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The poetics aesthetics of testimonios. Subverting “I” for social “I/We.” Una lengua que desquicia la academia

The poetics aesthetics of testimonios. Subverting “I” for social “I/We.” Una lengua que desquicia la academia

Miryam Espinosa-Dulanto, Freyca Calderon-Berumen
2021
2021

Abstract

I/We are immigrants in the United States, passionately engaged in a decolonizing project, working with testimonios encargados. I/We respectfully chose to share them as POC epistemologies to correct its omission in most history and presence of millions of residents of this land. Based on this sharing, we also subvert the Western “I” for a community shared, social “I/We” and advance the poetics aesthetics of testimonios.

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Abstract

I/We are immigrants in the United States, passionately engaged in a decolonizing project, working with testimonios encargados. I/We respectfully chose to share them as POC epistemologies to correct its omission in most history and presence of millions of residents of this land. Based on this sharing, we also subvert the Western “I” for a community shared, social “I/We” and advance the poetics aesthetics of testimonios.

Social Movements

Immigrant Rights, Mestiza

Keywords

Community Organizing, Decolonialism, North America

Theme

Popular Education; Adult Education; and Social Movement Learning

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