A (Re)membering Renaissance: Black Sisterhood, Academia, and Possibilities

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

As Black women educational (re)searchers, we investigate our co-generative experiences via our research trip to Ghana in the summer of 2022 (Dillard, 2016). Upon our (re)turn we cultivated a “Black” space of sisterhood, with the support of Black women elder scholars (McKittrick, 2006). In this symposium, Black Joy and Wellness are centered. We marshal Beyoncé’s Renaissance album as a theoretical framework through which to interrogate our (re)turn from Ghana, what it has yielded, and how it has created space for us to be and show up for one another both personally and professionally on this side of the water.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Hip Hop Theories, Praxis & Pedagogies

Chair

• Jessica Reed, Michigan State University

Papers

• You Won't Break My Soul: (Re)generative Powers of Black Sisterhood in Academia - Celeste A. Housey, NYCPS

• “AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM”: (Re)turning and Cultivating Black Joy in the Group Chat - Damaris C. Dunn, Drexel University

• MOVE! Sisterhood in the Virtual as a Balm for Black Women (Re)searchers - Danie Marshall, Georgia State University