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September 10, 2025Frontiers in SociologyOpen Access

“I dream of an island”: Black joy, storytelling and the art of refusal. Creative methodologies and decolonial praxis in higher education

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This research reveals how storytelling fosters resistance against systemic exclusion, highlighting transformative methodologies for black women.

Black joy is framed as a radical methodological and political framework, enacted through humor and care, enabling survival.
The study employs creative methodologies, including storytelling and visual artefacts, to promote epistemic agency among contributors.
Contributors navigate systemic exclusion and emotional labour, using arts-based methodologies to express hidden forms of knowledge.
The research underscores the importance of honoring black women’s intellectual contributions in the quest for genuine institutional equity.

Naomi Alormele (2025) studied this question.

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This research reveals how storytelling fosters resistance against systemic exclusion, highlighting transformative methodologies for black women.