Transnational Decolonial Praxis From Kemet to Abya Yala: Connecting Latinx, Black, Mestizo, and Indigenous Research

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This panel describes various epistemic and empirical experiences framed under decolonial relations as a point of entry to challenge what it is meant by stakeholders. The presenters focus on amplifying the voices of those who have been at the margins of educational research by empowering peoples, resisting hegemonic forms of knowledge production and reimaging new futurities. This session explores (de)colonial frameworks stemmed from the Americas (Abya Yala/ Tahuantinsuyu, and Turtle Island) to Africa (Kemet), through qualitative ethnographic, and participatory methods. The projects presented in this panel challenge coloniality of power by providing alternative and culturally relevant approaches to curriculum and research design that invite us to shift paradigms that look at common ground despite the differences.

Sub Unit

• Division B - Curriculum Studies / Division B - Section 6: De/Colonization and Desire (The Wanting of Curriculum)

Chair

• Yecid Ortega, University of Toronto

Papers

• Muxeres of Color: Self and Collective Empowerment Through a Third Space - Amber Janet Olmos, Vox Collegiate of Los Angeles

• History of Coloniality in the South African Language in Education Policy: Toward Decolonization of Language and Literacy Pedagogies - Xolisa Guzula

• Rethinking Literacy in Ghanaian Communities: Mobilizing Indigenous Languages Through the Afroliteracies' Educator Network - Mama Adobea Nii Owoo, University of Toronto

• Reimagining Foreign Languages Teacher Education: Painting Murals for Political Engagement and Students' Activism - Andrés Fernando Valencia, Universidad del Valle

• Participatory Cultural Humility as Decolonial Praxis - Yuliana H. Kenfield, Oregon Department of Education

Discussant

• Yecid Ortega, University of Toronto