TRANSIT 12.2: Foreword
Dear Readers, I’m honored to present the second issue of the twelfth volume of TRANSIT Journal: “Landscapes of Migration.” As a continuation of last year’s project, this issue’s scholarly and literary works seek to investigate rapidly changing demographics, contested geopolitical borders and histories that shape human relationships to immediate environments. Indeed, the term “landscapes,” however […]
Together
Click here to visit the full volume of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare (2021). by Simone Dede Ayivi TRANSIT vol. 12, no. 2 Translated by EM Sandberg Download PDF Ever since I’ve been able to think, I’ve been writing shitlists: Capitalism is on there. Racism, sexism. But also no champagne after premieres, drunk people on […]
Gegenwartsbewältigung [Overcoming The Present]
Click here to visit the full volume of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare (2021). by Max Czollek TRANSIT vol. 12, no. 2 Translated by Jon Cho-Polizzi Download PDF A short while back, I received the following email: “We would like to invite you to a debate. Our topic is: How does one deal with German […]
Food
Click here to visit the full volume of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare (2021). by Vina YunTRANSIT vol. 12, no. 2 Translated by Thomas B. Fuhr and Wojtek Gornicki Download PDF “Oh, yeah, yeah,” K-Pop superstar Jay Park croons. “Oh, the wholesome samgyetang, the sweet-and-sour galbi jjim. Haemul pajeon on rainy days, andong jjimdak on those depressing days.” In this saccharine R&B ballad, Park is not idolizing […]
Privileges
Click here to visit the full volume of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare (2021). by Olga Grjasnowa TRANSIT vol. 12, no. 2 Translated by Allison García Download PDF One of the greatest privileges in life is the ability to choose who you want to be. There is a kind of privilege that lies in the […]
Looks
Click here to visit the full volume of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare (2021). by Hengameh Yaghoobifarah TRANSIT vol. 12, no. 2 Translated by Jonas Teupert Download PDF A friend and I walk through the museum quarter of a West-German city, surrounded by a bunch of tourists. There are plenty of exhibitions, but none can […]
Trust
Click here to visit the full volume of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare (2021). by Deniz UtluTRANSIT vol. 12, no. 2 Translated by Jon Cho-Polizzi Download PDF – 1 – The year I took my high school exit exams,[1] U.S. forces brought Murat Kurnaz of Bremen, Germany to Guantánamo, mistakenly believing him to be a terrorist. He’s only one year older than […]
Work
Click here to visit the full volume of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare (2021). by Fatma AydemirTRANSIT vol. 12, no. 2 Translated by Be Schierenberg Download PDF Fake smile, harem pants flowing, she comes bouncing towards me and says she gets it now: why I had gotten the interview. “MIGRANT BONUS!” Her words hit me like a slap in the face. […]
Visible
Click here to visit the full volume of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare (2021). by Sasha Marianna Salzmann TRANSIT vol. 12, no. 2 Translated by Lou Silhol-Macher Download PDF I will never know what it means to be invisible. I will never know how it is to be able to kiss carelessly in the park, […]
Foreword to the Translations
Click here to visit the full volume of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare (2021). by Fatma Aydemir and Hengameh Yaghoobifarah TRANSIT vol. 12, no. 2 Translated by Jon Cho-Polizzi Download PDF In March of 2018, Germany introduced its so-called Ministry of Heimat, which could be translated as Homeland. But not exactly. Because the concept of […]