CRITICAL PEDAGOGY
I teach at the intersection of art and anthropology, exploring multimodal methods, critical walking as research, and curatorial practices. My past seminars at Humboldt University of Berlin and other institutions engage students in experimental ethnography, blending artistic and social science approaches.
Through lectures and workshops, I focus on creative methodologies such as sound mapping, sensory walking, and performative autoethnography to deepen ethnographic inquiry. My teaching also extends to artistic-curatorial practices with an anthropological lens, fostering ethical perspectives in artistic research on community engagement.
Between Walking Art and Walking as a Method in the SOSE 2024 BA course of the IfEE, HU Berlin
Grounded in radical pedagogy, my approach centers on transformative learning and the potential of education as a space for social change. I emphasize critical thinking, encourage the questioning of dominant narratives and power structures, and support learners in becoming active agents of change. This orientation aligns with the principles of critical pedagogy, where education engages with issues of social justice, inequality, and oppression.
Selected Teaching:
2025
SEMINAR LECTURE
In the context of Prof. Dr. Regina Römhild’s summer semester course, Multimodal Forschen in the MA program at the Institute for European Ethnology at Humboldt University of Berlin, this seminar delved into multimodality by exploring its history and the intersections between art and anthropology. Drawing from key Berlin-based initiatives such as Stadlabor, Amo Collective, and Matters of Activity—known for their pioneering work in "more-than-text" methodologies—the course examined how video, sound, artistic practice, walking, public interventions, and audience engagement could enrich ethnographic research. Berlin-based scholars and artists were invited to share their expertise, offering students valuable insights into these creative methodologies.
2024
SEMINAR LECTURE
Summer semester course Between Walking Art and Walking as a Method in the BA program of the Institute for European Ethnology at Humboldt University explored artistic and ethnographic methods of walking in social science fieldwork. Students engaged with the concept of Walking Art and its relationship to methodologies from the social sciences and geography. The seminar brought walking into play as an aesthetic and performative practice, experimenting with the connections between body/mind and space/time. Students conducted walks throughout Berlin, discovering culturally and artistically significant routes. Their work was presented in an exhibition at the Amo Salon gallery (IfEE), and in the collaborative exhibition Somewhere Inbetween at the Lichthof gallery in Humboldt University’s main building.
2022-2023
SEMINAR LECTURE
This winter semester course, co-taught with scholar and artist Persenofi Myrtsou, was tittled Making sense of culture(s) through Art. Conducted within the X-Research Group of the Berlin University Alliance and financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the course explored the intersection between artistic practice and ethnography. Participants critically engaged with literature, met guest scholars and artists, and experimented with hybrid methods including sensory walking, soundscape recording, creative nonfiction field notes, and performative autoethnography. Student contributions were published via NomadicRadio Berlin and exhibited in a multimodal show at Studio106LA, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2022,2024
SEMINAR LECTURE
As part of the Micro-curatorials programm at at SACO / Contemporary Art Biennial in Antofagasta, Chile, this course—Curating in Migratory Zones—was offered in 2022 and 2024. It introduced and reflected on curatorial processes in vulnerable territories, with an emphasis on anthropological and ethical collaboration. The course encouraged a decolonial, pluralistic approach to artistic engagement and provided curators with ethnographic strategies for respectful, collaborative, and non-extractive project development in community settings.
2019
SEMINAR LECTURE
The lecture Relationship between art and anthropology: An ethnographic and creative approach was held in the Visual Arts Department at the University of Chile. It introduced art students to ethnographic tools and anthropological perspectives for use in their creative processes. By integrating sound research methods with art theory and ethnography, the course sought to foster innovative approaches to individual and collective artistic research.