Embodied Lines

Embodied Lines explored how the body experiences different types of violence at intimate, urban and national levels.

When? July 2022 - October 2022

Who? King's College London PhD researchers in collaboration with co-researchers, artists and community activists.

What was it about? Social scientists at King's College London worked together with artists, activists, migrants and Southwark residents to explore research questions around violence in its physical, psychosocial, structural, and interpersonal forms. This project was an example of co-produced participatory action research: all collaborators work together to research a question without privileging one type of knowledge over another.

Collaborators and partners: Embodied Lines was led by researchers Ivana Bevilacqua, Rosa dos Ventos Lopes Heimer and Hana Riazuddin (Geography, King’s College London) in collaboration with co-researchers, artists and community activists Abid, Hannah Adeniji, Mahmoud, Ali, Shamso Ali, Amjad, Andrea & Magda; Olamide Bamigboye, Afnan Bouh, Sé Carr, Francess Conteh, Daliya, Nina Franco, Tatiana Garavito, Harish, Elizabeth Kuyoro, Nadeen, Mali Larrignton-Nelson (Shy One), Jael de la Luz García, Susy Peña, Shahani Richards, The Arab Centre for Alternative Planning; The Popular Committee of Wadi Ara.