How is whiteness constructed and why is it so fragile? What’s at stake in discussing colonial memory for eastern Europeans? Do they actually eat a lot of cabbage? Aro Velmet on Gagarin, the Eurozine podcast.
How is whiteness constructed and why is it so fragile? What’s at stake in discussing colonial memory for eastern Europeans? Do they actually eat a lot of cabbage? (Spoiler: they do. It’s delicious.) Historian Aro Velmet, editor of the Estonian cultural journal Vikerkaar talks about his recent articles on medical history and colonial memory from Eurozine, and how Vikerkaar curates its very diverse issues.
Find the mentioned reads in the show notes in Eurozine and listen to this episode of Gagarin, the Eurozine podcast on Spotify, Apple podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher or Soundcloud.