This diverse collection of essays by BIPOC practitioners is intended as an invitation to reflect and feel our way toward alternative approaches to how transformative collective power can emerge within the German context. What role do the body and emotions play in emancipatory movements in times of multiple crises? What does a holistic perspective on social conditions, resistance, and collective visions mean? How are individual transformation and collective, deeply systemic change connected? This small collection contains experiences and insights that have emerged from relationships within community and with the self. Questions are raised, observations shared, visions spun, and wishes expressed.
Project Information
- Developed as part of the Cooperation Network against Racism
- Project duration: since January 2025
- Funded by the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Beiträge
- Aki Krishnamurthy: Wieso fühlen in Zeiten wie diesen?
- Aïsha Konaté: Re-membering the body (text in English)
- amaeze: Rhythmus als kollektive Praxis
- Kuem & Jaya Chakravarti: Der Körper ist wie eine Frequenz, die mich neugierig macht…
- Jarred Kennedy-Loving & Sebastian Fleary: Vom Spüren und Sein
- Katja Kinder: verkörpern, verbinden, verändern
- Natascha Nassir-Shahnian & Niuscha Ramzani: Vertrauen bauen
- Yili Rojas: DE VUELTA AL CUERPO (mit Übersetzung)
- Clementine Ewokolo Burnley & Jaya Chakravarti: Moving Together: How we Practice Somatics In a Collective (text in English)
- Miki Welde: „If I can feel it, I am living it“ - Warum es Sinn macht, Empowerment, Hip-Hop und Embodied Social Justice-Praktiken zusammenzudenken
- Rafia Shahnaz: We Carry the Land in Our Bones - Somatic Pathways Through Racism, Memory, and Belonging (text in English)
Suggested Citation
Krishnamurthy, A. (Ed.). (2026). Wir brauchen einen langen Atem. Embodied Visions für kollektive Transformation. Center for Data-driven Empowerment, Leadership and Advocacy (zedela).
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