Abstract
In this short article, I off er a personal reflection on my own mobilities and how these influenced my academic interest in human movement and brought me in contact with mobility studies and Transfers. On the special occasion of the journal’s tenth anniversary, I look back at how the journal has fared. I remind readers of the initial plans and expectations that were expressed by the founding editors, with a focus on issues that are important from an anthropological point of view. I complement this critical and constructive analysis with a brief look into the future. In which direction should Transfers ideally be moving? What are the implications of societal developments such as the ones surrounding the coronavirus pandemic for the journal and its thematic focus?
Highlights
In this short article, I offer a personal reflection on my own mobilities and how these influenced my academic interest in human movement and brought me in contact with mobility studies and Transfers
After a short stint as an applied researcher in a government-related project on tour guiding in Flanders, I obtained a research grant from the EU and landed as a postdoctoral fellow at KU Leuven, in an anthropology research unit specializing in migration studies
I founded in 2009 the Cultural Mobilities Research (CuMoRe) cluster at KU Leuven
Summary
I offer a personal reflection on my own mobilities and how these influenced my academic interest in human movement and brought me in contact with mobility studies and Transfers. It is worthwhile to reread the Transfers inaugural editorial a decade after it was published.[8] The text starts with a quote by anthropologist Tim Ingold and mentions the work of Ramona Lenz (who, has left academia since).
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