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Open in the appThe anniversary issue of the literary magazine «zwischentext» is dedicated to the theme «heimat/home 2.0». Together with authors Andrea Rea Arežina, Nida Temaj and Sara Kišević, we explore the question of what home can mean today: How can a concept that is traditionally… The anniversary issue of the literary magazine «zwischentext» is dedicated to the theme «heimat/home 2.0». Together with authors Andrea Rea Arežina, Nida Temaj and Sara Kišević, we explore the question of what home can mean today: How can a concept that is traditionally geographically anchored be rethought? What remains when home can no longer be held onto, but only appears in glimpses? Performative elements combine with personal texts to create a multivocal engagement with belonging, identity and the limits of the concept of home. In cooperation with «zwischentext», a (post)migrant, multilingual and interdisciplinary Zurich collective at the intersection of literature, art and society Moderation: Mërgim Gutaj Andrea Rea Arežina was born in Zurich. She studied at the Swiss and German Literature Institute. And she doesn't like short biographies. Nida Temaj (1998) was born in Kosovo, grew up in Berlin and lives in Switzerland today. Shaped by migration, violence and fragmented memory, she writes from the in-between. In her texts she explores origins, belonging, loss and mental health. Her interest lies in the stories people tell about themselves, in experiences that resist straightforward language, and in the traces that the past leaves in bodies, relationships and memories. Sara Kišević (1999) works in art and culture in Zurich. After studying art history as well as comparative and world literature, she worked in contemporary art, cultural communication and exhibition design, always returning to writing. In her texts she explores language, identity and (un)belonging and is interested in the spaces where the personal and collective meet, where questions of self-positioning, connection and home are renegotiated…