Reflections. Challenging Hegemony in Space Design and Allocation: Creating Humanizing Physical Spaces for Black Students

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Abstract

The authors draw on self-study research (Loughran, 2005; Pinnegar & Hamilton, 2009) as a methodology to illustrate how their interactions in physical spaces reflect their racialized and gendered experiences. Space design and distribution often produce hegemonic physical space layouts that reinforce and maintain social hierarchies and dominance. This paper challenges this “automatic” hegemonic space design and distribution concepts. Drawing from conceptual frameworks of racial space and radical healing, we introduce a new theoretical framework called radical healing space to analyze the patriarchal and power structures in physical spaces. We provide a useful pathway for moving toward a socially just space design and distribution that centers the needs of Black students and Black communities.

Authors

• Winnie Kwofie, California State University - East Bay
  Presenting Author

• Babalwa Kwanele, California State University - East Bay
  Presenting Author