MPI at Storytelling Evening at vhs Leipzig

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology will present their project Re-mind the ‘Nearby’ at the storytelling evening of Volkshochschule Leipzig on Friday, 6 September between 16:30 and 20:00. The photos and audio recordings bring to life the experiences of migrant women from Eritrea, Syria, the Sudan, and Ukraine as they talk about arriving and settling in Halle and how they have created a new nearby far from their homelands. The stories are in English and German. The event is free and open to the public.

The project Re-mind the ‘Nearby’ combines audio and visual tools for following migrant women’s journeys and their growing intertwinement with the life of the city. It collects 5 podcast episodes that explores how these women navigate the city and carve a place for themselves in it. Together, these stories provide a counternarrative to mainstream media by painting a picture of the sacrifices involved in the process of migration and flight alongside details of everyday life in Eastern Germany.

The project continues the collaboration between the Department ‘Anthropology of Economic Experimentation’ at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale), DaMigra e.V., and Halle’s City Museum (Stadtmuseum). It builds on “My story in Halle” (Meine Geschichte in Halle), a five-week workshop supported by the project GemeinsamMUTig. The physical exhibition was supported and hosted by the Stadtmuseum, offering a compelling experience for visitors from Dec. 2023 to July 2024.

More information (in German) about the storytelling evening in Leipzig