Graduate Student Council Division F Fireside Chat: Leveraging Historical Methods to Build Coalitions for Liberation in Education

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

“Education for liberation implies the political organization of the oppressed to achieve power” (Freire, 1975), and “history is the fruit of power” (Truillot, 2015). This session brings together four Black women scholar-activists in a hybrid format to discuss the ways that historical research methods can be leveraged to build coalitions for liberation in education. This includes an in-depth discussion concerning race and racism, oral history, digital archiving, freedom schools, and community partnerships. The goal is for attendees to learn promising strategies for conducting educational research with an eye towards educational justice.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Cosponsor

• Division F - History and Historiography

Chair

• M. Nathan Tanner, University of Nevada - Reno

Discussant

• Jacqueline Pedota, University of Texas at Austin

Panelists

• Ashley D. Farmer, University of Texas at Austin

• ArCasia D. James-Gallaway, Texas A&M University

• Ashanté Reese, University of Texas at Austin

• Francena F.L. Turner, National Park Sevice