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Black Women And The Struggle For Education As The Practice Of Freedom: Embodying An Ethic And Pedagogy Of Liberation, Camilla J. Bell
Black Women And The Struggle For Education As The Practice Of Freedom: Embodying An Ethic And Pedagogy Of Liberation, Camilla J. Bell
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This dissertation explores the ways in which Black women across the Syracuse community embody an ethic and pedagogy of liberation for Black youth and their families within and beyond the school setting. The purpose is to understand in more nuanced ways Black women’s activation of their own lived experiences to dismantle systems of oppression and realize education as the practice of freedom for Black youth. Informed by Black feminist and womanist theories, this study employs narrative analysis, and sister circles—two methods which testify to the power of Black women’s her-stories and its impact on Black youth and their families. Knitting …
Cruising, Crossings & Care: Sounds Of Collective Black Girlhood, Blair Ebony Smith
Cruising, Crossings & Care: Sounds Of Collective Black Girlhood, Blair Ebony Smith
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This dissertation is an autoethnography of my three-year and ongoing participation in Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT), a creative organizing collective that focuses on envisioning and creating spaces within the local community that celebrates the complex lived experiences of Black girls with Black girls. In this project, I argue sounds of collective Black girlhood, created in SOLHOT, reveal the importance of collective music-making practices in Black girlhood studies and girl programming. Cruising, Crossings and care, as sounds of collective Black girlhood created in SOLHOT, resound us towards 1) being with Black girls and women across difference in deep …