https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site SOMEWHERE INBETWEEN Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:33:56 +0000 https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site en https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/PROLOGUE Tue, 04 Apr 2023 06:28:50 +0000 SOMEWHERE INBETWEEN https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/PROLOGUE Prologue WATER NARRATIVES &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎ Non-person-centered ︎ Oceans ︎How to navigate the manuscript of this PhD dissertationThis PhD dissertation comprises three main components: a written manuscript (not yet published), this website containing various multimodal works produced during the years of this dissertation, and a final exhibition held in October 2024 at Humboldt University in the historical center of Berlin-Mitte, which served as the disputation of this dissertation. The manuscript consists of six Chapters divided into three parts: Literature, Methodology and Theory. I will not describe each Chapter here in a linear way; instead, I track my journey through the ideas, concepts and methods on which this dissertation is based, which ranged from the introduction of anthropological theories to ethnographic and artistic experiments, with a back and forth play between theory and practise, and vice versa.&nbsp;On this webpage, you will find only the abstracts of each Chapter, as the manuscript is not yet publicly available. My starting point was based on my introduction to postcolonial theory and migration studies in the Chapter Somewhere, where I question the anthropologist Marc Augé's notions of 'non-places' and the philosopher Giorgio Agamben's 'places of exception' and their critical analysis of the antropologists Efthimia Panagiotidis and Vassilis Tsianos' border regime studies on 'migrant camps'. In this Chapter, I first propose to understand these places through the concept of Liminality as defined by the ethnographer Arnold Van Gennep and the anthropologist Victor Turner and its relation to place and mobility as elucidated by the social scientist Bjørn Thomassen. I later criticize the limitations of the concept for the discussion of migration experiences of inbetweenness. Subsequently, in the Chapter Becomings, I question the possibility of viewing these places through a postcolonial lens. In looking at the narratives of the places of the Dzjangal in Calais (France), Tiburtina in Rome (Italy) and Los Arenales in Antofagasta (Chile) —the cases studies of this dissertation, I was able to identify relationships to the colonial past among the inhabitants, whereby there is not only the history shaped by colonialism in Africa and Central- South Asia, especially the relationship to the British Empire in Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea and the former Italian colony in Eritrea - countries to which the inhabitants of the Dzjangal and Tiburtina belonged - but also the connection with the Atlantic trade, the Haitian Revolution and its legacy in the Caribbean, which are essential traces in the current migration in Chile, therefore in Los Arenales. Here I had to return to my field notes on which the Chapter Oceans &amp; Places and People is based. In this Chapter, I went back to my field material to understand the sociability that developed in these places, which as political spaces produced resistance and territorial reclamation strategies. In this Chapter I used short stories, vignettes, poems and text fragments written by the residents of these places to describe their conviviality and their daily resistance to the border regime. In this Chapter, I also question the important issue of representation and how the story of others can be told, proposing literary and poetic elements as an alternative form of representation. In doing so, I was inspired by the idea of oceans and seas as a poetic, aesthetic and theoretical umbrella and thread between the stories of the places — in a way, a holistic idea of representation. I see the idea of oceans and seas as a container for people's stories about these places, especially the relationship between the Mediterranean and the North Sea, witnessing the stories of The Dzjangal and Tiburtina and the Pacific Ocean with the stories of Los Arenales. The literary and poetic elements tested in this Chapter guided me to look closely into the relationship between art and anthropology in more detail. Through the autotheory described in the Chapter Autoethnography, I examine my own position between theory and practice as well as esthetics and ethics. I analyze my own approach to ethnography through my artistic practices and the processes of validation and recognition of artistic practices in the social science multimodal debate. Here I discuss "thinking by doing'," which questions thinking through and with esthetic and sensory forms opening up other ways of producing knowledge where affectivity and sensoriality come into play, contributing to broadening the more-than-textual research that explores multimodality in the social sciences today. Here I also return to the critique of Liminality, in this case from the arts. The great interest in Liminality in the artistic context and the criticism from the social sciences make me question this double perspective of the term. In this Chapter, I analyze how Liminality evolved from anthropology to the arts and became relevant in the artistic field, especially in theater and performance, through the influence of the anthropologist Victor