“After a Trip, the Suitcase Stays Full till I Need Something”: Unpacking Narrative Truths from the Field

Abstract

In this chapter, I trace instances of meaning-making through fragments of two interviews. Using restorying and the construction of parallel stories to interpret resonances across the participants' stories and my own stories of experience, I draw strong personal connections with elements of each semi-structured interview. In a revisitation of the narrative threads of identity, community, and change, the image of Black women as literacy educators who co-construct meaning in and out of the classroom is rendered.

Citation

Auzenne-Curl, C.T. (2021), "“After a Trip, the Suitcase Stays Full till I Need Something”: Unpacking Narrative Truths from the Field", Auzenne-Curl, C.T. and Craig, C.J. (Ed.) Developing Knowledge Communities through Partnerships for Literacy (Advances in Research on Teaching, Vol. 37), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 215-229. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-368720210000037013