ERIC Number: EJ1337122
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Mar
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Unapologetically Black Creative Educational Experiences in Higher Education: A Critical Review
Patton, Lori D.; Jenkins, Toby S.; Howell, Gloria L.; Keith, Anthony R., Jr.
Review of Research in Education, v46 n1 p64-104 Mar 2022
Black creative educational experiences (BCEEs) are participatory, performative cultural experiences created by or for students, centering Black artistic expression, aesthetics, and engagement. Using African-centered frameworks, we provide a methodological guide for examining BCEEs in education research, which includes centering Black "ways of knowing," validating creative expressions cultivated by and for Black people, acknowledging the influence of Black creative expression on research and practice, considering researcher positionalities as observers and cultivators of Black creative expression, and viewing Black creative expression as knowledge production. We found BCEEs are democratizing educational experiences rooted in intellectual and expressive freedom (freedom of movement/voice/tongue), and community building. BCEEs should be centered in education research, particularly postsecondary education, and prioritized in institutional programming, curricula, and high-impact practices.
Descriptors: Blacks, Creativity, Higher Education, Educational Experience, Cultural Influences, Art Expression, Cultural Awareness, Culturally Relevant Education, Dance, Motion, Black Colleges, Student Development, Mental Health, Physical Health, Music, Aesthetics, Poetry, Oral Tradition
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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