Isabel Kwarteng-Acheampong

Isabel Kwarteng-Acheampong’s doctoral research explores Merfolk imaginaries and the  Mermaid as a figure, a practice, and a way of accessing embodied knowledge. At its core is the body as a living archive, in which histories, memories, and forms of knowledge are inscribed, transmitted through movement and somatic perception, and renegotiated. Through the analysis of selected performance works, she investigates how embodied forms of knowledge intersect with diasporic memory, Afro-Atlantic water cosmologies, and colonial afterlives. Drawing on perspectives on transfluidity, she explores transformation, multiplicity, and fluid forms of embodiment and identity. Her research focuses on the performative and somatic practices of Black queer and trans artists, examining how these practices challenge normative understandings of race, gender, and tradition, while opening up possibilities for self-determination and empowerment.

 contact: I.Kwateng@lmu.de