This thread-themed issue deals with the other, the strange, the astonishing, with that which fascinates, frightens, repels or provokes. Unusual life plans, idiosyncratic values and different orientations are reported. It's about the fear of the stranger and questions about one's own identity. The readers get to know culturally sensitive projects and take part in practical experience in accompanying people with livelihoods, foreign experiences and alienating behaviors. In short: Leidfaden tracks down what is common in the foreign and what is foreign in the common.