Testimonio Research's Aesthetic Dimensions: Una entrega From the Borderlands

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session One
  In Roundtable Session: Decolonial Entry Points to Theory, Method, and Resistance to Epistemicide (Table 2)

Abstract

We are a Muxerista Colectiva located in the Southern tip of Texas, in the USA-Mexico Borderlands.
Simply stated, we are decolonial research group with two major purposes: Within higher education, our first purpose is to introduce testimonio/platicas research as decolonial/indigenous method for teaching and learning. Second, within the field of testimonio research, our purpose is to advance testimonio’s aesthetic dimensions with special emphasis on fictionalized and poetic testimonio research. Recognizing the contributions of US-based testimonio research, our Muxerista Colectiva pays special attention to the intellectual production from the Global South or la mirada al Sur to articulate testimonio’s aesthetic dimensions for deployment in teaching and learning, teacher education, and public education.

Authors

• Miryam Espinosa-Dulanto, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley
  Presenting Author

• Eunice Lerma, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley
  Presenting Author

• Freyca Calderon-Berumen, Pennsylvania State University - Altoona
  Presenting Author

• Karla O'Donald, Texas Christian University
  Presenting Author