Kategorie: English
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Derya
Derya and I don’t know each other yet when we meet to talk about her photos. A few weeks before, I am sitting with a group of women who meet every Wednesday, eat together, drink coffee and talk about things that are happening in the city or in their lives. When I talk about the…
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Gideon
Trigger warning: FGM, rape, death, suicide Gideon and I meet in a park. Up to this point, I hardly know anything about him. I got his number from an employee of the Ehrenamtagentur Essen where he introduced himself because he would like to do voluntary work. I’ve sent him a message, told him about the…
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Thorsten
I meet Thorsten for the first time in the homeless centre: a large room, a long window front on the left, a coffee dispenser and cups on a table at one end of the room. There are neat rows of chairs, each with a table in front of them. Not all the seats are taken.…
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Nina
Trigger warning: Ritual violence The first time I met Nina was at an organisation for women here in town. Here, the visitors can have breakfast and lunch in the café, they can wash their clothes, take a shower, talk to each other or with the social workers. When I sit down in the café, it…
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Narmin
I walk across Ehrenzeller Platz and already from a distance I see someone sitting on a bench at the other end. We had agreed to meet at the climbing wall next to which she is waiting, and as I approach, the young woman looks at me searchingly. I smile at her and when I raise…
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Isabela
I am in Altenessen and am sitting in the bright room belonging to the project MifriN. Photos and posters of activities and offers are hanging on the walls: the games bin, school mediators, counselling. MifriN stands for Migrants in a Peaceful Neighbourhood. Ramadan, one of the social workers, offers me something to drink. Standing in…
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Philipp
Philipp and I have known each other for a while. During the pandemic, we met in the garden of a mutual friend. A few weeks ago, I write to him, tell him about the project and ask if he would like to participate. Today we meet for the third time in his flat in Wattenscheid…
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Yehia
I get to know Yehia through Firas. Firas was Yehia’s teacher. I came across him through an offer in the neighbourhood: „Sign language course with Firas“. I try to get his contact details and ask him if we can meet. A week later we sit opposite each other. I ask him about the offer, what…
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M
I meet M on a Thursday evening at a community centre in the city. On Thursdays, people always meet here to „Play & Talk“ – people whose mother tongue is German as well as people who have another mother tongue. Five of us are sitting at a table and playing memory. I tell them about…
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X
Three years ago X and I met for the first time. He is friend Tina’s oldest brother. When we met, we were at the theatre together: X, Tina, her parents and me. X is sitting next to me and before the play starts, we talk. At some point X takes a small digital camera out…
Projekt "Perspektive(n) Mensch" 