La Lotería as Creative Resistance

Race, Education and #BlackLivesMatter: How Online Transformational Resistance Shapes the Offline Experiences of Black College-Age Women

“…The litany of scholarship conducted on transformational resistance identifies counter-storytelling as a liberatory tool that enables Students of Color to challenge deficit narratives that often pervade schools, society and popular media (García, 2017; Lechuga-Peña & Lechuga, 2018; Partida, 2013; Solorzano & Bernal, 2001; Solórzano & Yosso, 2002). Since they often contain both a critique of structural oppression and a desire to enact social change, counter-stories are prime examples of transformational resistance.…”

“You Can Only Choose From the Things You Know”: Engaging With Students’ Dark and Politicized Funds of Knowledge in the Music Classroom

“…It has been utilized in empirical studies across subject areas, leading to findings that suggest that this approach can support teachers’ use of community resources for pedagogical purposes (Andrews & Yee, 2006; Kinney, 2012) and can help students connect learning practice with in-the-world experience in a variety of settings (Bouillion & Gomez, 2001; Marshall & Toohey, 2010). When linked with critical pedagogy, scholars argue that this framework can also help students develop sociopolitical awareness and challenge institutional limitations (Garcia, 2017). In addition, utilizing funds of knowledge can help music educators, in particular, avoid essentializing students’ musical traditions (Liu, 2020) and develop awareness of multiple forms of meaning-making through the arts (Varga-Dobai, 2018).…”