Needles and Scraps: Using Collaborative Autoethnography and Visual Storytelling to Rewrite the Dominant Narrative of Black Children in Public Schools

• Other Authors: McNair, Jaye-Tremille (author)
• Format: Others
• Language: English; English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: Art > Study and teaching; Art criticism
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/2018_Fall_McNair_fsu_0071E_14843

This study forms a meta-narrative exploring the educational experiences of Black and Brown elementary students in public schools. The goal is to decenter and dismisses racism and mis-education frequently found in majoritarian stories using methods similar to Faith Ringgold's art and artistic processes. Together students and teacher crafted a telling of Black and Brown elementary school students' stories. Storytelling is both my research content and approach. The goal is to create a positive narrative about Black and Brown students' culture in public school settings. Informed by Paulo Freire's (1993) Critical Pedagogy, Critical Theory and Critical Art a category I have defined as a composition of visual elements that are composed to engage and/or provoke the viewer to examine, critique, or question her reality, we offer a critical perspective on social issues, provokes thought, conversation, and action on a personal, communal, or global level to help in gaining freedom, justice, or equality. Race, gender, poverty, identity and education are common and important considerations in this category. The resulting written and visual meta-narrative presents a new perspective, giving way to a deepened understanding of the educational experiences of African American children public K-8 school (Barone & Eisner, 2012). === A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Art Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. === Fall Semester 2018. === November 14, 2018. === Art Education Theory and Practice, Arts Based Education Research, Critical Art, Critical Pedagogy === Includes bibliographical references. === Sara Scott Shields, Professor Directing Dissertation; Jerrlyn McGregory, University Representative; Jeff Broome, Committee Member; Antonio Cuyler, Committee Member.