Shifting Spaces: Engaging in a Virtual Testimonio Writing Program With Latinx and Hmong Youth

• In Event: Challenges and Benefits of Culturally and Community-Responsive Education

Abstract

This study delves into testimonios created by eight Latinx and Hmong youth across multiple states who all participated in a four week long virtual program on developing sociocritical literacies. Using elements of Cultural Historical Activity Theory, the authors put forth specific pedagogical strategies, mediational tools, and social analytic processes engaged with during the program to argue that – when attending to relational aspects of learning in deep, nuanced ways – rigorous, meaningful testimonios are able to be created, shared, and witnessed, in profound ways, even within online settings.

Authors

• Ana Mireya Diaz, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Kate Roberts, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Mariana Pacheco, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Taucia Gonzalez, University of Arizona

• Madeline M. Hafner, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Joan J Hong, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Na Lor, Teachers College, Columbia University