Black Girl Joy Fest + Exhibition
About the Project: Photovoice Research Project with Black Girls
D.O.P.E. Black Girl Research Collective is a community-engaged research partnership of Black women scholars at the University of Kentucky College of Education, Berea College, and the Lexington Housing Authority. D.O.P.E. is an acronym outlining the principles we apply to community-engaged research and scholarship with Black women, girls, and communities across the central Kentucky region. D.O.P.E.: Determined, anti-Oppressive, Purpose-driven, Engaged.
EXHIBITION
Black Girl Joy: Photographs Exploring how Black Girls Navigate Education, Home and Uncertainty Post 2020
School, Care, Relationships, Home life, Mental Health and Wellbeing, and Identity were six topics that emerged as prevalent themes that remain pertinent to co-researchers’ lives as Black girl Lexingtonians and Kentuckians participating in “A Photovoice Project Exploring how Black Girls Navigate Education, Home, and Uncertainty Post-2020.” The presented topics repeatedly transpired within the data after intricate and nuanced methods of Black girl analysis. Supported by literature, scholarship, and an intergenerationally and collectively lived experience, photography was the initial method for Black girls to capture, read, and analyze their school-home communities and the world around them.
