The Team

“Borders are set up to define the places that are safe and unsafe, to distinguish us from them. A border is a dividing line, a narrow strip along a steep edge.”

-Anzaldúa

  • Suely Torres

    FOUNDER

    Suely is the founder, curator and director of the German Migration Museum. Born in Recife, she studied literature at the UFPE and then at the UFRJ, in Rio de Janeiro. At the end of the 80's she came to Berlin and immediately began her Master's degree in Latin American Studies at the FU Berlin. She also graduated from FU with a degree in anthropology. At the UDK she specialized in curating art exhibitions. Suely Torres works as a photographer and curator.

    suely.torres@deutschesmigrationsmuseum.de

  • Amanda Malerba

    ACADEMIC ADVISOR

    Amanda studied Philosophy (B.A./M.A.) at UNIFESP (Federal University of São Paulo). In her thesis, she researched the topic "Human coexistence in Freud and Bauman". She is currently an academic advisor to the DMM and a doctoral student at the University of Hildesheim (Universität Hildesheim), with the research focus on Hospitality in the refugee crisis since 2015.

    amandamalerba@deutschesmigrationsmuseum.de

  • Marina Mascarenhas

    CULTURAL PLANNING

    Marina Mascarenhas is a Berlin based artist from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She has a BA in International Relations from PUC Minas and a BA in Fine Arts from Escola Guignard (UEMG). Her research explores themes such as time, transformation and memory. As a migrant, Marina feels particularly connected to the DMM and is involved in the cultural and strategic planning of the museum.

“Beginning is not only a kind of action. It is also a frame of mind, a kind of work, an attitude, a consciousness.”

-Said

We thank

We thank our team that enabled this project to come true:

Chrysa Tetoula, Julio Marques, Viviane de Santana, Roseli Dutra, Marina Dias, João Prado, Flora Suzuki, Lenara Verle, Tuca Paoli, Andres Lizanda Prado, Tadeu Lima, Maria do Carmo Carrasco, Mariana Süssekind and Caio Mecca.

All those who recorded the interviews.

We also give our thanks to all the interviewees who believed in the project and contributed with their stories.

We continue to build more bridges with you.