Date: July 2020
This podcast forms part of a series of conversations organised by doctoral fellows at the University of Potsdam’s Research Training Group minor cosmopolitanisms.
In this two-part series Hannah Vögele, Kathleen Samson, and Yael Attia co-hosted a conversation between Dr. Vanessa Thompson, based at the Goethe Universität in Frankfurt , and Dr. Sara Salem based at LSE. They brought their interests in decolonial studies, critical race theory, travelling theories and the articulations of race in Europe together in a co-written article titled “Old Racisms, New Masks: On the Continuing Discontinuities of Racism and the Erasure of Race in European Contexts”, and it was thrilling for Hannah, Kathleen, and Yael to be able to talk with them about their academic work and practice.
The “Erased in Translation” series shines light on how when race is addressed in Europe there is a logic of locating it as something that happens “over there”, or “back then”. In episode 1 we focus on the “over there”, discussing travelling theory, untranslatability and US centricity in academic research. We challenge dominant narratives by pointing to specific articulations of racism, and talk about ways of resisting and creating anew in and beyond the academy.
REFERENCES (PODCAST EPISODE-1)
Primary article:
Salem, Salem, Thompson, Vanessa. (2016). Old Racisms, New Masks: On the Continuing Discontinuities of Racism and the Erasure of Race in European Contexts. nineteen sixty nine: an ethnic studies journal, 3(1). Link to Article
Organisations & initiatives
Authors and Books/Texts
Colonial aphasia/amnesia; white innocence
Working and writing transnationally
ADEFRA e. V. - Schwarze Frauen in Deutschland ist ein kulturpolitisches Forum von und für Schwarze Frauen/ ADEFRA e. V. - Black Women in Germany is a cultural and political forum by and for Black women
Travelling theory and the stretching of concepts
Pitfalls of comparison
Working as activist-academic; tracing and listening
Policing
Additional resources from the longer conversation
Working with the archive
Lived reality as theory production; activist & academic work
The “Erased in Translation” series shines light on how when race is addressed in Europe there is a logic of locating it as something that happens “over there”, or “back then”. In this episode we flesh out the “back then” and take up the articulations of racism through the language of cultural difference and how this is connected to old religious racism in European histories and presents.
REFERENCES (PODCAST EPISODE-2)
Primary article:
Salem, Salem, Thompson, Vanessa. (2016). Old Racisms, New Masks: On the Continuing Discontinuities of Racism and the Erasure of Race in European Contexts. nineteen sixty nine: an ethnic studies journal, 3(1). Link to Article
Authors and Books/Texts
Race and Culture/ The new racism
Racism and Anti-Semitism
Little Rock
Race critical analysis in context
Conversations by:
Dr. Vanessa Thompson (Goethe Universität in Frankfurt), and Dr. Sara Salem (LSE)
Bio:
Dr. Vanessa Thompson and Dr. Sara Salem brought their interests in decolonial studies, critical race theory, travelling theories and the articulations of race in Europe together in a co-written article titled “Old Racisms, New Masks: On the Continuing Discontinuities of Racism and the Erasure of Race in European Contexts."
Organized by:
This podcast forms part of a series of conversations organised by doctoral fellows at the University of Potsdam’s Research Training Group Minor Cosmopolitanisms. Hannah Vögele, Kathleen Samson, and Yael Attia co-hosted the conversation.