5 Essays about Traveling Ideas
Ideas can travel in different contexts, but they also reach their limits. 5 essays about traveling ideas and their barriers.
On the Tip of My Tongue
Brussel based writer and educator Sahej Marwah writes in her essay about the different languages she speaks: „Everyday, around me, I had friends who primarily spoke in French or Flemish or Italian. Friends whose entire education, and proudly so, was conducted in their native language. It came with no shame – their using their mother tongue for practically everything seemed so organic. So it made me question, what was my mother tongue?“
Travelling Ideas and Their Baggage
Yassien Aglan uses the example of Youssef Idris’ “The Cheapest Nights” to show how some aspects of the original text can be lost in translation. He talks about the English translation and the introduction to the book, which was written by the translator herself, in which she reports on the obstacles to a complete rendering of the text.
How do you say Ballroom in German? – Part 1
German-American writer, performance artist and cultural curator Sophie Yukiko looks back on a decade of creating and experiencing Ballroom Culture in Germany. With a critical look on the reproduction of powerdynamics, she tries to find out what happened between 1980’s Harlem and today while diving into the conflicts and potentials of the German scene.
How do you say ballroom in German? – Part2
In her second essay, Sophie Yukiko continues her critical examination of the German Ballroom culture. She observes that it holds huge potential because from its earliest days, it has always been a space for discussion, criticism, adjustment and conversation.
Shakespeare travelling
People who are interested in postcolonialism certainly don’t think of Shakespeare first. It is more likely that a postcolonial approach turns against what Shakespeare stands for. In this essay, Lucy Gasser looks at the facets of Shakespeare that are worthy of criticism from a postcolonial point of view, but also at the ambivalent ways in which “Shakespeare” has traveled.