Abstract
The increasing scholarship on queer Latinx/a/o people in higher education research demands scholars to propound epistemologies and methodologies throughout the inquiry process that centers such communities. Methodologies, such as feminista pláticas disrupt epistemological boundaries to traditional ways of knowing and thus offer an opportunity to engage its application for queer and/or trans Latinx/a/o people. In this article, we foreground this opportunity through conexiones across the literature that highlight how feminista pláticas are employed for queer and/or trans Latinx/a/o communities in higher education research. As joto scholars, we conceptualize what this expansion can look like and build on the original contours of feminista pláticas to theorize queer pláticas through five contours: (1) jotx/a/o identity and consciousness, (2) space for querencia (care), (3) queer chisme, (4) conocimiento to joteria identity consciousness, and (5) mundo zurdo as queer futurity. We offer examples from our own research and provide reflexiónes for future scholarship.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1741-1756 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2023 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- conocimiento
- epistemology
- jotería
- queer chisme
- Queer pláticas
- querencia