"You Just Want to Start Trouble": A Chicana Bilingual Maestra's Trenza of Her Path Towards Conocimiento

Drawing on Chicana Feminist Epistemologies, we use trenzas as theory and method for unearthing Sonia's activist trajectory on her path towards conocimiento. The trenza, or braid, consists of testimonio, cultural intuition, and confianza to weave together the complexity of Sonia's story fro...

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Published in:Equity & excellence in education 2023-04, Vol.56 (1-2), p.144-158
Main Authors: Espinoza, Katherine, Degollado, Enrique David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Bilingual Teachers
Collegiality
Communities of Practice
Cultural Capital
Epistemology
Feminism
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic students
Kinship networks
Mexican Americans
Racism
Resistance (Psychology)
Social Justice
Spirituality
Teacher Attitudes
Teaching Experience
White supremacy
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Summary:Drawing on Chicana Feminist Epistemologies, we use trenzas as theory and method for unearthing Sonia's activist trajectory on her path towards conocimiento. The trenza, or braid, consists of testimonio, cultural intuition, and confianza to weave together the complexity of Sonia's story from early life to her professional career. Through testimoniando, Sonia reveals the constraints and racism of white supremacy in schooling. Consistent with other literature on Chicanas, the findings demonstrate that they rely on their ancestral wisdom, spirituality, and extended networks of family and friends-or comadrazgo-to navigate and negotiate whitestream spaces in educational contexts.
ISSN:1066-5684
1547-3457
DOI:10.1080/10665684.2022.2158396