Dialogue as Black Contemplative Practice

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2022-04-19Author
Thomas, M'Balia
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The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
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Article
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Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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https://journal.contemplativeinquiry.org/index.php/joci/article/view/331Rights
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Across space, time, and texts, I have engaged in contemplative dialogue with the writings of four writers—Black feminist poet Audre Lorde; Chicana poet Gloria Anzaldúa; artist, activist, and community healer Tricia Hersey; and novelist Andrea Lee. In doing so, I have participated in a contemplative practice that is culturally attuned to me as an African American woman as their writings—in different ways—are in dialogue with Black feminist thought, womanism, and Afrofuturism. Through these authors and their works, I have found the wisdom, comfort, othermothering, and language I have needed to make sense of my journey as an early career scholar on the tenure track and to become a more authentic, compassionate, and whole teacher-scholar.
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Thomas, M'Balia. Dialogue as Black Contemplative Practice, The Journal of Contemplative Inquiry, vol. 9, no. 1, https://journal.contemplativeinquiry.org/index.php/joci/article/view/331.
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