Shirley van der Maarel – Research & Communication

Immersed in politics

3-screen video installation experiencing what it is like to be a researcher trying to make sense of politics.

A visual legal ethnographic study with migrants in Morocco and the Netherlands with Leiden University

Exhibition on parliaments and people in 6 countries with SOAS University of London

Documentary on the Fijian elections of 2022 with SOAS University of London

Documentary film on local politics in Sheffield with SOAS University of London

Visual Anthropology PhD study on depopulation and migration in Sardinia, from an existential philosophical angle

Short documentary film on belonging as a refugee in depopulating Italy

A visual essay to explore life as a refugee in asylum houses in depopulating Italy

Visual ethnographic research with refugees on belonging in depopulating Italy

Short visual research film on belonging as part of an artist residency at the University of Basilicata, Italy

Game design research in refugee areas in Lebanon and Uganda for War Child

Miffy-inspired children’s book development for early child development in China with the Beijing Design Week

Participatory research on sexuality education with the University of Amsterdam

Research on vocational training for Oxfam in Nigeria