Sterling, Colette, author2022-01-242022-01-242021-11https://hdl.handle.net/10217/234328Colorado State University. College of Health and Human Sciences, Student Affairs in Higher Education program.To request a transcript, please contact library_digitaladmin@mail.colostate.edu or call (970) 491-1844.Healing and Liberation fit together like pieces in a cracked ceramic bowl repaired with Kintsugi. Kintsugi is a Japanese traditional art form, dating back to the 15th century, of repairing ceramic or glass objects with a type of Japanese lacquer called Urushi (漆), which is then covered in gold, silver, brass, or other powdered metals. If done properly, a piece repaired with Kintsugi can last hundreds of years. What started as a mission to repair a broken glass pitcher passed along by a deceased loved one has turned into a greater metaphor for my work in the field of Student Affairs in Higher Education. Seeking knowledge on Kintsugi, itself a dwindling art in Japan, has also reflected on how I heal through the trauma inflicted on my salient identities, my historicity, and informs my future in social justice in higher education. The lenses of wabi-sabi from Japanese Buddhism, Lama Rod Owens's (2020) radical dharma of love and rage, and hook's (1994) Love as the Practice of Freedom inform this mixture of healing and self-reflection in action. Embedded in my relationship to this art is also Walsh and Lopes's (2009) Ethics of Appropriation, which acts as a decentering of my whiteness while providing a framework to ethically engage with cultural knowledge that is not my own.29 seconds (30 second pitch); 2 minutes 59 seconds (3 minute talk)born digitalmotion pictures (visual works)digital moving image formatsStudent workspostersCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.kintsugiwabi-sabiliberationstudent affairssocial justice praxistraumahealingText