Of How the Multi- Turn Became Possible and the Conservation of Diversity

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Abstract

This paper engages in the study of diversity, and indigeneity as difference through teacher preparation in Guatemala. Educational agendas, standards, and reforms deploy diversity and its cognates as a priority. What are the philosophical and political heritages of a discourse on diversity? What are the terms that determine its template of possibilities? And is it sufficient to open up curricular possibilities for the infinite multiplicities of ways of being? The study used an eventalizing approach and the history of science to inquire into the histories of education vis-à-vis indigeneity. Ethnographic methods were complementary in allowing access to teacher preparation classrooms today. The findings point to conservative notions of diversity permeating curricular aspirations deeply rooted in representation and assimilation.

Author

• Ligia L. Lopez, University of Wisconsin - Madison