Turner (1967). Throughout the manuscript, I critique Liminality from different angles. In this Chapter, I look at Liminality from an artistic perspective and ask: how does the concept of Liminality, so criticized by the social sciences, find a place and thrive in artistic contexts? Reflecting on the relationship between art and anthropology led me to experiment with different methods and practices that I used in my fieldwork described in the Chapter Artifacts, which is an interweaving between artistic practices and ethnography. My first visits to the sites took place between 2016 and 2018, when I came with my artistic hat. Later, between 2021 and 2022, I returned to the sites for fieldwork purposes. This second period was burdened by the daily restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic, waiting for presidential elections due to a revolution in Chile and possible deportations by the British government to Rwanda in April 2022. On my second visit, I was faced with the challenge that two of these sites: The Dzjangal and Tiburtina, no longer existed, which challenged me to look for new forms outside of ethnography as I was confronted with the memory of 'empty places' and the traces of a community. These methodological experiments lead me to dig into the community archives described in the Chapter Aspirational Archives, where I again delve into the narratives of these places, this time through sound and photo archives created by the residents and volunteers, as in the case of Jungala Radio, an electronic archive posted on an open platform and produced by residents, children and volunteers in The Dzjangal between 2015 and 2016. In this Chapter, inspired by the reflections of the anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, I explore the idea of archives as interventions of collective memories and as a product of anticipation. This Chapter is co-authored by people who have produced and listened to these archives. These material archives are sensory and tangible examples of the conviviality and resistance of these places that counter the notion of 'non-places', which leads me to my final reflections in the Epilogue on how these places could be considered 'Somewhere Inbetween': Places that no longer conform to the notion of 'periphery' and, thanks to the processes of conviviality, resistance, hope and the ability to aspire, they engage in dialogue with urban dynamics, leaving behind the notion of the 'periphery' to become social places part of the cityscape. https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/OCEANS-PLACES-1 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 06:28:50 +0000 SOMEWHERE INBETWEEN https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/OCEANS-PLACES-1 Chapter OCEANS, PLACES &amp; PEOPLEEthnographic vignettes and short stories ︎ In this first chapter, I reflect on the great challenges of writing people’s stories. Through fragmented ethnographic, poetic, and speculative narratives, I explore diverse forms of (re)presenting my encounters with the cities of Calais, Rome, and Antofagasta, as well as with the places and people of The Dzjangal, Tiburtina, and Los Arenales. Bodies of salt water become my poetic element to navigate the complexities of (re)presentation. Oceans, Places &amp; People is the first Chapter of the manuscript. The writing is a subjective, poetic and theoretical collection of stories and encounters between the cities of Calais, Rome and Antofagasta. Oceans, Places &amp; People is a writing experiment in response to the great challenge of representation through fragmented narratives that include field notes, dense descriptions, narratives, poems, short stories and collage texts written by others; I am experimenting with how the stories of the people of The Dzjangal, Tiburtina and Los Arenales can be told. Inspired by the idea of the archipelago as explored by the poet and writer Édouard Glissant (1997). I challenge linear readings by playing with the idea of the fragment and, in this way, approach the multiple ways in which people-in-transit interact with the state of inbetween in everyday life within the border regimen, which this dissertation examines as a whole. Using scraps of memory, encounters and events, I am looking for ways to view everyday life as a holistic narrative and not as a linear, continuous and chronological narrative. In the first part of this chapter I reflected on the great challenge of representation, seeking a balance between how stories and desires can be told in an accurate, truthful and respectful way. This challenge leads me to explore the individual stories of people and places that are woven as fragments into the symbolic fabric of oceans and seas. Specifically, I turn my attention to the North Sea, the Mediterranean and the Pacific, where the three fieldwork are located. By looking at the oceans and seas from their geographical, natural and cultural aspects, I have been able to find theoretical relationships and connections between past and present histories, places and routes related to colonial heritage and contemporary migration, which has brought me close to the "postcolonial oceans" as a framework to look at the narratives of the people I meet on the field with a holistic lens. This section forms the basis for the second part, in which I examine fragmented narratives as an experimental approach to the process of ethnographic writing in the spirit of an ‘archipelago form’ (Glissant,1997). Inspired by the stylistic and visual forms of graphic novels, the