Reclaiming Knowledge, Reimagining Futures: Latiné Youth, Families, and Cultural Pedagogies of Resistance

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Sunday 11:45 am - Gold 3

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This roundtable explores how Latiné youth, families, and educators resist deficit-based narratives by reclaiming ancestral knowledge, community wisdom, and cultural pedagogies of hope. Across four studies, presenters examine postsecondary decision-making among suburban Latinx youth, intergenerational mother-daughter pedagogies of love and resistance, and the cultural reproduction of ancestral knowledge through speculative young adult literature. A critical review of social-emotional learning (SEL) literature further exposes how “grit” and “resilience” discourses reinforce settler colonial logics. Together, these papers illuminate how Latiné communities cultivate collective power, imagination, and agency within and beyond schooling. The roundtable invites dialogue on how educators and researchers can honor these knowledges to transform educational futures rooted in justice, sovereignty, and cultural continuity.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Latina/o/x Research Issues

Chair

• Tracey Terece Flores, University of Texas at Austin

Papers

• Con Confianza: Postsecondary Pathways for Suburban Latinx Youth - Melissa Ortiz, New York University

• Cultivating Educational Pathways: Latina/Chicana Mother-Daughter Pedagogies of Hope, Resistance, and Love - Tracey Terece Flores, University of Texas at Austin

• Cultural Reproduction of Ancestral Knowledge in Latiné Young Adult Literature: Examining Speculative Worlds to Illuminate Future Possibilities - Vanessa E. Vega, University of Central Florida

• Grit, Resilience, and Settler Colonial Logics: A Critical Systematic Review of SEL Literature - Chelsea Stinson, Binghamton University - SUNY; Jose Ortiz, SUNY Cortland