Your Liberation Bound Up With Mine: Defining the Public Good Together in Critical Research-Practice Partnerships

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium offers models of authentic and critical partnership between youth, teachers, community members and researchers in which goals are jointly developed and realized rather than dictated by the pressures and reward systems of traditional academic research. The papers explore innovative collaborations taking place across the U.S. grounded in participatory and black feminist frameworks that strive to honor and amplify the voices and expertise of those directly affected by systemic inequities in education and work toward justice in order to advocate for responsive and equitable improvement. Presenters will highlight how their partnership work negotiates and subverts the norms of the academy and engages with community stakeholders. The session will forefront discussion and strategy-sharing to foster further coalition-building.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Critical Educators for Social Justice

Chair

• Maria Paula Ghiso, Teachers College, Columbia University

Papers

• Civic Dreaming Together: Building an Authentic Teacher-Researcher Collaborative Inquiry Partnership - Jerica Coffey, Coliseum College Prep Academy; Nicole Mirra, Rutgers University

• Disruptive by Design: Challenges and Successes of a Women of Color Critical Autoethnographic Coalition - Danielle R. Filipiak, University of Connecticut - Storrs; Grace D. Player, University of Connecticut - Storrs

• Masters of Our Thinking: Co-Designing Teaching and Learning Spaces With Youth Activists - Lauren Leigh Kelly, Rutgers University Graduate School of Education

• Cross-Currents: Supporting Youth Spoken Word, Honoring Indigenous Ontologies, and Becoming Co-Conspirators for Justice - Moira E Pirsch; Camea Davis, Georgia State University

Discussant

• Valerie Kinloch, University of Pittsburgh