Defining Ourselves for Ourselves”
Black Girls Conceptualize Black Girlhood Online
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12975314 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cierra Kaler-Jones (0000-0002-0413-3834, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 19-34 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Girlhood Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1938-8209 • E-ISSN: 1938-8322 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/ghs.2022.150304 |
| OpenAlex | W4308877643 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Black girls have long created their own subversive and creative forms of curriculum and pedagogy. I explore adolescent Black girls’ suggestions for teaching and learning about Black girlhood online based on a virtual summer arts program called Black Girls S.O.A.R. Through performance ethnography, we contended with our conceptualizations of Black girlhood and identity sense-making. The co-researchers suggested that storytelling, learner-centered pedagogy, and intentional community-building must be central in virtual pedagogy and saw reclaiming girlhood and self-care as two essential topics for teaching Black girlhood content. I also reflect on the tensions and possibilities of co-constructing participatory learning environments with Black girls, particularly as it relates to disrupting power and adultism
Aesthetics · Art · Curriculum · Ethnography · Feminism · Feminist pedagogy · Identity (music · Literature · Narrative · Pedagogy · Sociology · Storytelling · The arts · Visual arts · Anthropology · Educational Environments and Student Outcomes · Gender Studies · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
| Citations per year | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |