From Bowling Alone to Hoopin’: Education, Basketball, and Critical Community Mapping in Latinx Communities
Abstract
Drawing on scholarship that focuses on Latinx Education, borderlands, and males of color research with links to sports, this conceptual article examines the role of basketball as a literal and metaphorical site of learning across borders of possibility and tension as it pertains to Latinx students. Specifically, we introduce the concept of Critical Communal Mapping (CCM) to outline how spatial agency, sports, learning, and well-being intersect within Latinx communities. Implications are made to how CCM can be applied to Latinx education and teaching across various classroom spaces.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
Sports
Gender
and Society
Youth Development and Social Support
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Latinos and Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1–10
- Publication date
- 19 April 2026
- Language
- EN