Chicana/Latina Feminista Pláticas in Educational Research: Pedagogy and Praxis

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Historically, pláticas have existed in the Chicanx/Latinx community for generations. In the 1970s, academics began to use platicas as part of the research process. Since then, the theorization of pláticas has expanded. In 2016, Fierros and Delgado Bernal’s, Vamos a Platicar, article helped change the conversation on the use of pláticas in research by shifting them from simple entryways or “small talk,” to a valid methodological approach. This panel highlights the work of scholars who not only ground their use of pláticas in Chicana/Latina feminista frameworks but are also expanding on Fierros and Delgado Bernal’s conceptualization by centering pedagogy and praxis. The papers analyze how methodology, pedagogy, and praxis are interrelated.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Latina/o/x Research Issues

Chair

• Socorro Morales, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

Papers

• Pláticas as a Method of Refusal for Legal Educational Praxis - Ceci Lopez; Dolores Calderon, Western Washington University

• Chicana/Latina Feminista Plática Methodology as a Praxis of Solidarity - Lynn Hampton, Texas Christian University; Sylvia Mendoza, University of Texas - San Antonio

• Pláticas as a Methodological Praxis of Love - Sharim Hannegan-Martinez, University of Michigan

• Conociendo Matemáticas: Pláticas as an Analytical Frame and Methodology for Being and Becoming With Mathematics - Sandra Zuniga, San José State University; Kris D. Gutiérrez, University of California - Berkeley

• Reclaiming Our Stories Con Pláticas y Fotos: Platicas as Pedagogy in K–12 History Classrooms - Cindy C. Mata, UC Irvine History Project

Discussant

• Tanya J. Gaxiola Serrano, San Diego State University