Becoming

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
Robin M. Boylorn ◽  
Mark P. Orbe
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Critical Reflexivity ◽  
Critical Autoethnography ◽  
Document Relationships

In this introduction to the special issue the authors craft a critical autoethnography to chronicle their relationship and/to critical autoethnography. They use Michelle Obama’s book and documentary Becoming to reflect on how the critical reflexivity inherent in autoethnographic work can be used to document relationships, moments of revelation, and self-empowerment. They then preview four articles that map experiences of becoming linked to racialized identity, disability, and family.

scholarly journals Critical Autoethnography in Pursuit of Educational Equity: Introduction to the IJME Special Issue

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherry Marx ◽  
Julie L. Pennington ◽  
Heewon Chang
Keyword(s):  
Educational Equity ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Critical Autoethnography

In this introduction to the special issue of IJME, we highlight critical autoethnography’s potential for connecting the deeply personal experiences of race, gender, culture, language, sexuality, and other aspects of marginalization and privilege to the broader context of education in society. We discuss critical autoethnography as an interdisciplinary, blurred genre that transforms to fit the academic backgrounds, interests, and critical orientations of its authors. All contributors to this special issue situate their take on the genre in relevant literature and provide sociocultural critique in explicit and implicit ways. 

Editors' Introduction: Whither Feminist Liberation Psychology? Critical Explorations of Feminist and Liberation Psychologies for a Globalizing World

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Brinton Lykes ◽  
Geraldine Moane
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Liberation Psychology ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Critical Reflexivity ◽  
Globalizing World ◽  
Gender Based

This article explores the roots of feminist and liberation psychologies, positioning examples of contemporary praxis that are deeply informed by today's complex global realities. Examining the consequences of academic and professional women's accompaniment of women `on the margins', that is, those living in `limit situations' deeply affected by global realities of poverty, gender-based violence and structural inequalities, we argue that activist scholars are developing feminist liberationist psycholog(ies) within and beyond the borders of psychology that respond to and incorporate these lived experiences. Through participatory research, pedagogy and community-based workshops, this special issue demonstrates this new praxis. Thus, critical reflexivity and `just enough trust' enable engagement across differences, creating in-between spaces for dialogue, appreciation, and contestation as well as alliances and solidarity — values for a renewed and transformed praxis of psychology with and for those historically marginalized and excluded from our theory and practice.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document