fragments in this section, while curated as a whole, are nevertheless written individually and resonate with the preceding and subsequent parts. The different text types can be read as intersecting rather than linear (Garland, Maier, Taleb, 2023), tensioning the classic linear narrative and making it active, mobile and dynamic. I attempt to capture on paper the multi-layered and simultaneous sense of encounters that a researcher experiences during fieldwork. https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/ASPIRATIONAL-ARCHIVES-2 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:33:56 +0000 SOMEWHERE INBETWEEN https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/ASPIRATIONAL-ARCHIVES-2 Chapter ASPIRATIONAL&nbsp;ARCHIVES&nbsp; ︎ This chapter looks closely at the role of three community archives as a counter-response to mainstream migration narratives. Through theoretical analysis, ethnographic vignettes, co-authored contributions, and multimedia archival engagement, it explores the collective aspiration, memory, and placemaking in The Dzjangal, Tiburtina, and Los Arenales. The second and third sections of the chapter are co-authored by Elizabeth Andrade, Adolfo Estalella, Davide Franceschini, Carla J. Maier, Cristian Ocho, and Kathy O'Hare. Aspirational Archives juxtaposes three community archives encountered during the fieldwork on which this manuscript is based. Drawing on the narratives of the places of The Dzjangal, Tiburtina and Los Arenales, this Chapter reflects on collective memory and the archival process as a counter-response to the mainstream narrative of contemporary migration. In the first part, the three archives —the Jungala Radio, the photographic archive of Tiburtina and the Living archive of Los Arenales — are not examined from the official perspective of an archive constructed through the institutionalization of cultural heritage. Rather, this section proposes an alternative approach to migration archives based on the anthropologist Anyun Appadurai's theories of 'archives and aspirations' (2003), which he builds on the philosopher Ernst Bloch's concept of the 'not yet' (1923) as a guiding force for the temporal space of possibility. This led me to consider these archives with an ‘anarchive' (Battaglia et al., 2020) lens of placemaking, resistance and aspiration as a counter-response that challenges the traditional notion of the archive by the dominant history. The second and third parts of the Chapter are the unfolding of the archive through ethnographic vignettes and co-authored contributions involving listeners and creators of these archives. Here I experiment with the (re)presentation of each archive out of its own nature: sound, image, voices. Aspirational Archives analyzes the idea of the counter-archive in relation to convivial practices, community resistance and aspirations. As well as the dynamic nature of migration and its constant confrontation with the border regime. The process of creating archives of collective migratory memories breaks with the classical idea of the archive as a legacy of institutional, state and formal structures. These archives open the possibility of preserving collective memory through participatory and collaborative processes based on territorial reclamation. https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/AUTOETHNOGRAPHY-3 Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:45:29 +0000 SOMEWHERE INBETWEEN https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/AUTOETHNOGRAPHY-3 Chapter AUTOETHNOGRAPHY OF THE INBETWEENNESSBetween Art and Anthropology&nbsp; ︎ In this chapter, I bring my own experiences of being inbetween the disciplines of art and anthropology. Through autoethnography, I examine the challenges and possibilities of this duality. I look closely at the complex relations between ethics and aesthetics, as well, theory and practices, and how this contributes to today's multimodality. I engage with the concept of Liminality as a case study by looking at it through the double lens of art and anthropology. In this chapter, I am rethinking the positionality of art within academic projects in the social sciences. &nbsp; In the Chapter Autoethnography of the Inbetweenness: Between Art and Anthropology, I explore my experiences of being between the disciplines of art and anthropology, particularly my approach to anthropology which is influenced by my artistic training. In the first section of the Chapter, I reflect on how the social sciences and humanities have renewed their engagement with creative and artistic practices, and are working across disciplines to undertake more exploratory research and methods that move beyond text as a format of knowledge production. I question issues of validation and the recognition of creative practices within social sciences research, illustrated by my own process of doing a PhD in anthropology through an artistic lens. I analyze the history of the close relationship between art and anthropology in the 1980s, reflecting on why, in the past, this juxtaposition was largely considered an invalid form of knowledge production. This is followed by reflections on today’s multimodality within the social sciences that leads to, in many cases, the instrumentalization of artistic partners and culture producers. In the second section, I take my process of understanding Liminality, one of the anthropological concepts on which the PhD manuscript is based, as a case study. Through autoethnography, I intend to analyze the critiques of Liminality from anthropology and why, from the arts, it has been a concept that has evolved in potential ways in contributing towards spatial/temporal approach in migration studies and border regimes. These different perspectives on the same concept have led me to reflect on the problems and potentiality of the collaboration between art and anthropology, which today becomes a potential value in the multimodal social sciences approach. In this Chapter I am rethinking the positionality of art within academic projects in the social sciences and anthropology. