Speaking back to power: Lived experiences through counternarratives and counter-masternarratives of race and gender

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Sunday 1:45 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Leveraging Intersectional Identity to Name and Resist Dominant Narratives in Formal and Informal Education Spaces

Abstract

This proposal examines the use of counternarratives in educational research, particularly as a tool for understanding racially marginalized groups through the lens of Critical Race Theory (CRT). Drawing on Foucault’s concept of power and resistance, the research views resistance as a strategic response to oppressive forces. The work introduces the concept of “counter-masternarrative” and grounds its theoretical framework in CRT, Gender Theory, Antagonism of Strategies, and assemblage-immanence. By connecting theory with my personal narratives and lived experiences of race and gender discrimination, the paper aims to provide critical insights into educational qualitative research.

Author

• Arisandy Johnson, Arizona State University