the migration debate, as part of the Narrative Change Lab (2018)
     
  • Document and showcase the campaigns developed through the Narrative Change Lab to learn lessons and add more German insight to the toolkit (2019)
     
  • Launch (2018) and expand (2019) the toolkit to become the go-to resource platform for advocates working in this field.

 

​​​Video – How progressives can do better in the migration debate

As the first part of the toolkit, we produced a short introductory video on the reframing approach to narrative change in the migration debate. 

Thanks to the Open Society Institute for Europe (OSIFE) and the Robert Bosch Stiftung for supporting the development of this resource.
 

Practitioner Interviews – on targeting the anxious middle in Germany

In this series of interviews, campaigners, researchers, capacity developers and supporters/donors? share their experiences on the need and challenges of reframing the debate to engage the middle and put diversity and inclusion back on the mainstream agenda. 

Get started with this interview with Frank Sharry from America’s Voice on the need to go beyond your base:


For the seven other interviews, see them in our youtube playlist.

The interviews were conducted in Berlin, on June 16th, 2017 as part of an event which brought together international and German activists and was entitled: "Generating new migration narratives for Germany: targeting the anxious middle". The event run by the International Centre for Policy Advocacy and Social Change Initiative. The development of the videos was generously supported by a grant from the Bertha foundation .