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ORCID

000000031003563X

Keywords

Anti-Blackness, Cuba, Pedagogical Design, Sociopolitical Consciousness, Study Abroad

Special Issue

Summer 2026 Special Issue

Abstract

In an attempt to address historical legacies entrenched in global learning, this case study (Yin, 2009) disrupts the white-centered norm of study abroad through intentional design and diversity of student participation. This study explores the question, In what ways did these design elements interrogate and/or disrupt occurrences of anti-Blackness? To answer this question, our case study site utilizes a long-standing graduate student study abroad fieldwork program in Cuba that explicitly discusses elements of race, identity, and nationality, with an emphasis on the unique and complex histories of manifestations of race in Cuba and the United States. This project interrogated how anti-Blackness emerges within global learning programming through the design process while also focusing on lived experiences of program participants through data collection techniques that elevate their voices.

Abstract - Translated

En un intento por abordar los legados históricos arraigados en el aprendizaje global, este estudio de caso (Yin, 2009) rompe con la norma centrada en la raza blanca que caracteriza a los programas de estudios en el extranjero mediante un diseño intencionado y la diversidad en la participación de los estudiantes. Este estudio explora la siguiente pregunta: ¿De qué manera estos elementos de diseño cuestionaron o rompieron con las manifestaciones de antinegritud? Para responder a esta pregunta, nuestro estudio de caso se basa en un programa de intercambio de larga trayectoria para estudiantes de posgrado en Cuba que aborda explícitamente elementos de raza, identidad y nacionalidad, con énfasis en las historias únicas y complejas de las manifestaciones de la raza en Cuba y en los Estados Unidos. Este proyecto analizó cómo surge el antinegritud en los programas de aprendizaje global a través del proceso de diseño, al tiempo que se centró en las experiencias vividas por los participantes del programa mediante técnicas de recolección de datos que dan importancia a la voz a sus testimonios.  

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