Sister circles — facilitated, culturally grounded group conversations — have long served as spaces where Black women share knowledge and support one another. This paper formalizes the sister circle as an intersectional research method for computing education.
Drawing on Black feminist epistemologies, the authors describe how sister circles surface the lived experiences of Black women navigating computing, generating insight that conventional methods often miss. The approach treats participants as knowers and collaborators rather than subjects.
The paper offers guidance for researchers seeking to adopt sister circles, including considerations of trust, facilitation, and analysis grounded in care.
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