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^{The global border regimes threaten to escalate, and state-controlled refugee camps dominate the discourse while contrary viewpoints seem to be missing. Focusing on three autonomous settlements—the Dzjangal in Calais (France), Tiburtina in Rome (Italy), and Los Arenales in Antofagasta (Chile)—this PhD research follows how communities on the move transform so-called non-places into social places through practices of inbetweenness, resisting border regimes and creating sites of belonging and political imagination. Attuned to the oceans connecting these places, this research draws on artistic and multimodal anthropology to develop a holistic approach that combines sensory and affective methods to explore these urban practices. It offers insights for social sciences, the arts, and readers interested in urban future-making shaped by collective agency.}

This PhD research comprises three main components: the book Making Places Inbetween, published in 2026 by transcript verlag; this website containing various multimodal and artistic works produced during the years of this research; and the collaborative exhibition Somewhere Inbetween held in October 2024 in Lichthof Ost in the main building of Humboldt Universität zu Berlin