dc.contributor.author |
Benton Zavala, AM |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2020-04-16T03:54:08Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2017 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/50416 |
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dc.description.abstract |
A grassroots educational project aiming for language revitalization is the focus of this paper. It is a Mexican indigenous bilingual school: ‘Tosepan Kalnemachtiloyan’ (‘The School of All’). It was initiated by a cooperative of Nahuat and Totonaku peoples from the Sierra de Puebla in Mexico. My research aims to capture the complexity of the language planning in this school. Indigenous language and culture are at the core of this work, resembling a much familiar ‘Onion’ (Ricento & Hornberger, 1996; Hornberger & Johnson, 2007), the multiple layers include: indigenous knowledge, identity and Tequio –an indigenous form of collaboration, reciprocity and work for the community. A unique aspect of my research is my application of this concept and an outside indigenous concept to the Mexican school. The language planning of the school will also be examined through the Māori lens of 'whanaungatanga' – a concept encompassing, but not limited to, goodwill and care for family and community, in reciprocity and collaboration. The struggles of the Mexican indigenous school within a complex sociocultural context will be discussed along with with their innovative educational work. Based on critical ethnographic fieldwork, I argue that indigenous students’ identity is ‘reframed’ within this process in a way that allows them not only to recover their language and indigenous identity, but learn ways to positively challenge the asymmetry of power in their interaction with ‘mestizos’ in the region. This symmetry is highly unusual in the Mexican context. These students will no longer face their challenges as powerless subjects of an oppressive and deprived context. They will impel change. The indigenous conceptual tools, critical theory and local indigenous meanings help unpack the complexity of layers, subtle interactions and meanings of this inspiring Mexican educational project and could indicate a way towards less inequality for indigenous students in a highly unequal country. |
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dc.description.uri |
https://lingua-media.weebly.com/events/18th-world-congress-of-applied-linguistics-innovation-and-epistemological-challenges-in-applied-linguistics |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
AILA The 18th World Congress of Applied Linguistics: Innovation and Epistemological Challenges in Applied Lingu18th World Congress of Applied Linguistics: Innovation and Epistemological Challenges in Applied Linguistics |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Layers of meaning: Tosepan Kalnemachtiloyan. Reframing students’ indigenous identity in bilingual education. |
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dc.type |
Conference Item |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
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pubs.author-url |
https://aila.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/AILA-2017_Conference-Program.pdf |
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pubs.finish-date |
2017-07-28 |
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pubs.start-date |
2017-07-23 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Conference Paper |
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pubs.elements-id |
794961 |
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pubs.org-id |
Libraries & Learning Services |
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pubs.org-id |
Libraries & Learning Services |
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pubs.org-id |
Learning and Teaching Mgmt |
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pubs.org-id |
Learning and Teaching Mgmt |
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pubs.org-id |
Learning and Teaching Development |
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pubs.org-id |
Learning and Teaching Development |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2020-02-21 |
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