Endarkened Alchemy as Ancestral Listening, Spiritual Co-Writing, and Educational Liberation

• In Event: Critical Epistemologies and Methodologies: Reclaiming Knowledge, Story, and Belonging Across Educational Spaces

Abstract

The historical and contemporary significance of Endarkened Alchemists—that is, Black Women Educators who engage in ethics of risk, politicized and intersectional care, and othermothering (Beauboeuf-Lafontant, 2002; Dillard, 2022; Pham et. al, 2024) and provide Black Scholars with the knowledge, skills, and strategies to survive systemic antiblackness (Author, 2023, 2025)—has been understudied and underutilized (Farinde-Wu et al., 2023; Gist et al., 2018; Muhammad et al., 2020; Obaizamomwan-Hamilton, 2023). Contributing to research on Black people’s educational and schooling experiences, my qualitative study deeply explored how I, as a Black Woman Educator, embodied Endarkened Alchemy (Author, 2025b) in service of disrupting systemic antiblackness, addressing anti-Black racism (Author, 2023, 2025), and (re)humanizing Black Scholars and Educators.

Author

• Kiese Vita, California State University - East Bay