In this lecture/workshop Florian will present the 2020 founded research and practice process of the international somatic research group: „In Our White Bodies – Anti-Racism Workgroup”.

The first half will be a lecture/presentation and summary of the progress of white-identified bodies to work on anti-racism strategies, on deconstructing white colonialism, and addressing internalized racism in our bodies and the somatic practices and education we bring into the world.

Anti-racism material from a perspective of living with-in a body identified as ‘white’ - working with embodiment was the entrance point. The process of finding approaches, creating accountability (i.e. consulting practitioners/educators of color during the process and constant re-evaluation), and discovering methods to analyze and experience believe-systems and discriminative structures will be documented – proposals for change & open questions arising throughout the process presented.

A practical workshop in the second half will bring the discovered concepts alive and make them experience-able for the attendees. Room for discussion is given if the time allows.