Manifesting the Village: Black Othermothering, Arts-Based Interventions, and Curriculum Building Toward Educator Capability

• In Event: AERA Research in Progress Roundtable Session One
  In Invited Roundtable: Research-in-Progress RT005 (Wednesday)

Abstract

This qualitative study centers the collaborative praxis of Black women caregivers and teachers who co-create a Pre-K–5 curriculum through six informal, arts-based workshops exploring the intersections of art and community care. Framed by Fugitive Pedagogy and Funds of Knowledge, the study examines how Black othermothering and arts practice shape educational capability and collective belonging. Using a Participatory Action Research Counterspace (PARC) design, it builds a community-based art education model that honors participants as co-theorists where through creative making, the project seeks to illuminate how Black women’s intergenerational care traditions cultivate relationships and confidence in a "village" of educating peers.

Author

• K. Lynn Robinson, The Ohio State University