Afrofuturism, Sankofa, and the Radical Imagination in Black Educational Thought

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Friday 9:45 am - Gold 3

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This paper session unites Afrofuturism, Sankofa, Ubuntu, and radical pedagogy as frameworks for reimagining Black education. The papers show how speculative creativity, ancestral recovery, and communal ethics cultivate critical hope and institutional transformation. Participants propose future-facing yet historically grounded models for leadership, curriculum, and research that treat imagination as a method of survival and repair.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Research Focus on Black Education

Papers

• Co-Creating the Sankofa Framework: Humanizing Research Through Reflexivity and Critical Consciousness - Ashley N. Gibson, Baylor University

• "For Us, By Us": Centering Black Language, Culture, and Community in Scholarly Publishing - Mia Harris, Stanford University; Ramon Stephens, Stanford University

• Pursuing Educational Equity with Afrofuturism and Futures Scenario Planning - Darnel Degand, University of California - Davis; Sosanya M. Jones, Howard University