My research interests lie in migration and postcolonial studies, critical-feminist geography, and decolonial practices through artistic and ethnographic methods. I am particularly drawn to the intersection of art and anthropology, engaging with object-based installations, sound art, and performative and curatorial processes rooted in feminist ethics of care. My artistic-anthropological and museografic-curatorial approaches focuses on collaborative and transacademic exhibitions and public interventions, exploring how multisensory and collaborative practices can move beyond the violence inherent in traditional ethnographic display methods. Recently, I have also become interested in multispecies studies, examining the sonic dimensions of oceans and seas through the lens of archipelagic thinking, postcolonial oceans and seascape epistemology.
I am a Berlin-based artist and researcher with an interest in exploring the relations between urban spaces, migration, and cultural heritage. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Visual Art from the University of Chile and a Master's in Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Heritage, alongside specialized training as a museum collection manager from the Institute Palazzo Spinelli in Italy. I recently completed my PhD at Humboldt University of Berlin in the Institute of European Ethnology, working under the guidance of cultural anthropologist Prof. Dr. Regina Römhild and curator-art theorist Prof. Dr. Bonaventure Ndikung. My doctoral research, titled "Somewhere Inbetween: From So-Called Non-Places Towards Social Places," focused on self-built settlements that transformed empty urban zones into vibrant neighborhoods through alternative placemaking.
I am the co-founder of NomadicArt, an art project that explores themes of migration and community storytelling, and co-curator of NomadicRadio, a platform for sound and radio exchanges centered on urbanism, migration, and sonority as decolonial practices. I am also a member of the Amo Collective, a neighborhood initiative and event space based at Humboldt University’s Institute for European Ethnology in Berlin. Through this collective, I am involved in the campaign to rename Berlin-Mitte’s M* Strasse and envision a space for collective memory, fostering dialogue around colonial history and the possibilities of convivial futures.
I am the co-founder of NomadicArt, an art project that explores themes of migration and community storytelling, and co-curator of NomadicRadio, a platform for sound and radio exchanges centered on urbanism, migration, and sonority as decolonial practices. I am also a member of the Amo Collective, a neighborhood initiative and event space based at Humboldt University’s Institute for European Ethnology in Berlin. Through this collective, I am involved in the campaign to rename Berlin-Mitte’s M* Strasse and envision a space for collective memory, fostering dialogue around colonial history and the possibilities of convivial futures.
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