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/ARTIFACTS-4 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:29:55 +0000 SOMEWHERE INBETWEEN https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/ARTIFACTS-4 Chapter ARTIFACTS&nbsp;Artistic methods, multimodal artifacts and devices for fieldwork ︎ In this chapter, I propose artistic practices as multimodality. I delve deep into the methods used in this research, bringing artistic practices—sound, collective listening, and critical walking—as methodological tools for ethnography. I explore their multisensory, collaborative, and affective dimensions to engage with critical, political, and decolonial approaches beyond the violence inherent in traditional ethnographic display methods. Chapter Artifacts, proposes to consider artistic practices such as working with sounds, collective listening and critical walking as artifacts for methodological research tools in ethnography. In the first section of the Chapter, I argue for artistic practices to be considered as multimodal ethnography, emphasizing the role of the artists and cultural practitioners as scholars in social science research. In this section, I move beyond the "innovative" multimodal discourse that risks becoming ‘apolitical’ by emphasizing formality, functionality and aesthetics over the social and political motivations inherent in anthropological research. I propose to use the multisensory and affective aspects of Aesthesis (sensations and emotions) of artistic practices influenced by a ‘decolonial aesthetics’ as an useful approach to multimodality that moves away from a "merely" inventive process in the field. 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I reflect on the inbetweenness of migratory experiences as the uncertainties shaped by contemporary border regimes, as well as the driving force of the creation of alternative placemaking in today’s urban spaces. Chapter Somewhere: Rethinking Liminality in Border Regimes serves as the cornerstone of my theoretical exploration in the PhD manuscript. Here, I delve into the central inquiry that has driven my dissertation: how the concept of Liminality (Van Gennep and Turner), along with the state of inbetweenness—both geographically and affectively between borders—might have played a role in the transformation of The Dzjangal, Tiburtina and Los Arenales labeled as ‘non-places’ towards places of sociability and conviviality. In this Chapter I am interested in documenting my theoretical journey from the conceptions of non-places, Liminality and limbo towards ‘Somewhere Inbetween’(see Epilogue), and how this journey aided me in understanding the transformational processes of placemaking in The Dzjangal, Tiburtina and Los Arenales. In the first section of the Chapter, I discuss how the concepts of non-place and places of exception are commonly used in defining "refugee camps" within the urban fabric. Through my fieldwork in the three settlements upon which this dissertation is based, I argue against labeling them as ‘non-places’ and ‘places of exception’, as they possess aspects of belonging, a sense of home and conviviality. In the second section, I engage with Liminality as a theoretical framework for understanding the state of the inbetween in migratory experiences by drawing on the current literature that involves Liminality as a state of becoming and possibility in migratory settings. My subsequent findings criticize Liminality due to its degree of abstraction and ambiguity, which can pose a challenge when engaging with migration processes. Therefore, in the final section, I explore different perspectives of the term ‘Limbo’, which is still associated with the concept of Liminality due to the common concept of threshold. The term ‘Limbo’ was most commonly used by these communities, as they themselves described their sense of living in these places and enduring a constant confrontation with the border regime as a ‘limbo state’. This section lays the stage for further discussion in the next Chapter Becomings and the Epilogue about the state of inbetweenness and the processes of becoming that people-in-transit experience as they navigate border regimes, and how these different states can, in turn, still create social places in today's postcolonial and postmigrant present. https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/BECOMINGS-6 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 06:28:51 +0000 SOMEWHERE INBETWEEN https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/BECOMINGS-6 Chapter BECOMINGSPlacemaking in the Inbetweenness ︎ In this chapter, I examine the enduring presence of colonial legacy in today’s border regimes through a post-colonial lens. The Dzjangal, Tiburtina, and Los Arenales embody their inbetweenness, navigating colonial, racialized, and migratory dynamics that shape their unique placemaking. I look closely at their migratory ‘becomings’ and how these have shaped the creation of their social places. Chapter