Can Black Critical Theory sit with Mad Studies in education in Britain?

Doharty, Nadena

Abstract

This article draws on the scholarship of Black Critical Theory in education. It enriches this literature by provocatively commanding scholarly and methodological space for Mad Studies to explore, understand and address, distressed Black pupils’ experiences of anti-Black sanism in education in Britain. Currently limited by the proliferation of mental health literature that too often decontextualises and pathologises Black suffering outside of anti-Black contexts and dominates our understanding of mental health, illness, treatment and care, this article outlines the necessity of maddening Black Critical Theory to advance hermeneutic and testimonial justice to those pupils living mad while Black.

Citation

Doharty, N. (online). Can Black Critical Theory sit with Mad Studies in education in Britain?. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2024.2366287

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 4, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Jun 12, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jun 12, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 12, 2024
• Journal: Pedagogy, Culture and Society
• Print ISSN: 1468-1366
• Electronic ISSN: 1747-5104
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2024.2366287
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2481974