Work

Cultivating Community Cultural Wealth and Armed Love: Freedom School as a Vanguard

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: We present a conceptual exploration of armed love as a component of liberatory pedagogy. We ground our work in community cultural wealth theory (CCW), centering social capital often found in non-dominant communities under pressure. We argue that recognizing and working against exploitation using the community's social, cultural, and historical assets are central to liberatory pedagogy. Explicating the connections between armed love and CCW is a novel contribution to the field, as it has not been done before and it highlights how asset-based pedagogies that are grounded in love can act as a protective factor for students in a racist society

Source: Urban Education

DOI: 10.1177/00420859231175664

Authors: Nancy Ares, Laura Cochell, Tyana Velazquez-Smith, Jeremy Smith

Institution: University of Rochester

Language: English

Topic: Critical Race Theory in Education

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,500