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Reviewing Experiences in Language (Re)Vitalisation: Recent Undertakings in the Media and the Arts
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Farfán, José Antonio Flores; Cru, Josep – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
In this paper we provide a critical account of selected key linguistic and cultural revitalisation experiences in Mexico. For this aim, the project entitled Proyecto de Revitalización, Mantenimiento y Desarrollo Lingüístico y Cultural (Linguistic and Cultural Revitalisation, Maintenance and Development Project), which has been developed for over…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Cultural Maintenance, Mexicans, Program Descriptions
Learning with Immigrant Indigenous Parents in School and Community
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Baquedano-López, Patricia – Theory Into Practice, 2021
In this article I introduce a framework that centers indigenous educational sovereignty in university-school partnerships. Developed from collaborative work with Indigenous Maya families who are migrants from Yucatan, Mexico, the framework operates from an understanding that Indigenous parents have knowledge that is important for their children to…
Descriptors: Immigrants, American Indian Students, College School Cooperation, Foreign Countries
Indigenous Women's Perceptions of the Mexican Bilingual and Intercultural Education Model
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Hanemann, Ulrike – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2019
This article examines perceptions of indigenous women of the "Bilingual Indigenous Education Model for Life and Work" (MIB) programme which the Mexican Government initiated a decade ago as an alternative route for indigenous youth and adults into basic education. Programme objectives include the promotion of equal access to quality basic…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education, Females
Transborder Indigenous Education: Survivance and Border Thinking in the Professional Development and Practice of Maestros Indigenas
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Anthony-Stevens, Vanessa; Griño, Paulina – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2018
This study examines the experiences of Indigenous Mexican educators following their participation in a transborder professional development initiative aimed at strengthening Indigenous Mexican education. Using qualitative and ethnographic methodologies, this article is guided by the following research questions: How do former participants in…
Descriptors: American Indians, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Ethnography
Intercultural University of Veracruz: A Holistic Project Promoting Intercultural Education
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Tellez, Sergio; Sandoval, Juan Carlos; Gonzalez, Octaviano – Intercultural Education, 2006
This paper describes the Intercultural University of Veracruz (UVI), an institutional Programme at the University of Veracruz in Mexico (Universidad Veracruzana Intercultural), as a product of the analysis and research carried out over a 10-year period on cultural diversity and education. There were several institutions and over 20 people involved…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education, Cultural Maintenance
The Tarahumara of Mexico.
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Paciotto, Carla – 1996
This paper reviews factors contributing to the loss of language and culture of the Tarahumara people of Mexico and describes a program aimed at preserving Tarahumara language and culture. The Tarahumara people reside in the Sierra Tarahumara in the northern state of Chihuahua, Mexico. Although the Tarahumara people successfully avoided…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Cultural Maintenance