The problematics of method: decolonial strategies in education and Chicana/Latina testimonio/Platica

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Title The problematics of method: decolonial strategies in education and Chicana/Latina testimonio/Platica
Publication Type dissertation
School or College College of Education
Department Education, Culture & Society
Author Huante-Tzintzun, Nancy
Date 2016
Description Atravesada: the traveler, the scholar inside and outside research, inside and outside the academy; an identity taken up to survive the contradictions associated with research. Drawing from Chicana/Latina feminist, anticolonial, and queer of color thought, this study examines the testimonios/pláticas of eight Chicana/Latina feminist education scholars who actively disrupt research methods. The testimonios/pláticas alongside a review of key texts shed light on the problems that can occur while conducting research in academic spaces. The problems identified and theorized through the testimonios/pláticas include: construction of knowledge, modes of representation, issues of voice, and researcher roles. While these issues are familiar, the testimonios/pláticas exposed feelings and emotions associated critical research practices. These feelings-including passion, fear, and pain-allow and support reimagining of research through alternative forms of mentorship practices, community-based research, and accessibility that support processes of healing and critical reflexivity in research. Data are displayed through thick textual narratives and narrative reflections of the author. This study adds nuance to a growing body of research on Chicana/Latina epistemologies and methodologies and contributes to critical qualitative research discussions by raising challenges to data analysis and representation and reimagining researcher subjectivity.
Type Text
Publisher ProQuest Dissertations Publishing
Subject Chicana Feminist; Decolonial research methods; Research Methods in Education
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name Doctor of Philosophy
Language eng
Rights Management ©Nancy Huante-tzintzun
Format application/pdf
Format Medium application/pdf
ARK ark:/87278/s62n96dz
Setname ir_etd
ID 1344878
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62n96dz
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