tracing european bodies

Linda Lapiņa, Roskilde University

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Notes

[1] The spellings of europe and european bodies in this text are inspired by an editorial by Anika Keinz and Pawel Lewicki from AJEC (2019) where the authors use small letters for european and the eu (European Union) and italicise the terms white and whiteness in order to interrupt the reading flow and eurocentric ways of reading, in turn following the proposition of Maureen Marsha Eggers, Grada Kilomba, Peggy Piesche and Susan Arndt in their book Mythen, Masken und Subjekte: Kritische Weißseinsforschung in Deutschland (2005). I also use different font styles and colors as affective devices – for instance, in order to facilitate a sense of disruption and disorientation. In addition, I employ these graphic effects to counter expectations of a linear narrative and make more room for plurivocality and fragmentation.
[2] https://politi.dk/nordjyllands-politi/nyhedsliste/lbs091020/2020/10/09, accessed on October 27, 2020.
[3] The name and some details have been changed to ensure anonymity.

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