In a world where we are all tourists in one way or another, some choose to carve their own path, redefining their relationship with belonging beyond physical borders.

Erinç Seymen’s The Volunteer (2014) reflects this emotional terrain. It speaks to the idea of being willing to belong, while reminding us that true belonging rarely has a physical address. We can feel like tourists in our own homes, our own streets, even our own countries.
This issue explores the feeling of being foreign — sometimes to a place, sometimes to people, and sometimes even to yourself.