Becomings: Placemaking in the Inbetweenness, is the penultimate Chapter of the manuscript. It deals with the analysis from the perspective of the inhabitants of The Dzjangal, Tiburtina and Los Arenales exploring, through their state of inbetweenness, the process of creating social places within the urban dynamics. The first section of this Chapter examines how these places embody a temporality and spatiality that diverges from the norms of Western cities. Here, I contemplate the possibility of looking at them as "Elsewhere" through a post-colonial lens, bringing to light intertwined colonial traces within the narratives of the people in these places. I reflect on the complex relationship between migration and racism as manifestations of colonial legacies, contextualizing the colonial layers embodied by people-in-transit within the violent interaction with the surveillance technologies of the border regime and the racialized nature of labeling people-in-transit as "migrants" in a South American context. In the subsequent section, I delve deeper into how these settlements are transforming ‘empty spaces’ into social places. Through their state of migratory inbetweenness, they imbue meaning into their surroundings, echoing the conceptualization of the critical geographer Doreen Massey ‘sense of place’ (1991). Here, I revisit again the concept of Liminality, critiquing it from a spatial and temporal standpoint. This analysis allows for a deeper exploration of the state of inbetweenness, portraying it not as a confined spatial setting but as an open space of conviviality and ongoing practice of becoming. These migratory processes serve as local responses to global phenomena, such as the crisis of border regime. This Chapter serves as the basis for my final reflections, in the Epilogue, on how these communities are reshaping urban spaces through alternative placemaking, ultimately leading to a much-needed redefinition of Western cities in a present postcolonial and postmigrant society. https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/EPILOGUE Tue, 04 Apr 2023 06:28:51 +0000 SOMEWHERE INBETWEEN https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/EPILOGUE Epilogue SOMEWHERE INBETWEENRethinking the ‘Elsewhere’ ︎ Closing this dissertation, the Epilogue invites the reader to rethink today's city through prefigurative practices, hopes, and dreams of the residents of The Dzjangal, Tiburtina, and Los Arenales. It suggests looking at their placemaking through the lens of ‘Somewhere Inbetween’, acknowledging their migratory narratives, resistances, and resilience toward the border regime. As well as their proposal of a more inclusive urban landscape that reflects the diversity inherent in migratory flows. These communities resist the marginalization imposed by border regimes by creating alternative placemaking. Through these convivial approaches, they rethink urban spaces, collective projects, and coexistence within postcolonial and postmigrant cities. As I delve into the social exploration of inbetween spaces and the autonomous strategies of those in transit, I confront the repercussions of contemporary border regimes, particularly in the formation of so-called refugee camps. Many of these places have developed convivial strategies and politics of urbanization in a postcolonial era that are worthy of scholarly investigation due to their relevance for the study of migration, political subjectivity, critical geography and urbanism, and the current debate on a reflexive postcolonial. In a border regimen setting, self-made settlements have been marginally labeled as ‘non-places’ (Augé, 1995), ‘places of exception’ (Agamben, 2005), and ‘peripheral places’ (Gregory et al., 2009). These places, especially the case studies of The Dzjangal, Tiburtina and Arenales examined in this dissertation, have resisted this marginalization by developing alternative models of urbanism and placemaking. In this Epilogue I examine their political and social strategies that have produced alternative ways of life that are actively part of the city. The Dzjangal, Tiburtina and Los Arenales not only contribute to the dynamics of postmodern cities, but also invite us to rethink what the city is today, what rights it has and how we can develop collective projects to break the barriers between the binary notion of 'periphery' and 'center' in postcolonial and postmigrant neighborhoods and cities. https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/ABOUT-1 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 06:28:51 +0000 SOMEWHERE INBETWEEN https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/ABOUT-1 ︎ Dissertationsprojekte am Institut für Europäische Ethnologie, Philosophische Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Non-person-centered ︎ Oceans ︎ ABOUT ︎ This PhD dissertation arised from a necessary awareness, which started in 2015 when the crisis of the European border regime and later in South America started to become alarming. During this period, the escalating crisis of global border regimes was deeply concerning, characterized by violence and dehumanization against communities fleeing from regions of conflict, guerrilla warfare, corruption and poverty. One of the tactics employed by the European border regimes to control, monitor and impede mobility was the establishment of 'refugee camps' across various countries and borders within and outside the European Union, aiming to fortify 21st-century 'fortress Europe’. These 'refugee camps', commonly referred