Cultural choques and countermovements: using pláticas-testimonios to explore collective intergenerational educational experiences of Latinas

Authors

Adrianna González Ybarra, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Stephanie Hernandez Rivera, Elon University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-15-2025

Abstract

Latina students across K-20 educational institutions in the United States have demonstrated the importance of challenging and working against the dehumanization they experience. This research takes a women of Color (WoC) feminist and intergenerational approach to illuminate the educational testimonios of Latina educators. We extend on a conceptualization of countermoves and countermovements, in conjunctions with and the product of cultural choques – collisions, to explore how the experiences of Latinas inform their desire to engage in a humanizing educational praxis centered in cariño – care. Through plática and testimonio methodologies, our analysis reveals how varying choques, humanizing and dehumanizing happen within the context of cultural domination, and how cariño as a countermovement becomes a potential outcome in how we engage with students in schooling spaces.

Comments

Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2025.2528601

Recommended Citation

González Ybarra, A., & Hernandez Rivera, S. (2025). Cultural choques and countermovements: using pláticas-testimonios to explore collective intergenerational educational experiences of Latinas. Race Ethnicity and Education, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2025.2528601

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Publication Title

Race Ethnicity and Education

DOI

10.1080/13613324.2025.2528601