Change of Perspective by Brückenwind

Listening to those who are often silenced, Change of Perspective challenges European supremacy and examines the power structures that sustain racism, colonial continuities, and social injustice.

Across two seasons, we explore racism, eurocentrism, colonialism, postcolonial continuities, volunteering, white saviorism, paternalism, and solidarity. How can engagement move beyond charity? What narratives shape the way we talk about resistance and responsibility? Whose voices are centered — and whose are left out?

Through critical reflection and storytelling, we create space for dialogue with activists, scholars, and members of resistance movements who speak from lived experience. Rather than speaking about them, we speak with them — amplifying their expertise and perspectives.

This podcast invites listeners to question dominant narratives, reflect on their own positionality, and move from awareness to action.

It’s time to listen, learn, and rethink solidarity.

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Season 2 · Episode 7 | Beyond Helping – Reinventing Solidarity.

In the seventh episode of Change of Perspective – Beyond Helping: Reinventing Solidarity, we speak with Yili Rojas, member of the educational platform Südblicke – Perspectives from the Global South. Together, we question what solidarity really means and how dominant narratives continue to shape the ways Europe sees itself and others.
Yili reflects on political education, colonial continuities, self-organization, and the importance of unlearning. She challenges the idea of Europe as a producer of solutions and invites us to rethink solidarity — not as saving others, but as a deeper process of confronting power, language, and ourselves.
The interview was...

90 min

Special Episode: Perspectives on Voluntourism in different contexts – challenges and way forward

In the panel discussion Dolly Afoumba, Malika Gottstein and Laila discuss Voluntourism and what it implies. Moderated by Carolin Philipp, the three incredible speakers discuss the difference between volunteering and (political) activism as well as the harmful effects of Voluntourism. They speak about privilege, ongoing (un)learning processes and the change from charity to solidarity.
The panel discussion took place online on 3rd March 2026.

Speakers:
Dolly Afoumba - Economic Historian, PhD, Anti-Racism Trainer
Malika Gottstein - Active member of Zugvögel - Grenzen überwinden e.V.
Laila - feminist activist, Legal Center Lesvos

Moderator: Carolin Philipp - co-founder of the glokal collective,...

41 min

Season 2 · Episode 6 | Reclaiming the Narratives and the Voices of those Affected on Self Representation

Episode 6, “Reclaiming the Narratives and the Voices of those Affected on Self Representation,” features Olivia Alaso Patience, founder of No White Saviours Uganda. The conversation explores the role of storytelling in social change. In this episode with Olivia we tried to challenge dominant narratives, amplifying marginalized voices, and supporting the library through fundraising, community involvement, and skill-sharing.

Oliva highlights the importance of Sankara Pan African Library in Kampala as a community project that promotes education, and decolonial literature. This is also, a call for all of us to join the Sankara Pan African Library in Kampala and buld solidarity...

47 min

Season 2 · Episode 5 | Whose Story Gets Told - Language, Framing and Representation

In the fifth episode of Change of Perspective – Whose Story Gets Told?, we speak with Ann Aradi- Savi Noir, queer Kenyan human rights activist based in Berlin and coordinator of the “Resilient Voices” project. Together, we explore who holds the power to tell stories, why storytelling is political, and how language shapes representation. As dominant systems control narratives, often by using oppressive terms: Ann calls for reclaiming language as a tool of empowerment, while reflecting on storytelling as a collective act of resistance.