Interview with Bábara Abadía-Rexach
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This video interview of Bábara Abadía-Rexach is part of a video series conducted in the context of the ERC Starting Grant project AFROEUROPECYPERSPACE (101110473) with Africans and Afrodescendants in Europe (and beyond) who use the internet to gain visibility and participate in knowledge production as part of their literary, artistic, cultural, political and/or research activities. The interviews include question on the interviewees’ digital presence and on the opportunities, challenges and risk of artivism and activism in cyberspace. Furthermore, they deal with questions of self-positioning and self-designation, the rise in visibility of African and Afrodescendant persons and movements across Europe in recent years and the challenges of decolonizing European societies. Finally, they explore how academia could and should involve writers, artists and activist in its research.
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| Name of interviewee | Bárbara Abadía-Rexach | | Background / métier of interviewee | Co-producer and co-host of the podcast NEGRAS, member of the antiracist and decolonial organization Colectivo Ilé, sociocultural anthropologist, associate professor of Afrolatinidades at San Francisco State University | | Country / countries of origin | Puerto Rico | | Country / countries of residence | Puerto Rico / USA | | Date of interview | 18 March 2026 | | Place of interview | San Juan, Puerto Rico | | Language of interview | Spanish | | Media format | Video | | Interviewer | Julia Borst | | Video editing | Julia Borst | | Last editing | 7 July 2026 |