Rajnesh Chakrapani
PhD student in Comparative Literature; International Writers Track
Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity Graduate Fellow
Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity Graduate Fellow
Publications
https://whathappens.world/leaflet-series
Manifesto of Translation of Hospitality was performed in the Literatures in the Making workshop by writers in the International Writers Track at Wash U, contributions from that performance are included in the text. Manifesto of Translations of Hospitality is a short collaborative novel by Sondos Zaghari, Christin Alhalabi, Rajnesh Chakrapani. The novel includes a script for a performance made in Berlin with a group of Palestinian artists and practitioners, a lyric essay on translation as a performance, a translator's note in Arabic and English, an abstract, QR code links to videos where Sondos and Christin guide the viewer through an experience of Berlin and Ramallah, much more.