The Liberation, Decolonization, and Abolition (LDA) Collective: Testimonios That Collectively Theorize LDA From the Flesh

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  In Roundtable Session: Decolonizing Research Methodologies (Table 28)

Abstract

As four BIPOC graduate students, we established a community within the academia centered on our stories that reimagine liberatory education as a place of healing, justice, and solidarity. The ADL Collective actively and intentionally positions a humanization in order to dismantle and disrupt oppressive systems. This study utilizes testimonio as a method and methodology. Through testimoniando -collective storytelling- and collaborative data analysis, we theorize abolition, decolonization, and liberation in the flesh. Our findings found Against a Hegemony of Thought, Peeling Away at an Imagined America, and Just Because You’re Brown, Don’t Mean You’re Down as our main themes.

Authors

• Andre S. Anderson-Thompson, University of California - Davis

• Anna Penaloza, University of California - Davis

• Cristavel Camacho-Gutierrez, University of California - Davis

• Teresita Issa, University of California - Davis