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Borderlands Biliteracies: Centering Education on the Realities of Transfronterizx Communities (Table 12)

Thu, April 13, 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (8:00 to 9:30am CDT), Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This session centers on border bi/literacies to offer a unique window into the practices, texts, and knowledge productions that emerge from within and across colonial legacies to reveal the limitations imposed by boundaries as well as the “creativity to survive marginal realities” (Degollado et al., 2021, p. 458). As a form of critical bi/literacies, the research presented here pushes us to reimagine what counts as literacy, who counts as doing literacy, and how movement across borders (linguistic, institutional, and geopolitical) shapes what is valued across educational contexts. We look towards border-crossing youth, families, and educators to reframe reading and writing instruction that affirms students’ humanity and creates spaces of sanctuary, activism, and healing.

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