Counternarratives of Curriculum in Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities in the South

Presenters/Authors

Ming Fang He, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Denise Taliaferro Baszile, Miami University, Oxford, OHFollow
Rob Helfenbein, Indiana University - Purdue University IndianapolisFollow
Reta U. Whitlock, Kennesaw State UniversityFollow
William Schubert, University of Illinois at ChicagoFollow
Sabrina Ross, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Sonia Janis, University of GeorgiaFollow
Samantha Awala, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
O. J. Hall, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Damita Robinson, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Kimberly L. Hollis, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Alexine Holmes, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Kristen Denney, Georgia Southern UniversiyFollow
Michael Williams, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Marquez Hall, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Donna Troupe, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Mary-Elizabeth Vaquer, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Stacey T. Brown, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Anna Waddell, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Nicole Nolasco, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Angela Pieniaszek, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Allison Beasley, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Elizabeth McCall, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Julie Kimble, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Presentation Date

6-12-2014

Abstract or Description

Presentation given at the Curriculum Studies Summer Collaborative Conference.

In this interactive curriculum dialogue symposium, a group of multiethnic practitioner researchers explore diverse forms of curriculum inquiry (e.g., oral history, fiction, graphic novels, documentary novels, memoire, poetry, comics, etc.) to dive into the life of schools, neighborhoods, and communities in the U. S. South. We particularly focus on the power of counternarratives to contest metanarratives that often portray the South as backward, deficient, and inferior. We explore how critical theory, Black feminist thought, womanism, Black protest thought, Black liberation theology, critical race theory, critical race currere, multiracial or mixed race theory, and indigenous or decolonizing theories empower us to tell silenced and neglected stories of repressions, suppressions, and subjugations that challenge stereotypes of Southern women, Blacks, and other disenfranchised individuals and groups and to examine the forces of slavery, racism, sexism, classism, religious repression, and other forms of oppression and suppression on the life and curriculum in schools, neighborhoods, and communities in the South. The major purpose of this presentation is to share experience of developing diverse forms of curriculum inquiry and to recognize the importance of, and ways of engaging in such a wide array of forms to embody a particular stance in relation to integrity, beauty, humanity, and freedom, to move beyond traditions and boundaries, and to embed inquiry in school, neighborhood, and community life to transform research into positive social and educational change. This is a continuation of dialogue on curriculum in the South.

Sponsorship/Conference/Institution

Curriculum Studies Summer Collaborative Conference

Location

Savannah, GA

Source

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cssc/2014/2014/17/

Recommended Citation

He, Ming Fang, Denise Taliaferro Baszile, Rob Helfenbein, Reta U. Whitlock, William Schubert, Sabrina Ross, Sonia Janis, Samantha Awala, O. J. Hall, Damita Robinson, Kimberly L. Hollis, Alexine Holmes, Kristen Denney, Michael Williams, Marquez Hall, Donna Troupe, Mary-Elizabeth Vaquer, Stacey T. Brown, Anna Waddell, Nicole Nolasco, Angela Pieniaszek, Allison Beasley, Elizabeth McCall, Julie Kimble. 2014. "Counternarratives of Curriculum in Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities in the South." Department of Curriculum, Foundations, & Reading Faculty Presentations. Presentation 386. source: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cssc/2014/2014/17/
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/curriculum-facpres/386