Understanding Lived Raciolinguistic Realities Through Autoethnographies of Education Scholars

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

In this session, participants will learn about the raciolinguistic perspective on the interplay of language and race in social and educational interaction—from not only theoretical literature but also detailed portraits of lived raciolinguistic experiences of marginalized and marginalizers. Presenters are experienced educators in the field of language education who identify on a continuum of multilingual, multinational, and transnational backgrounds. The stories, as they transcend time and space, poignantly illustrate the impact of being seen through a racialized lens, while also demonstrating ways scholars can assert agency in responding to, or resisting, racializing positionings.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Bilingual Education Research

Chair

• Bridget Goodman, Nazarbayev University

Papers

• Walking a Raciolinguistics Path Con Mi Abuela - Jeannette Alarcon, University of Houston

• Brazilian Landscape With Rain: (Re)memorying Raciolinguistics Below the Equator - Sandro Barros, Michigan State University

• Shades of Beige? One White Scholar’s Imperfect(ive) Quest for Racial and Linguistic Justice - Anna Becker, Polish Academy of Sciences; Bridget Goodman, Nazarbayev University

• Legitimately Occupying Peripheral “Asian” and “American” Spaces: A Dialogue Between Two Language-Teaching Professionals - Ming-Hsuan Wu, Adelphi University; Genevieve Leung, University of San Francisco

Discussant

• Nelson Flores, University of Pennsylvania