Autoconstruccíon as a modality for life and pedagogy: Learning to self-construct through family narratives

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.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Art Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2021

Author dc:creator

• De Leon, Alicia O

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lucero, Jorge

• autoconstruccion
• convivio
• platicas, identity formation
• self-construction
• family
• narratives
• counter-narrative
• story telling

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2021 Alicia De Leon

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/110752

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/110752