The Routes
Re-mind the ‘Nearby’ can be explored by following different interconnected routes or threads. One of these routes moves through space. Far-away places become entangled with Halle’s urban fabric as migrant women of diverse origins walk around the city and photograph the sights that speak to them, evoking associations. These walks, organized as part of the DaMigra workshop “My Story in Halle” and led by Ceren Deniz, traverse vibrant urban spaces and tranquil peripheral corners, providing a backdrop for the group to share their stories and journeys. Their images vividly capture their unique ways of seeing Halle.
A second thread follows multiple individual paths across four different countries, recording the stories of women from Ukraine, Syria, Sudan, and Eritrea. Through vivid accounts Alex, Natalia, Diana and Helen share their memories, the often-precarious paths of their journeys to Germany, and their processes of settling and creating a new “nearby” in Halle.
Another strand, another route of the project takes us through time. In collaboration with Halle’s City Museum (Stadmuseum) and its curator Ute Fahrig, it dives into Halle’s urban history. This thread makes visible the historical layers of the city’s ongoing transformations and its ever-evolving public spaces and neighbourhoods.
The final thread builds upon the work of migration specialists at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology: Biao Xiang’s and Zhipeng Duan’s elaboration of the importance and significance of the ‘nearby’, and Sagat Sohail’s and Siqi Tu’s insights into the manifold nature of human mobility. Together, they provide a theoretical footing for understanding the challenges and possibilities involved in the migration process.
Woven together by Beatriz Veliz Argueta, all these threads create the rich and polyphonic tapestry of human-spatial narratives infusing life to “Re-mind the Nearby”.
Below is an outline of these walks:
Route 1
Route 2
Route 3
Cartography by Jutta Turner
A second thread follows multiple individual paths across four different countries, recording the stories of women from Ukraine, Syria, Sudan, and Eritrea. Through vivid accounts Alex, Natalia, Diana and Helen share their memories, the often-precarious paths of their journeys to Germany, and their processes of settling and creating a new “nearby” in Halle.
Another strand, another route of the project takes us through time. In collaboration with Halle’s City Museum (Stadmuseum) and its curator Ute Fahrig, it dives into Halle’s urban history. This thread makes visible the historical layers of the city’s ongoing transformations and its ever-evolving public spaces and neighbourhoods.
Illustration by Beatriz Véliz Argueta
The final thread builds upon the work of migration specialists at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology: Biao Xiang’s and Zhipeng Duan’s elaboration of the importance and significance of the ‘nearby’, and Sagat Sohail’s and Siqi Tu’s insights into the manifold nature of human mobility. Together, they provide a theoretical footing for understanding the challenges and possibilities involved in the migration process.
Woven together by Beatriz Veliz Argueta, all these threads create the rich and polyphonic tapestry of human-spatial narratives infusing life to “Re-mind the Nearby”.
