Creating a Third Space With Latina Undergraduates Through Platicando

• In Event: Drawing Upon Chicana Feminist and Multigenerational Knowledge of Latinas/xs to Claim Authentic Academic Experiences and Identities

Abstract

Drawing from 59 platicas with Latina undergraduates at an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution, this paper theorizes the connections between platicas methodology in cultivating a third space for Chicana/Latina undergraduate collaborators and Chicana/Latina researchers in the higher education context and in higher education scholarship. This paper considers how third space, a liminal space of disidentification and resistance that Chicana/Latinas embody in higher education, can theoretically support an understanding of the impact of platicas methodologies in the lives of Chicanas/Latinas in the academy. Secondly, this paper highlights particular ways in which platicas contribute to building a collective third space for Chicana/Latina platicantes, presenting the methodological and pedagogical contributions of this research.

Authors

• Brianna R. Ramirez, University of California - San Diego

• Mariana Carrola, University of California - Davis