AESA 2012 Presidential Address "What My Community Means to Me": Reimagining Civic Praxis with Latina/Chicana Feminisms

Autor/in	Villenas, Sofia A.
Titel	AESA 2012 Presidential Address "What My Community Means to Me": Reimagining Civic Praxis with Latina/Chicana Feminisms
Quelle	In: Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 51 (2015) 1, S.72-84 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1946
DOI	10.1080/00131946.2014.984811
Schlagwörter	Feminism; Citizen Participation; Community Relations; Praxis; Hispanic American Students; Conflict; Educational Opportunities; Race; Racial Discrimination; Social Justice; Critical Theory; Activism; Community Organizations; Community Action; Prior Learning; Cognitive Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Feminismus; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Konflikt; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Rasse; Abstammung; Racial bias; Rassismus; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Kritische Theorie; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Vorkenntnisse; Kognitive Entwicklung
Abstract	This article invites imaginings of democracy and education with and through "other" knowledges. It argues for the possibilities of working across difference as articulated in the transnational, border, and decolonial perspectives of Chicana/Latina feminisms. Specifically, it explores Gloria Anzaldúa's notions of "nos"/"otras" (we, we/they, us/them), and "conocimiento" (knowledge with wisdom) as an example of thinking with other knowledges in civic praxis. Notions of community and civic engagement are then examined through a personal "testimonio" stemming from early memories of participation in a civic organization's sponsored essay contest, "What my community means to me." "Testimonio" is used to critique civic exclusions but also to reimagine and animate other knowledges in the development of "conocimiento" for redefining community and civic participation. Lastly, this article briefly explores one example of how local activists are building communities of civic praxis for racial justice. Latina/Chicana feminisms are useful for reflecting on practices of community and coalition building across difference in a cross-race, cross-class coalitional context. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01