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Interview with Rubén H. Bermúdez

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This video interview of photographer und film director Rubén H. Bermúdez 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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Interview
Name of interviewee Rubén H. Bermúdez
Position of interviewee Fotographer, visual artist, film director and co-founder of Conciencia Afro
Country of origin Spain
Country of residence Spain
Date of interview 6 May 2024
Place of interview Madrid, España (via ZOOM)
Language of interview Spanish
Media format Video
Interviewer Julia Borst
Editing of interview Julia Borst
Key words Digital content, Digital activism, Opportunities and challenges of the internet, Afroeurope, African diaspora, Digital diaspora, Decolonization of knowledge, Spain
Project
Project title AFROEUROPECYBERSPACE
Project number 101110473
Funding ERC Starting Grant
Project duration 03/2024-02/2029
PI Julia Borst
Institution U Bremen
Other persons involved Merveilles Mouloungui, Ximena Cervantes Englert, Emma Pappiér, Liam Hurwitz, Helena Montalvo del Valle