70.030 - Honoring Legacies of Resistance: Engaging Oral Life Histories of Mexican Immigrant Parents

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Using oral history methodology as the mode of inquiry this panel presents familial stories. The oral histories highlight narratives of crossing geopolitical borders and educational (formal and informal) topics that speak to schooling, hygiene practices, tracking, school culture, unjust treatment, work, and social networks; while also considering the significance of race, class, gender, and language. Historically relegated to the epistemological margins—these narratives now complement current fragmented understandings of social, political, educational, and familial life. The strength of this session lies in the space created by oral histories, which allow for participants to share valuable narratives—add layers of information, understanding, and texture to subjects’ salient to the lives of undocumented people and to reclaim the epistemological margins.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 2: Education in Mulitcultural Contexts Within and Across Subject Areas

Chair

• Enrique Aleman, The University of Texas - San Antonio

Papers

• Cosas que uno no Sabía: Making Meaning of Narratives, Experiences, and Resilience - Eduardo Coronel, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Eduardo Coronel, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Para mi Mamá: A Mexicana Mother's Educational Her-story Told by Her Daughter - Alma Itze Flores, University of California - Los Angeles

• El Hogar es Donde Está el Corazón: Making Meaning Through Oral History Interviews With Family - Gabriel Rodriguez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign