This book situates the Curriculum Theory Project at Louisiana State University within a larger historical framework of curriculum work, examining the practices which have sustained this type of curricular vitality over the lifetime of the field's existence.

Prologue Introduction Section 1: The Practice of Living Curriculum Theory (1991-1997) 1. Antecedents of the Curriculum Theory Project at LSU in the 1980s 2. Collecting Curriculum Memory: Transitioning Through Alchemical Spaces 3. Troubling Curriculum: Living the Margins of Curriculum and Instruction Section 2: The Practice of Prophetic Hope (1997-2001) 4. Toward a BlackFeminist Aesthetic in Curriculum Theorizing: Pieces of a Collage 5. Redeeming the Time: Artful Storytelling and Artful Listening 6. Transcendent Integration in the Everyday Practice of Curriculum Section 3: The Practice of Place (2001-2005) 7. Verdure 8. Queerly Fundamental Then and Now: Curriculum as Practice of Southern Place, 2001-2021 9. A Place Called Trouble 10. Placing the Significance of Life Writing as a Curriculum Theory Project Section 4: The Practice of Resilience (2005-2012) 11. Making "Homeplace" in Academia 12. Astral Existence of CTP: A Mythical History of Curriculum Demigods 13. Lingerings Section 5: The Practice of Engaging Doubt (2012-2015) 14. Philo-sophy: On Loving and Being Loved Through Wisdom and Knowledge via Dr. Egéa and CTP 15. Autobiographical Sketches From My Queer Life in Curriculum Theory 16. Curriculum Theory Within and Without: Rhizomatic Memories of a Hybrid Identity 17. Toward a Creole Curriculum Section 6: The Practice of Being and Becoming (2015-2019) 18. Where Concept and Life Meet 19. Dear Friends of Minds: Letters on Being and Becoming Section 7: The Practice of Practice (2019-Present) 20. Building a Virtual Community in the Age of COVID-19 21. Continuity and Transformation In and Through the Interstices 22. Hope, Love, and Curriculum Epilogue Appendices