to in diverse academia context as ‘non-places’ and ‘places of exception’, became arenas where identity, belonging and human dignity were undermined by the violent and racist strategies of border regimes. These regimes, rooted in a colonial legacy, persist today amid what is labeled as 'the migration crisis'. This dissertation, in contrast, emerges from an examination of the counter-narrative surrounding 'refugee camps' governed and controlled by states and governments. It focuses on autonomous informal settlements established by communities-in-transit seeking refuge. Many of these communities, rejecting inclusion in the migratory identification database (e.g., through fingerprinting), have chosen to occupy abandoned spaces and buildings in the so-called peripheries of the cities. In these locations, they have forged social places of belonging, creating alternative modes of coexistence and togetherness. Through strategies of resistance against border regimes, these places have challenged conventional notions of placemaking and the dichotomy between 'periphery' and 'center' in contemporary postcolonial and postmigrant cities. Titled "Somewhere Inbetween: From So-Called Non-Places Towards Social Places," this dissertation examines three self-built settlements in Europe and South America. The settlements: The Dzjangal in Calais (France), Tiburtina in Rome (Italy), and Los Arenales in Antofagasta (Chile), were established by communities-in-transit and remained self-organized. The inhabitants transformed empty urban zones into places (Massey) and neighborhoods through alternative placemaking. I explore how these so-called non-places change and evolve into social places and how the concept of Liminality (Van Gennep, Turner), along with the state of inbetweenness —both geographically and affectively between borders—might have play a role in their transformation. My inquiry includes questions such as: How did these autonomously occupied places create convivial and solidary places despite encountering violent interactions with border regimes? How did they pursue alternative ways of living and redefining the city through the occupation of urban spaces?This PhD dissertation delves into three main areas of study: reflexive postcolonial, critical geography, and multimodal European ethnology. Within the exploration of postcolonial studies, I re-introduce the concept of Liminality to the migratory context. This conceptual shift has the potential to politicize Liminality and states of inbetweenness through the agency of people-in-transit, challenging the constraints imposed by current border regimes. As my research progresses in the&nbsp; The Dzjangal, Tiburtina and Los Arenales, I address the implications of contemporary border regimes, particularly in the establishment of what are termed "refugee camps." These places have been labeled as "non-places"(Augé), "places of exception"(Agamben), and "peripheral places" (Gregory). Despite this marginalization, these places have developed alternative urban models and methods of placemaking, resisting categorization. This Dissertation examines the political and social strategies of transforming so-called non-places to social places, which have fostered alternative ways of life that actively contribute to the urban fabric. Methodologically, I explore the intersection of art and anthropology, emphasizing artistic practice as multimodal ethnography. Using methods such as sound ethnography, listening and critical walking as research tools, I argue for the potential of the entanglement between artistic practices and ethnography as methods for the fieldwork. I explore the multisensory and affective nature of these practices to develop critical and political engagement methods in migratory settings beyond traditional ethnography rooted in colonial legacies. Drawing on my transdisciplinary background, particularly my approach to anthropology through my artistic training, I analyze the emerging collaboration between art and anthropology, which holds potential value in contemporary discussions on multimodal and experimental ethnography in the social sciences. Through multisensory practices, this dissertation investigated the different autonomous migration strategies of "placemaking" and "relation-making" (Simone) in The Dzjangal, Tiburtina and Los Arenales. These autonomous migratory strategies challenged the symbolic and geographical borders of the city, aiming to redefine the contemporary urban landscape and its inclusivity. These communities have fostered resilient and interconnected networks that bear witness to the inherent strength of diversity in today's societies. https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/BIO Tue, 04 Apr 2023 06:28:52 +0000 SOMEWHERE INBETWEEN https://somewhereinbetween.cargo.site/BIO BIO ︎ m@melaniegarland.com www.melaniegarland.com Art studio Berlin&nbsp; Mareschstrasse 4, 12055 Represented by&nbsp; Lite-Haus Gallery Berlin Mareschstrasse 4, 12055https://www.lite-haus.net/melanie-garland Melanie Garland is a Berlin-based artist, heritage restorer and recently completed her PhD at Humboldt University’s institute of European Ethnology and Anthropology. Her research&nbsp;interests lie in migration and postcolonial studies, critical-feminist geography, and decolonial practices through artistic-ethnographic methods. She is 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. Melanie’s 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, she has 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.