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, Volume 48, Issue 2, pp 264–284 | Cite as

Writing Latina/o Historical Narratives: Narratives at the Intersection of Critical Historical Inquiry and LatCrit

  • Cinthia S. Salinas
  • María E. Fránquiz
  • Noreen Naseem Rodríguez
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Abstract

This qualitative case study examines the experiences of Latina prospective teachers enrolled in a bilingual social studies methods course that focused attention upon critical historical inquiry. The students built historical narratives that deliberately addressed oft-ignored histories of Communities of Color. The analysis argues however that building counter narratives through traditional evidentiary trails ignores the fundamental experiences and epistemological frameworks of Latinas. Framing such pedagogies with LatCrit allows for those epistemologies that influence Latinas’ opposition to majoritarian tales and creation of counter stories.

Keywords

LatCrit Latino history Counter narratives Critical historical inquiry 
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Notes

Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the multiple social studies scholars who through the years (1999 to the present) have made significant contributions to The Student as Historian project while it was housed at the University of Colorado, Boulder, including Cecil Robinson and Michelle Reidel, and since its inception at the University of Texas at Austin, including Antonio Castro, Caroline Sullivan, Tom Wacker, Brooke Blevins, Kathy Obenchain, LaGarrett King, Whitney Blankenship, Ryan Crowley, Elizabeth Almond, Billy Smith, Jeannette Alarcon and Amanda Vickery. In addition, we acknowledge the continued collaborative work of the social studies graduate students at the University of Texas at Austin including Noreen Naseem Rodriguez, Kevin Magill, Scottie Johnson, Alice Sullivan, Kathlene Holmes, Neil Shanks and Esther Kim. Finally we acknowledge the invaluable and enduring attention to the project by the social studies faculty at the University of Texas at Austin including Sherry Field, Anthony Brown and Katie Payne.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Cinthia S. Salinas
    • 1
  • María E. Fránquiz
    • 2
  • Noreen Naseem Rodríguez
    • 1
  1. 1.Curriculum and InstructionUniversity of Texas at AustinAustinUSA
  2. 2.College of EducationThe University of UtahSalt Lake CityUSA

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