Episode 35: “Critical love is always needed”: Exploring Archeologies of Self with Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz

Season 5 closes with a tender and inquiry-centered conversation between Alcine, Shane, and the luminous Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz who shares that “Critical love is a profound and ethical commitment to the communities you’re serving… to the human flourishing of those young people in your classroom.” Dr. Sealey-Ruiz discusses her powerful Archeology of Self framework, quoted in Shane’s forthcoming book Pedagogies of Voice (PoV), making deep and seamless connections to Street Data and PoV. She invites us into the “Warrior Work” of solidarity, explaining how these respective bodies of work speak to each other, specifically how the 10 toxins in Pedagogies of Voice intersect with her racial literacy development framework. And the conversation ends with an emotional conversation about the 2024 election and the need to “name the suffering” as a condition for healing while also “hospicing grief to make room for something new to be birthed.” Don’t miss this final episode, which ties together so many threads of our Season 5!

 

For Further Learning: 

• Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz’s TEDTalk: Truth, Love & Racial Literacy
• Read Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz’s recent titles: 
  • All About Black Girl Love in Education: bell hooks and Pedagogies of Love, 2024
  • Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education: Activism for Equity in Digital Spaces. 2021
  • The Peace Chronicles, 2021
  • Love from the Vortex & Other Poems, 2020
• An Archaeology of Self™ for Our Times
• Visit The Acosta Institute