Abstract
The act of living in the world for Black, Indigenous, and people of Color (BIPOC) is a creative one. Creative acts have been a premise for BIPOC theories of survival, thriving, and movement away from entanglements with whiteness or “creative disruptions.” Creativity, we argue, is a premise for theorizing and engaging in education research. In this paper, we make a case for creativity and stitch together word and image as an exploration of the importance of BIPOC arts in theories of justice in educational research. We explore the political importance of the serious engagement of BIPOC youth arts as well as the use of arts by BIPOC scholars in their analysis and theory building. Connected to this ability to see and resist differently through art, is joy and healing. Creativity promotes healing and allows our work to persist, grow, and transform ourselves (and others) and to transform systems.
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