Editorial
Belonging blind spots: Prioritising organic intellectuals in the creation of transformative knowledge systems
Kelly-Ann Allen and DeLeon L. Gray (2026). The Educational and Developmental Psychologist.
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Belonging Blindspots.
A special issue of The Educational and Developmental Psychologist, part of the Organic Intellectuals Series, guest edited by DeLeon Gray and Kelly-Ann Allen.
What does belonging research keep missing?
Belonging Blindspots asks people to write from inside their own communities. Each short piece describes a practice, space or ritual that builds belonging, explains what makes it work, and names the blind spot that research should turn to next.
Four parts to every piece.
Every contribution follows the same four steps, from lived experience to a challenge for the field.
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My perspective
The community or group the author is part of, how they belong, and the lens they bring to belonging.
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Approach
A specific, non-traditional way the author or their community builds an environment that honours and affirms belonging, shown from the inside.
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Key components
What is essential to the approach, and the elements that make it work for belonging.
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A challenge to the field
The single biggest blind spot for belonging research, with a question or new direction for researchers to pursue.
The issue is in review.
Contributions are now with the guest editors and reviewers. When the issue is published, every piece will be listed here with a link to read it.
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