Black Participatory Research

Black Participatory Research offers an assessment of how shared racial self-identity, self-valuation, and experiences of oppression and difference shape the co-production of knowledge in increasingly popular participatory social science research methods.

PART I: DARK WATERS: NAVIGATING THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION REFORM ON BLACK CHILDREN IN POST-KATRINA NEW ORLEANS
1. Striving Towards Collective Solutions in Race-Conscious New Orleans; Elizabeth Drame
2. Nothing for Us, Without Us (Nihil De Nobis, Sine Nobis); Deirdre Johnson-Burel
3. Crisscross Applesauce: Reflections on Intertwined Identities; Elizabeth Drame
PART II: ALL OUT WAR: FIGHTING AGAINST THE WHITE APPROPRIATION OF JAILED WISDOM
4. Working with Adult Non-Completers to Address the School Dropout Problem; Decoteau Irby
5. Commitment, Love and Responsibility are Key; Gerald Bolling
6. Be Catty and Piss on your Work: A Cautionary Tale of Researching while Black; Lynnette Mawhinney
PART III: ERADICATING THE WASTE: SOME PROBLEMS WITH CHALLENGING WESTERN EDUCATION DOMINANCE IN POST-COLONIAL WEST AFRICA
7. Navigating Age, Gender, and Cultural Clashes in a Youth-Led PAR Project in West Africa; Dominique Duval-Diop
8. Littering, Planting and Harvesting: Imagining Going Green in the Sands of Senegal; Fernie Diop, Ndeye Mama Diop, and Soukeyna Abbott
9. Unveiling the Bias Within: The Power of a Single Narrative to Oppress the P in Participatory; Dominique Duval-Diop
10. Conclusion; Elizabeth Drame and Decoteau Irby