In everyday language, the term neighbour refers to a spatial relationship: neighbours are people who live closer to us than others. But how do we actually
do neighbourhood in everyday life?

Through ethnographic research and visual material, participants of the course Neighbours explore neighbourhood as an everyday practice of living
together. Their work reflects on how sustainability takes shape in ordinary relations of care, distance, dependence, and neglect.

The small exhibition “How are your neighbours doing?” invites visitors to reflect on neighbours who may feel unfamiliar or unnoticed, and to reconsider their
own neighbourhood relations right at their doorsteps.

A visual ethnographic contribution to the Sustainability Week at the University of Basel, March 2026 by the course ‘Neighbours’, taught by Michelle Engeler and attended by Lina Dimachkie, Ashwin Gupta, Bahar Ibrahim, Mirjam Kottmann, Rita Lüthi, Thimea Mollet, Jan Obernosterer, Camila Otalora Lopez,Daniele Rahmatpour, Charly Rapp, Juila Schegg, Qudsia Shujazada, Mia Stauffacher and Filippo Vegezzi. 

Go and visit the exhibition on the first floor of the college building!