Across Diasporas: Indigenous Latinx Youth and Allies Learning, Languaging, and Place-Making (Table 11)

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session One

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Our session considers the intersections of language, place, and learning among the relational experiences of Indigenous Latinx youth and allied communities. We discuss these intersections philosophically through four empirical ethnographic studies. These studies focus on diverse educational contexts: a high school in the Pacific Northwest with Indigenous Latinx youth; an intergenerational Zapoteco philharmonic band in Tongva/Los Angeles; a Maya-Mam language revitalization class in Huichin/Oakland; and a transnational ethnography of Maya-Mam youth across Oakland (Huichin) and San Juan Atitán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala (Xjan Xwan). Collectively, our papers unpack relations of language, place, and learning as sites of Indigenous diasporic identity, autonomy, and solidarity.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 3: Languages, Literacies, and Representations

Chair

• Alex Mejía, San Francisco State University

Papers

• "De Donde Vengo": Indigenous Youth in the Diaspora Grounding Their Indigeneity - David W. Barillas Chón, Western University

• "Tienen la diferencia": Geographies of Distinction Among Maya-Mam Youth - Alex Mejía, San Francisco State University

• The Intergenerational Development of Diasporic Indigenous Mexicans' Linguistic Repertoires of Practice - Melissa Mesinas, Whittier College

• Relational Care as a Metric for Fluency: Mam Language Learners and the Mam Diaspora Community - Cristina Mendez, University of California - Berkeley

Discussant

• Patricia Baquedano-Lopez, University of California - Berkeley