We Buried the Curriculum and Called It Holy

Authors

• Charles E. Becknell Jr., Curriculum and Instruction, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USAFollow
• Johnna Rocker-Clinton, Education Leadership and Administration, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USAFollow

Abstract

This track develops the concept of apocalyptic pedagogy by situating it within Africana studies and classroom rituals, illustrating how curriculum itself can be examined, buried, and reimagined through practices rooted in Black educology. Drawing on ancestral knowledge and collective memory, the track envisions ritual as curriculum, where libation and remembrance become practices of mourning and reclamation. Rather than centering institutional reform, the track frames education as a ritual circle enacting pedagogy as remembrance, mourning, and rebirth, honoring Black life as sacred.

Recommended Citation

Becknell, C. E., & Rocker-Clinton, J. (2026). We Buried the Curriculum and Called It Holy. Black Educology Mixtape "Journal", 4(1). Retrieved from https://repository.usfca.edu/be/vol4/iss1/9