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Black Feminist Thought as Methodology: Examining Intergenerational Lived Experiences of Black Women

Black Feminist Thought as Methodology: Examining Intergenerational Lived Experiences of Black Women

Ashley Patterson, Valerie Kinloch, Tanja Burkhard, Ryann Randall, Arianna Howard
2016
2016

Abstract

In this essay, we rely on a black feminist lens to challenge and extend what is appraised as rigorous research methodology. Inspired by a diverse, intergenerational group of black women referred to as the Black Women's Gathering Place, we employ black feminist thought (BFT) as critical social theory and embrace a more expansive understanding of BFT as critical methodology to analyze the experiences black women share through narrative. Our theoretical and methodological approach offers a pathway for education and research communities to account for the expansive possibilities that black feminism has for theorizing the lives of black women.

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Abstract

In this essay, we rely on a black feminist lens to challenge and extend what is appraised as rigorous research methodology. Inspired by a diverse, intergenerational group of black women referred to as the Black Women's Gathering Place, we employ black feminist thought (BFT) as critical social theory and embrace a more expansive understanding of BFT as critical methodology to analyze the experiences black women share through narrative. Our theoretical and methodological approach offers a pathway for education and research communities to account for the expansive possibilities that black feminism has for theorizing the lives of black women.

Social Movements

Black Feminist

Keywords

Praxis, Race

Theme

Theoretical Perspectives on Social Movements and Education

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Ashely Patterson

Ashley Nichol Patterson