Jan Beek is the leader of the research project 'Police-translations' in the Department of Anthropology and African Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzThomas Bierschenk is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzAnnalena Kolloch is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Anthropology and African Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzBernd Meyer is Professor for Intercultural Communication at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz