26 March 2024

Johan Leman

Migrants from Morocco and Turkey from the 1960s

Currently, some 40 migrants (or a son or daughter thereof) from Morocco and Turkey who arrived in Brussels in the 1960s have already been interviewed. It is very instructive. Some […]

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14 March 2024

Johan Leman

How to Deal with ChatGPT?

In a world where technologies are increasingly permeating our daily lives, it is important to consciously engage with new innovations like ChatGPT. At Foyer vzw, we believe in a human-centered […]

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11 March 2024

Johan Leman

Each migration story from the 1960s has something very personal

Currently, I have been able to listen to about 15 stories, told by the migrants themselves or by one of their children, of people who left Morocco in the 1960s […]

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5 March 2024

Johan Leman

In honour of the migrants from the 1960s

Am busy recording stories of people from Morocco who arrived in the 1960s, while Ms Nicole Montoisie, a former social worker, is doing the same for Turks who arrived in […]

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27 February 2024

Johan Leman

‘I am seen, therefore I am’

Saturday 24 February appeared in DS, much to my surprise, a review by Bas Heijne of the excellent book ‘Narcissism’ by the Austrian philosopher Isolde Charim. The thesis she defends […]

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26 February 2024

Johan Leman

Research into the impact of Ramadan on women’s health

At the University of Antwerp, one is looking for women to participate in a scientific study in Brussels and Antwerp on the impact of fasting during Ramadan on their health. […]

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19 February 2024

Johan Leman

Let’s not help populism!

What do we mean by populism? According to Cas Mudde, populism is a ‘thin’ ideology that sees society in a strongly hostile way divided into a pure ‘people’ and a […]

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15 February 2024

Johan Leman

17 February 1964, a migration format that has since changed

Who does not know the title of the 1964 posters : ” Vous songez à venir travailler en Belgique ? “ When Belgium concluded a bilateral agreement with Morocco on […]

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8 February 2024

Johan Leman

Migration: What is new in an integration perspective?

If I compare the 1990s with today, I see 2 major differences at the base: the place occupied by social media (which has an effect that ‘announcements in policy making […]

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2 February 2024

Johan Leman

Limited but real second- and third-generation returns

The phenomenon is not new: children or grandchildren of migrants, born in a host country (which should actually be their country), who at some point, having grown up young asult, […]

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