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Curating educational spaces with autohistoria-teoría and conocimiento : a decolonial feminist teacher inquiry

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Sotomayor, Leslie C.
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[University Park, Pennsylvania] : Pennsylvania State University, 2020.
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1 electronic document
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Keifer-Boyd, Karen T., 1955-
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Summary
This exploratory, decolonial feminist teacher inquiry, documents and analyzes my experiencesteaching the undergraduate course Latina Feminisms, Latinas in the US: Gender, Culture andSociety. In this study, I interpret seven recursive stages of Gloria Anzaldas conocimientotheory as transformative acts to guide my research design and teaching methodology. I applyAnzaldas theories of autohistoria-teora and conocimiento to curate educational spaces thatdecolonize White hegemonic academic canons and empower underrepresented learners who mayexperience a deep sense of not belonging in academia. I situate myself in the study as curator,and my practice of curator, as an agent of self-knowledge production and theorizing to createself-empowering learning environments. Important to the dissertation is teaching and learningfrom a feminist testimonio writing practice of theorizing experiences (i.e., autohistoria-teora). Isituate my testimonio in the Prologue and a section of Chapter Two as example of the seventransformational acts of conocimiento. Primary data sources include field notes, observations,conference meetings with students, and my journal reflections. Secondary data sources includestudent work as artifacts, anonymous surveys, class assignments, discussions, and student journalreflections. In my findings from curating the Latina Feminisms curriculum, I witnessedtransformational learning from the following: awakening, vulnerability, belonging, healing, and interconnectedness.
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Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University 2020.
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Microfilm (positive). 1 reel ; 35 mm. (University Microfilms 28767327)
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The full text of the dissertation is available as an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file ; Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view the file.
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