Seismic Aftershocks and Language Policy in Oaxaca, Mexico: A Collaborative Account of Resolve and Resistance in Teachers' Defense and Use of Original Languages

Autor/inn/en	Gutiérrez Luís, Beatriz; Baloes Gutiérrez, Gisela; Arellanes Cano, Mayem; Meyer, Lois M.
Titel	Seismic Aftershocks and Language Policy in Oaxaca, Mexico: A Collaborative Account of Resolve and Resistance in Teachers' Defense and Use of Original Languages
Quelle	In: FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 5 (2019) 3, S.129-151 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2326-3873
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; American Indian Languages; American Indians; Teacher Attitudes; Language Usage; American Indian Culture; Natural Disasters; Educational Change; Rural Schools; School Closing; Political Attitudes; Case Studies; Teacher Collaboration; International Cooperation; Federal Government; State Government; Teacher Education; Civil Rights; Elections; Presidents; Bilingual Schools; Preschools; Spanish; Native Language Instruction; American Indian Students; Mexicans; Mexico (Oaxaca) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; American Indian; Indianer; Lehrerverhalten; Sprachgebrauch; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Bildungsreform; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; School closings; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lehrerkooperation; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Bundesregierung; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Election; Wahl; President; Präsident; Bilingual scholl; Bilinguale Schule; Spanisch; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Mexikaner
Abstract	Since 2013, Oaxacan Indigenous educators have experienced "seismic aftershocks" from three tumultuous developments: the massive 8.2 earthquake in September 2017 along Oaxaca´s Pacific coast, immediately followed by other earthquakes and continuing tremors; homogenizing federal education reforms imposed since 2013, including the projected closure of 100,000 rural schools and elimination of pedagogical preparation for teAmerican achers; and the surprise election of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, called the first leftist Mexican president in decades. In this article, Indigenous teachers and their U.S. colleague collaboratively narrate and analyze two case studies of efforts in specific Oaxacan schools to defend and promote original language use and Indigenous pride, despite earthquake damage to school structures and repression and political abandonment by federal and state governments. A final reflection by a Native American educator places the Oaxacan findings into the wider context of defense of Indigenous rights in the face of cultural and linguistic genocide. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01