Kennedi Alexis Johnson (Indiana University)
Being constantly misheard and denied the right of voice and expression is common to the experience of Black women in the US; however, I am most bothered by the mishearing of Black girls. Racialized listening practices in the classroom result in the policing of the Black body and a denial of humanity and childhood. To discuss these listening practices and their effects, I will engage ideas of racial formation, sound studies, and auto-ethnography. Lastly, I consider the how educators and children folklorists can transform the classroom into liberatory space through Black feminist thought, critical pedagogy, and active listening.
Part of 52-05 Children’s and Youth’s Futurities and Folklife Studies: Recentering the Periphery, Friday, October 22, 10:30 am–12:00 pm