podcast
A special series in collaboration with Surviving Society, a multimedia platform producing creative and authoritative interventions on the political issues and social histories which shape contemporary society. Each episode spotlights a BHH Network member’s work, exploring questions of race, space, and place from different positionalities and disciplinary perspectives.
Black Health is an Urgent Social and Political Issue
In this introductory episode, we hear from Arya Thampuran and Kelechi Anucha on why the health of Black African and Caribbean populations in Britain remains an urgent topic of enquiry.
Black Sexual and Reproductive Health
Rianna Raymond-Williams discusses how it is essential for access to sexual and reproductive health and support to be initiated through anti-racist policies and frameworks.
End-of-Life Care & Waiting Times
Kelechi Anucha discuses the relationship between time and care in contemporary end of life narratives,. This work is part of the Wellcome Trust-funded research project Waiting Times.
Black Joy as Resistance
Tanisha Spratt and Arya Thampuran discuss the importance of Black joy, sprituality and care as crucial to Black health and healing.
Medical Colonial Photography in Malawi & Sudan
Chantelle and Kelechi interview Chimwemwe Phiri about her PhD research based on the colonial histories and ethical dimensions of medical photography, questions of ownership, and the afterlives of archival material.
Can the Museum be a Site of (Anti-Colonial) Resistance?
Chantelle and Kelechi interview Lennon Mhishi about the ‘Re-connecting “Objects’ project at the Pitt Rivers Mueseum (University of Oxford). We explore the functioning of museums as ‘containers’, consisting of colonial collections as products of violence, extraction and dispossession.
You can also listen to the podcast series directly on Spotify here.