Errant Journal No. 4: “States of Statelessness”

Framer Framed invites you to the launch of Errant Journal’s 4th issue “States of Statelessness.” The launch will take place on November 12 from 4–6pm. The newest issue is now available for (pre-)order here.

Errant Journal’s 4th issue tackles the imaginary nature of the nation state, and looks into alternative forms of solidarity, community and belonging that are disconnected from or even antagonistic to this form of governance and in which a migrant or otherwise marginalized position can be seen as one of power and resistance. “States of Statelessness” delves into the diverse manners in which people respond to their precarious relations to nation and nationality in practical, poetic and community-based ways. But more than that, this issue is a celebration of the ways in which people are able to stand their ground, to exist in fluidity, and a commemoration of those before us that have shown that other “states” are possible.

Contributors: Abdul Adan, Isshaq Albarbary, Asia Bazdyrieva, Merve Bedir, Irene de Craen, Michał P. Garapich, Dominique Himmelsbach de Vries, Fabian Holle, Alevtina Kakhidze, Saskia Köbschall, Nilüfer Koç, Elżbieta Mirga-Wójtowicz, Max Ring

Go to list of contents or read the editorial.

Errant Journal is a concept by Irene de Craen, realized in collaboration with Framer Framed, an Amsterdam-based platform for contemporary art, visual culture, and critical theory & practice.

More information on Errant Journal
Errant Journal is a cultural/political publication loosely inspired by Édouard Glissant‘s notion of the Poetics of Relation in which he opposes ideas of centers, linearity, roots and dichotomy. Errant, meaning both “deviating from an accepted norm” and “wandering”, represents a way of breaking free from the idea of identity based on origin and the possibility to possess a totality of knowledge. Different Englishes, formal and informal knowledge, intuition and the poetic all find their place on our pages. Although our background is in art, we do not see art as a special or separate category of human knowledge and production but rather as one of many options to consider our worlds. Our journal therefore plays on the phonetic of an errant journey: a kind of wandering that is neither aimless nor directed at a clear goal or on a well-defined path. Errant is published twice a year, supported by a program of public events and podcasts.

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