ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the ‘in-between’ as a concept to build more inclusive research practices in diaspora studies. Diaspora studies share the same problem with other academic fields, that the definition of knowledge and what constitutes academic research reproduces existing power structures. By using autoethnography as a method and basing our conception of the ‘in-between’ on Third Space theories, we evaluate our own attempts to practically create new spaces for Vietnamese diasporas and research on the topic in Germany. Concluding from these examples, we argue that an intersectional approach of a Third Space can help to untangle power relations and build new networks for knowledge making.
