Everyday Movidas de Plática: Bilingual Teachers Weaving Relational Pedagogies and Asset-Based Discourses for Cultural Revitalization
Abstract
We describe and analyze how movidas de plática, or discursive move, broadened the discursive space for bilingual teachers to discuss culturally revitalizing pedagogies. Using ethnographic and qualitative participatory research, we focus on teacher pláticas from 2016–2019 in an out-of-school educational program. We analyze these movidas de plática in the midst of curricular transformation addressing the anti-immigrant discourse of the first Trump presidency by creating culturally revitalizing pedagogies. We argue that relational movidas de plática broadened the discursive agency of teachers by promoting affective and epistemic connections that centered teachers’ social, cultural and emotional epistemic expertise within teacher discourse.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Multilingual Education and Policy
Inclusive Education and Diversity
Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Latinos and Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1–13
- Publication date
- 12 January 2026
- Language
- EN