Volume 4: Foreword Welcome to the 2008-2009 issue of TRANSIT. Our final round of articles for the year is now online. It includes an essay by videographer and theorist Ursula Biemann about her work, as well as a video of … Continue reading
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Writing Video – Writing the World: Videogeographies as Cognitive Medium Ursula Biemann Download PDF Abstract: This essay relates to my writings recently published in the monograph Mission Reports – Artistic practice in the field. Ursula Biemann Video Works 1998-2008, Cornerhouse … Continue reading
Ursula Biemann in Conversation: A Screening and Discussion of Black Sea Files (2005) With an introductory text by Deniz Göktürk Ursula Biemann came to Berkeley as a guest of the Strategic Working Group on “Cultural Forms / Local Stakes / … Continue reading
My Place Peter Weiss Translated by Roger Hillman Download PDF Abstract: Originally published as “Meine Ortschaft” in Rapporte (Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 1968), pp. 113 – 124. The German edition includes a map of the subject matter. © Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am … Continue reading
Switzerland and its Past: An Uncomfortable Relationship Roger de Weck Download PDF Abstract: This lecture was originally delivered at the University of California, Berkeley, on November 10, 2008. It addresses Switzerland’s asylum policies during the Second World War, as well … Continue reading
A Fine Self-Deception Roger de Weck Translated by Ted Dawson Download PDF Abstract: Originally published in German in the SonntagsZeitung, October 28, 2008. Acknowledgments: Translated from the German by Ted Dawson People and cultures have a tendency for selective memory. … Continue reading
Switzerland: Advertising a Strange Case Iso Camartin Download this article as a PDF. Abstract: This lecture was originally delivered at the University of California, Berkeley, on November 18, 2008. Its thematic focus is on multilingualism and cultural diversity in Switzerland. … Continue reading
Bumperfatscha Iso Camartin Translated by Kurt Beals Download PDF Abstract: Originally published in German in Iso Camartin, Die Deutschen und ihre Nachbarn: Schweiz (Munich: C.H. Beck, 2008). Acknowledgments: Translated from the German by Kurt Beals. We don’t just sit down … Continue reading
Plea for a Mobile Identity Hugo Loetscher Download PDF Abstract: This lecture was originally delivered at the University of California, Berkeley, on December 4, 2008. It focuses on the conception of identity from both a Swiss and an international perspective, … Continue reading
If the Good Lord were Swiss Hugo Loetscher Translated by Rafaël Newman Download PDF Abstract: Originally published in German in Der Waschküchenschlüssel, oder, Was-wenn Gott Schweizer wäre (Zurich: Diogenes, 1983). Acknowledgments: Translated from the German by Rafaël Newman. What would … Continue reading