Background

TRANSIT MIGRATION was founded in the framework  of of "Projekt Migration", a project initiative of the German Federal Cultural Foundation (Kulturstiftung des Bundes) in cooperation with DOMiT e.V. (Documentation Centre and Museum on Migration from Turkey) and the Kölnischer Kunstverein.

Before this background the TRANSIT MIGRATION project developed from 2002-2006 a common research method that was build on the collaborative efforts of academics, film makers, media activists and artists. Researchers and artists focused over two years on the formation of new European border regimes in relation to Germany and on migration movements to and from the southeast of Europe. The participants in the project developed and employed a wide variety of research methods. In addition to publishing research reports and texts, TRANSIT MIGRATION organized workshops and two international symposia and produced films, sound pieces and artistic projects.
TRANSIT MIGRATION is a experimental, transdisciplinary and political project.
It examines the ways in which transnational migration movements are transforming Europe and ist discourses on gouvernance, citizenship and labour markets. TRANSIT MIGRATION asks how, and whether, it is possible to represent this reality in academic discourse, in the media and in art. Since 2007 TRANSIT MIGRATION is organized as independent association based in Berlin under the name transit e.V..