Traversing Through Spaces to Define Self: An Exploration of Black Girl Counter-Spaces

• In Event: Centering Black Voices Through Pedagogies, Schooling, and Counter-Spaces

Abstract

In this paper, the authors explore how Black girls’ literacies are centered in counterspaces (digital and in-person). Engaging in the scholarship and social media platforms, we uplift how they cultivate spaces to resist and thrive. Then, the authors contend that Black girl counterspaces are educational and ponder the holistic nature and expansive possibilities of incorporating these spaces in the classroom.

Authors

• Dasmen Richards, Michigan State University
  Presenting Author

• Jessica Reed, Michigan State University
  Presenting Author