Exploring the Promise of Decolonial Perspectives for Transformative Activist Projects in Educational Contexts

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Wednesday 2:30 pm Four Seasons Ballroom 1
  In Roundtable Session: Repairing With(in) CHAT: Inclusion, Social Imagination, and Decolonial Perspectives (Table 5)

Abstract

Scholarship within decolonial frameworks has been published across numerous disciplines, including the learning sciences (e.g. Bang, 2017; Bang & Vossoughi, 2016; Maldonado-Torres, 2017; Sonn et al., 2017). Yet, there has been limited exploration of how cultural-historical and Vygotskyan research perspectives share substantial overlap with the goals and assumptions of decolonial projects, even in the decolonial studies within psychology. This presentation aims to extend the conversation on how we can remediate racial injustices in psychology by exploring points of convergence in decoloniality and cultural-historical scholarship. We aim to facilitate a discussion of how decoloniality can inform a transformative-activist approach (e.g. Stetsenko, 2023, 2024) and how cultural-historical research can inform decolonial projects’ attempts to address the coloniality of power.

Authors

• Karlyn R. Adams-Wiggins, Portland State University

• Temitope F. Adeoye Olenloa, Purdue University

• A. Krystal Lira, San Diego State University

• Anakin Rivera Ramirez, Portland State University

• Sandy D. Cerda-Lezama, Portland State University

• Graciela Segura, Portland State University