Anticolonial Literacy Development Among Latinx Youth

• In Event: Thursday Roundtable Session 2:30 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Youths' Lived Experiences, Geopolitical Contexts, and Anti-Colonial Literacies (Table 3)

Abstract

The purpose of this theoretical exploration is to explore how Latinx youth learn about, and use, anticolonial literacies to address the onto-epistemological ways that settler colonialism impacts their lives. This exploration is important because potential findings can possibly reveal if Latinx youth choose to engage with such literacies, and whether or not such literacies support their navigation of school and society. By anchoring critical consciousness development in the reading and writing of texts, this study also aims to help educators develop concrete strategies for working and fighting back against settler-colonial grammars and in literacy classrooms.

Author

• Henry C LaFuente, University of Texas at Austin