Platicas as Pedagogy: How Chicana Feminist Methodologies Shape Scholarly Identities for Researchers of Color

• In Event: Drawing Upon Chicana Feminist and Multigenerational Knowledge of Latinas/xs to Claim Authentic Academic Experiences and Identities

Abstract

This paper draws on Chicana Feminist Epistemology to explore the pedagogical value of engaging in platicas as a methodology. Our study finds that engaging in culturally relevant approaches to research is critical to the development of positive scholarly identities for Womxn of Color.

Authors

• Elizabeth Jimenez Perez, University of California - San Diego

• Erin Nicole Reyes Vedar, San Diego State University

• Cynthia Estrada, California State University - Channel Islands