Black Queer World-Making and the Pursuit of Truth in Educational Research

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The 2023 Annual Meeting’s focus on the pursuit of truth immediately begs the question, “Whose truth?” Or, “truth on what terms?” In response to those questions, this session will explore what becomes possible when Black queer worldmaking—an epistemology historically excluded from the academy—is centered as a form of truth-telling in educational research. Situated against intersecting injustices, Black queer worldmaking draws upon strategies and sensibilities across time and space to excavate Black queer histories, navigate the anti-Black and anti-queer present, and move toward futures of Black queer thriving (Darling-Hammond, 2019). The papers in this session will consider what counts as truth in educational scholarship when Black queer worldmaking is taken seriously.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Queer Studies

Chair

• Ed Brockenbrough, University of Pennsylvania

Papers

• Black, Queer, Feminist Imperatives: Reading and Writing Poetry to Save Our Lives - Durell M. Callier, University of Delaware; Dominique C. Hill, Colgate University

• Black Queer Arts as Archive - Lance Trevor McCready, University of Toronto

• Quaring Literacy Education: Liberatory Possibilities for Queer African American Language Speakers - Lindsey Allen, University of Maryland

• Black Queer Epistemologies and Rebellious Possibilities in Teacher Education - Monique Yvonne Perry, University of Pennsylvania

• "Reading Came First": A Consideration of Black Queer and Trans Reading Practices - Ed Brockenbrough, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant

• Shamari Reid, New York University