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Meeting point: Counter in the Sylvia Wynter Foyer

Musafiri: Of travelers and guests
Exhibition and research project
March 8-June 16

Public discourse and politics are increasingly characterized by fears - Germany is one of the most obvious examples of this. Fears that stem from a narrow, often hegemonic and at the same time localized view of the world. The exhibition Musafiri: Of Travelers and Guests is an urgent plea for the recognition and affirmation of the polyphonic worlds of all those who have detached themselves from the places of their origin and set out on their journey.

The Arabic word musafir resounds with an astonishing phonetic coherence in different languages and cultural spaces. From Romanian to Turkish, Farsi, Urdu, Hindi, Swahili, Kazakh, Malay and Uyghur, its distribution covers an impressive geographical area. The exhibition guides us through these geographies and the interwoven worlds of fearless travelers, of individuals and communities involuntarily and brutally displaced in the past, as well as the increasingly dramatic migration movements in the here and now.

Guided tours

Admission included in the exhibition ticket
Meeting point: counter in Sylvia Wynter Foyer

Musafiri: Of Travellers and Guests
Exhibition and Research Project
8 March-16 June

Public discourse and politics are increasingly characterized by fears-with Germany being one of the strongest examples of this. Fears that stem from a narrow, often hegemonic, and at the same time localized view of the world. As such, the exhibition Musafiri: Of Travellers and Guests constitutes an urgent plea to acknowledge and assert the polyphonic worlds brought together by the experience of those who have moved past their points of origin.

The Arabic word musafir resonates with stunning phonetic consistency across languages and within strikingly different cultural spaces, from Romanian to Turkish, Farsi, Urdu, Hindi, Swahili, Kazakh, Malay, and Uygur, among others, in a vast, uninterrupted geography. The exhibition follows worlds as they have been braided by intrepid travelers and unwillingly displaced individuals and communities in history, to the intensifying migratory movements of today.

Price information:

Im Ausstellungsticket inbegriffen / Admission included in the exhibition ticket Free admission an folgenden Daten / Free admission on the following dates Sat., 8.3.2025 Sun., 9.3.2025 Sun., 6.4.2025 Sun., 4.5.2025 Sun., 18.5.2025 Sun., 1.6.2025 Sat., 14.6.2025 Sun., 15.6.2025