Autoconstruccíon as a modality for life and pedagogy: Learning to self-construct through family narratives
De Leon, Alicia O
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Description
Title
Autoconstruccíon as a modality for life and pedagogy: Learning to self-construct through family narratives
Author(s)
De Leon, Alicia O
Issue Date
2021-04-29
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Lucero, Jorge
Department of Study
Art & Design
Discipline
Art Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Level
Thesis
Keyword(s)
autoconstruccion
convivio
platicas, identity formation
self-construction
family
narratives
counter-narrative
story telling
Abstract
In this paper, I explore my family’s history to identify patterns of self-construction, or autoconstrucción. Through years of convivios and pláticas, I have collected stories that connect our family’s vulnerabilities to a larger narrative that paints life as messy and de-skilled. By thinking through Abraham Cruzvillegas’s (2013) concept of autoconstrucción as a modality for life, I tease out the ways in which their improvisational approach to living uncovers permissions for my own identity formation. This in turn inspires questions for pedagogical possibilities for art-making and teaching postures.
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