Bur'yan / Бурʼян

“BUR’YAN” is a podcast produced in collaboration with decolonial researchers and activists from the Beda collective. Each episode can have not only new guests but also new hosts. The name of the podcast — “BUR’YAN” — in Ukrainian means “wild grass” or “weeds.” These undesirable plants, which can belong to different genera, are marginal in the agricultural hierarchy. They are mowed, uprooted, and sometimes even burned, but every year they sprout again. They are an integral part of local ecosystems and are essential for preserving soils and riverbanks. They are diverse and numerous, and they are also stubborn and recalcitrant. That is why for us wild grass is a metaphor for the diversity and multiplicity of decolonial movements that resist russian colonialism. This will become the subject of our podcast — an attempt to reveal various dimensions of coloniality in the hope that “BUR’YAN” will become a space for the voices of people affected by these politics.