Coloring Hope Theory: An Autoethnographic Sketch of Pain, Silent Killers, and Dream Hope for Social Justice

• In Event: 75.060 - Roundtable Session 33
  In Roundtable Session: 75.060-7 - Examining Poetic Inquiry, Autoethnography, and Emancipatory Disability Research

Abstract

Many people pay attention to a theory of hope in many different contexts. The purpose of this paper, based upon an autoethnographic tale, is to explore a theory of hope/pain from an art perspective. First, this paper examines Webb’s five overarching modes of hopes from philosophy, theology, and psychology. Second, an attempt is made to revisit what is generally called “Silent Killers” to put self and the other together in an effort to improve shared responsibility. And lastly, this paper brings Duncan-Andrade’s audacity hope to our daily lives in a way that make elusive and impossible hopes future dream hopes toward a better world.

Authors

• Wilson Rick Sellner, University of Wyoming

• Jeasik Cho, University of Wyoming