GET #30 - Bodies Unbound

The Greater European Talks

Bodies Unbound is an important project run by April Yee, Lena Chen and Elise Hanrahan about reckoning with Europe’s long history of policing the bodies of women of colour. As part of the Europe Lab with the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum, they are working to put together a performance documentary poetry that will bring to light European histories of sexist and racist policing, while centering the women of color who seek liberation from state control. We talk to the projects organisers to talk more about the importance of the topic in todays world, as well as the challenges in creating it. Make sure to check out Bodies Unbound when it is unveiled at the Europe Lab 2021 alongside IGEs project Places in the Sun.

For further information about some of the sources we mentioned during the podcast, see: https://www.nourbese.com/poetry/zong-3/ https://www.shondaland.com/act/a36080121/colonial-history-that-contributed-to-atlanta-shootings/