28-02-2026

A conversation with Francio Guadeloupe (KITLV) as he elaborates freedom as a practice that places us in relation to different spheres, including the political and religious, and to all forms of life (not just “those who human”). The podcast is part of the podcast Thoughtlines, an academic 'outside the box thinking' podcast series made by the University of Cambridge.

Drawing on the radical relationality of the Rastafari notion of the “I-and-I”, and reflecting in particular on music in the Caribbean, Francio draws out how music enables a relational and participatory aesthetic that creates moments of freedom and denaturalises categories of race, identity and gender.

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