Indigenous Storywork Methodology With Maya and Nawa-Pipil Communities

• In Event: Research In Progress Roundtable Session 5
  In Invited Roundtable: Examining Indigenous Education: Culturally Responsive Curriculum, Language Reclaimation, and Storywork (Table 8)

Abstract

Indigenous communities are tired of being used to help advance research for the sake of extraction and publication. They demand of researchers to abide by the principles of relationality in the community when working in collaboration in education and research projects, whether there is a shared cultural and historical memory. This autoethnography applies Indigenous Storywork methodology to explore two principles (respect and reciprocity) and asks: What are the relational considerations of research with Indigenous peoples for political education in Guatemala and El Salvador?

Author

• Briana Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh