<i>Testimonio:</i>Origins, Terms, and Resources

Reyes, Kathryn Blackmer; Curry Rodríguez, Julia E.

doi:10.1080/10665684.2012.698571

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“…I didn't learn it from a book and I didn't learn it alone … it's not only my life, it's also the testimony of my people … my personal experience is the reality of a whole people.-Rigoberta Menchú (1984, p. 1) I have grounded this research within the decolonizing methodology of Testimonio, the authoring of individual and communitied selves through the sharing of often untold and treasured stories of resistance to social oppression, domination, and survival, a methodology that recognizes that the right to voice and the authority to bear credible witness to one's lived reality of struggle and survival is an essential avenue by which oppressed peoples may stake a place of dignity and equity within society (Blackmer Reyes & Curry Rodríguez, 2012;Delgado Bernal, Burciaga, & Flores Carmona, 2012;Latina Feminist Group, 2001;Menchú, 1984). This work is theoretically framed within Black and Chicana critical feminisms rooted in interconnected spiritual, intellectual, instinctive, embodied, historical, and cultural ways of knowing, consciousness/conocimiento, for the purpose of survival and uplift for communities living amid racial oppression and subjugation (Anzaldúa & Hernández-Ávila, 2000;Delgado Bernal, 2002Henry, 2006;hooks, 1993Lorde, 1978Lorde, , 1984Moraga, 1983Moraga, , 2011Trinidad Galván, 2006;Villenas, 2006).…”

Section: Methodology Of Bearing Witness: a Chicana Critical Feminist mentioning

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Seeking aMexicana/MestizaCritical Feminist Ethic of Care: Diana’sRevoluciónof Body and Being

Sosa-Provencio

2016

Journal of Latinos and Education

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This Chicana Critical Feminist Testimonio reveals a Mexican/MexicanAmerican Ethic of Care and Testimonios of struggle and survival informing curriculum and pedagogy of one Mexican/Mexican-American female educator of predominantly Mexican/Mexican-American students. This work is part of a larger ethnographic study conducted through multiple methods. Findings here reveal Diana's Ethic of Care, a (re)framing of social justice revolution/Revolución at the intersection of race, class, gender, language, and immigration status. As Diana (re)constructs and (re)claims her Mexican/ Mexican-American identity, she likewise endeavors toward her students' dignity and academic access. Findings have curricular, pedagogical implications for all educators serving marginalized youth and youth of color. KEY WORDSEthic of care; testimonio; social justice curriculum and pedagogyChicana/o, Mexican/Mexican-American; HispanicIndigenous like corn, like corn, the mestiza 1 is a product of crossbreeding, designed for preservation under a variety of conditions … the mestiza is tenacious, tightly wrapped in the husks of her culture … she clings to the cob … she holds tight to the earth-she will survive the crossroads.-Anzaldúa (1987, p. 81) Traditionally black folks have had to do a lot of creative thinking and dreaming to raise black children free of internalized racism.… in our own little black neighborhoods, with schools and churches, in the midst of racism, we had places where we could undo much of the psychological madness and havoc wreaked by white supremacy …-hooks (1993, pp. 80-81) Across the United States, from the Jim Crow South to rural and Spanish-speaking communities in the Southwest, there lives a legacy of Black and Spanish-speaking Mexican American, Mexicana/o classroom educators who carried the academic preparation of young people of color as an ethical calling for social uplift. Through a rigorous, nourishing curriculum and pedagogy rooted in healing and resistance, Black and Brown young people were given the tools to reclaim the dignity and selflove necessary to buffer the White supremacy that elsewhere threatened their bodies, minds, and spirits. Educational scholars have documented these histories of educators of color who wrapped their young people tightly in the husks of their culture within nurturing and protective communities of resistance within which young people living and learning at the perilous intersection of class and race could develop the means to heal from and resist the racialized cruelty of the outside world Within these school spaces, local educators of color fortified young people whom they deemed hermanas/os, and vecinos-kin, or community-through a critical feminist ethic of care framework that cultivated a strong sense of self and community and the academic tools necessary to overcome

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confidence: 98%

Seeking aMexicana/MestizaCritical Feminist Ethic of Care: Diana’sRevoluciónof Body and Being

Sosa-Provencio

2016

Journal of Latinos and Education

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“…Testimonios (Blackmer & Curry, 2012; Collins, 1991; Fernández, 2002; J. Flores & Garcia, 2009; Huber, 2009b) use a first-person narrative to relay an honest and accurate life story detailing injustices suffered and the effects of those injustices in a person’s life (Brabeck, 2001).…”

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“…Flores & Garcia, 2009; Huber, 2009b) use a first-person narrative to relay an honest and accurate life story detailing injustices suffered and the effects of those injustices in a person’s life (Brabeck, 2001). Through storytelling, individuals can offer an alternative to the dominant narrative (Ladson-Billings, 1998) or institutionalized marginalization (Blackmer & Curry, 2012), thus creating a sense of identity that may have been lost (voluntarily or involuntarily). This form of narrative empowers the disenfranchised to publicly claim their stories and identities, which is conducive to creativity, to exposing inconsistencies, and to debunking myths and long-standing stereotypes.…”

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“It Was Kind of a Dream Come True”: Undocumented College Students’ Testimonios of Cultural Wealth in the College Choice Process

Romo

Allen

Martínez

2018

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

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Using community cultural wealth as a theoretical framework, this qualitative study examined the college choice process of eight undocumented Mexican college graduates. Through interviews, participants shared their testimonios revealing the development of their college aspirations and challenges encountered related to their undocumented status. They described the processes, resources, and networks they utilized to overcome obstacles and access a research university. Recommendations for practice and future research are offered.

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“…From these ideas, methodologies such as testimonio have been birthed (Blackmer Reyes & Curry Rodríguez, 2012;Calderon et al, 2012;Delgado Bernal, Burciaga, & Flores Carmona, 2012;Latina Feminist Group, 2001) that forge connections between the individual ''I'' and the collective ''we.'' That is, testimonio allows for one individual to CHICANA/LATINA FEMINIST CRITICAL QUALITATIVE INQUIRY tell her story while connecting it to similar conditions across her community, whether within a national and global context, or even in privileged spaces such as academia (Flores & Garcia, 2009;Prieto & Villenas, 2012;Saavedra & Pérez, 2012).…”

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Chicana/Latina Feminist Critical Qualitative Inquiry

Saavedra¹,

Pérez²

2017

International Review of Qualitative Research

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In this article we take a journey into using Chicana/Latina feminisms as one way to unearth new possibilities for critical qualitative inquiry (CQI). We start by offering a brief overview of Gloria Anzaldúa's influence on Chicana/Latina feminism, focusing on how she has inspired researching and writing from within rather than about as a decolonial turn (Keating, 2015). We then venture into new imaginaries to pose questions that would lead us to ponder about global feminista solidarity, the spirit, and the land.Our hope is that these contemplations lead us on a path of conocimiento where we can put the broken pieces of our/selves back together again.

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Testimonio:Origins, Terms, and Resources

Cited by 141 publications

References 25 publications

Seeking aMexicana/MestizaCritical Feminist Ethic of Care: Diana’sRevoluciónof Body and Being

Seeking aMexicana/MestizaCritical Feminist Ethic of Care: Diana’sRevoluciónof Body and Being

“It Was Kind of a Dream Come True”: Undocumented College Students’ Testimonios of Cultural Wealth in the College Choice Process

Chicana/Latina Feminist Critical Qualitative Inquiry

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