Graduation Year
2021
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Ph.D.
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Degree Granting Department
Communication
Major Professor
Aisha Durham , Ph.D.
Co-Major Professor
Chris McRae, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Keith Berry, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Jarod Roselló, Ph.D.
Keywords
art-based research, autoethnography, Black feminist thought, performance inquiry
Abstract
In this autoethnographic qualitative study, I introduce “STOP-motion” as a Black feminist organizing concept, methodological approach, and praxis to examine the twinness of arresting moments when disruption, displacement, disorientation, or disembodiment prompts critical reflection and transforms outsider-within moments into movements of resistance and collective empowerment. I recount three ARRESTING moments of racialized gender I have endured in white-dominated academic spaces: being STOPPED in a breakfast line at a conference, STOPPED in a department bathroom, and STOPPED by a large promotional department banner that exhibited myself and two Black colleagues. Relying on Black feminist aesthetics, I experiment with various artistic democratized forms of representation in my critical autoethnographic performance inquiry. Specifically, I engage stop-motion animation, autobiographical comics, and personal narrative from a STOP-motion approach. I situate STOP-motion in Black feminist studies, performance studies, and critical cultural studies in communication. Ultimately, I argue that STOP-motion generates new ways of understanding identity, space, and institutional powers in the academy.
Scholar Commons Citation
Sanders, Sasha J., "STOP-motion as theory, method, and praxis: ARRESTING moments of racialized gender in the academy" (2021). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/8859
