Enacting and Envisioning Decolonial Forces while Sustaining Indigenous Language - Bilingual College Students in the Andes

This book chronicles the experiences of Quechuan bilingual college students who strive to maintain their ethnolinguistic identity while succeeding in Spanish-centric curricula. The book presents visual and textual insights and merges decolonial theory and participatory action research in pursuit of mobilizing Indigenous languages.

About the author

Yuliana Hevelyn Kenfield is a Quechua scholar from Cusco, currently in the Department of Education and Leadership at Western Oregon University, USA. Her research interests include participatory educational research and the intersection of race, language, and education in sociolinguistic practices of bilingual communities. She is the editor of the journal Tinkuy and part of the collective Ayllu Multilingue from South America.

Summary

This book chronicles the experiences of Quechuan bilingual college students who strive to maintain their ethnolinguistic identity while succeeding in Spanish-centric curricula. The book presents visual and textual insights and merges decolonial theory and participatory action research in pursuit of mobilizing Indigenous languages.

Product details

• Authors: Yuliana Hevelyn Kenfield
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781788929707
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-970-7
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 490 g
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingua; Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Latin America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Society & culture: general, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Society and culture: general, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, South American and Caribbean indigenous languages, South American & Caribbean indigenous languages