ERIC Number: EJ1399836
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-8398
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"Joteando y Mariconadas": Theorizing Queer "Pláticas" for Queer and/or Trans Latinx/a/o Research
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v36 n9 p1741-1756 2023
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.
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Homosexuality, LGBTQ People, Higher Education, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Self Concept, Caring
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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