SOMEWHERE INBETWEEN COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION

Somewhere Inbetween adopted a collaborative and trans-academic approach, bringing together civil society, architects, artists, social scientists and students to explore contemporary urban migration and alternative placemaking in Europe and South America. It also reflects on experimental ethnography through artistic and social practices.

The exhibition Somewhere Inbetween stems from my doctoral project at the Institute for European Ethnology (IfEE) at Humboldt University and serves as a method for exploring contemporary migration through multimodal and collaborative ethnography. Rooted in an interest in public and engaged anthropology, Somewhere Inbetween seeked to create a space for collaboration between academia and civil society, transforming the university's exhibition space into an experimental ground for transdisciplinary exchange.

The exhibition featured archives from the Dzjangal (France), Tiburtina (Italy) and Los Arenales (Chile) communities, recognizing the communal processes developed in resisting border regimes. Inspired by Édouard Glissant's "archipelago" thinking, the archives are part of a museographic design that explores alternative relations in contemporary migration through seas and oceans, featuring sound installations and the architectural design The Sail by TanzaLab that contributes to connect these communities through water narratives.

In addition, the exhibition included video experiments by IfEE students on "Walking Art" as a research method and workshops on Radio Collective Listening, Sonic Consonance & Dissonance, and Critical Walking, facilitated by sound studies scholar Carla J. Maier, artist-researcher Amanda Gutiérrez, and musician Pia Achternkamp. These methods arise from past collaborations with the Dzjangal, Tiburtina, and Los Arenales communities, promoting different ways of sharing narratives and experiences.