Innsbruck migration stories
Migration is often discussed emotionally, reduced to problems and the separation of "us" and "them" is emphasised. The Stadtarchiv/Stadtmuseum Innsbruck, together with the University of Innsbruck, showed in the exhibition "Fortgehen und Heimatfinden. Innsbrucker Migrationsgeschichten" ("Leaving and Finding a Home: Stories of Migration in Innsbruck") showed that migration movements are by no means a special case, but rather a recurring phenomenon or the historical norm.
The aim of the exhibition was not to comprehensively cover the history of migration, but rather to recall exciting aspects with highlights and to encourage reflection on the present through comparisons.
In the first part of the three-part exhibition, topics of modern migration movements to and from Innsbruck (e.g. the engagement of foreign craftsmen and artists by the court of the Prince, the influx of Jews, especially after 1867, or the emigration of Innsbruck residents to America at the end of the 19th century) were addressed. The contributions were made by Magdalena Dorfmann, Eva Maria Egger, Florian Guggenberger, Nina Hechenblaikner, Stefan Hechl, Teresa Klotzner, Aaron Salzmann, Stefan Stachniß, Michael Stedile, Josef Theurl, Elisabeth Walder and Annika Willi. (14.03.2019 - 31.05.2019)
In the second part of the exhibition, students of European ethnology used transnational objects to show how much of the world is in Tyrol and how much of Tyrol is in the world. The contributions came from Claudio Bechter, Johanna Böhm, Mona Erhart, Claudia Frick, Carina Fritz, Enya Gabes, Stefan Hörl, Anisa Schlichtling, Katharina Mair, Regina Ortner, Luca Plattner, Nikoletta Popadiyna, Angelika Stern, Markus Wechner, Evelyn Zelger. (06.06.2019 - 30.08.2019)
In the third part of the exhibition, students of contemporary history focussed on migration movements in and to Innsbruck in the 20th century. The contributions came from Sebastian Amann, Magdalena Berger, Alexander Gabriel, Franziska Enichlmayer, Johannes Ennemoser, Roland Ernst Laimer, Alexandra Pichler, Jakob Putzer, Daniela Reis, Alexander Renner, Hubert Steiner, Fabian Stockmeyer, Simon Unterfrauner, Marcel Walser, Carla Warbanof, Jennifer Wild, Magdalena Zopf. (05.09.2019 - 29.11.2019)
