Living Echoes From Within: Intergenerational Learning Through and in Black Girl Gathering Spaces

• In Event: Thursday Roundtable Session 9:00 am
  In Roundtable Session: Centering Black Students' Agency Across Educational Spaces (Table 25)

Abstract

Black girls are co-constructors of knowledge. Soil 2 Soul, a qualitative liberatory action research study, investigated contextual cues supporting knowledge creation and sharing in Black daughter-mother dyads. Here, we witnessed that communicative behaviors in Black daughter-mother dyads were supported by non-verbal semiotic channels (gestures, movement) that generated and facilitated dialogue regarding the Black girl and her styles of learning. This study demonstrates the significance of the importance of relationships with Black girls and highlights the need to interrogate the thinking behind what constitutes knowledge and the settings where learning occurs. Understanding how this study impacted Black girls can aid researchers in conducting comprehensive research centered on the assets and knowledge of marginalized students and their rich historical and cultural backgrounds.

Author

• Sonya Brooks, University of California - Los Angeles