Contents Foreword?Martha Gonzalez ?xiii Series Foreword?Django Paris ?xv Preface?Lirio Patton ?xix With Deep Gratitude ?xxiii Prologo: El fandango jarocho como herramienta pedagogica ?xxvii Por Gilberto Gutierrez Silva y Gisela Farias Luna 1. ?Winding Into the Fandango Vortex ?1 Envisioning Son Caracol ?2 Note to the Reader ?7 Culturally Decolonizing Pedagogy ?7 Organization of the Book ?13 2. ?Grounding an Understanding of Son Jarocho Fandango Pedagogy ?15 Theoretically Grounding Application of Son Jarocho Fandango as a Culturally Decolonizing Pedagogy ?16 Experiencing SJF's Ontological Structures ?28 Son Caracol Taking Root ?33 Student Body at Cucunuchi University, a Brief Overview ?36 Ethnic Studies Son Jarocho Fandango Students-Blossoms ?38 3. ?A Call-and-Response Approach to Activating Ancestral Worlds in the Classroom ?39 Introducing ETHS 4975 Afro-Mexican Indigenous Cultural Practice, Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 ?44 Circling Up With Students as Knowledge Keepers and (Emerging) Experts ?47 Entering the Portal of Son Jarocho Fandango Ecologies and Possibilities ?47 Collective Agency Toward Co-Liberation ?76 Son Caracol Community Agreements ?77 La Pena Cultural Center (2019) ?79 Annual Indigenous Peoples Day Event-Indigenous Students in Activism (ISA) ?80 Lessons On Institutionalizing Son Jarocho FandangoPractice at a Public University ?84 4. ?Student-Led Co-Liberation Qualities of the Son Jarocho Fandango Movement ?87 Student-Led Fandanguitos ?88 Communities Engaged in Son Jarocho Fandango as a Decolonial Praxis ?116 5. ?Trans-Bordering, Transgressive, Transformative Aspirations ?119 Overview ?119 Conclusion: Winding Down the Written Fandango ?132 Appendix A: Son Jarocho Instruments ?137 Appendix B: Methodological Notes: Son Jarocho Fandango as Method ?139 Appendix C: Maestra Angela Flores on Teaching Son Jarocho: Honoring and Creating Relationships With Indigenous Musicians of Son Jarocho ?147 Angela Flores Appendix D: Son Caracol Members' Connection to SJF and This Project ?151 Appendix E: Key and Recurring Terms ?153 References ?155 Index ?165 About the Authors ?171
What happens when Chicanx students' educational experiences are shaped by the activation of ancestral worlds? Born of songs like La Bamba, oral traditions, call-and-response practices, body as an instrument, and embodying ecologies, the authors posit son jarocho fandango (SJF) methodologies as a tool of convivencia/conviviality, communal healing, positive identity formation, and agency. Against the backdrop of white settler colonialism, members of the intergenerational Son Caracol Collective formed across two U.S.-Mexican border states and two ethnic studies university courses. The Collective follows the tradition of the SJF decolonial movement, positioning SJF as an ancestral elder of the African diasporic, Mexican Indigenous, Spanish, and Arabic traditions-whose threat of extinction sparked a cultural revitalization. The survival of SJF and its ancestral worlds supersedes the ruptures of colonialism. From ethnic studies classroom practices to organizing SJF in the community, this work highlights the possibilities of nurturing co-liberation. Book Features: Offers a historical and contemporary example of culturally sustaining practices embraced by Chicanx and Indigenous communities. Focuses on son jarocho fandango as a pedagogy and methodology in schools, not just an art form. Shows how culturally sustaining pedagogy works in a postsecondary setting to center ethnic and cultural practices within the curriculum. Interweaves student learning, ethnic studies pedagogies, teacher education, curriculum development, and civic engagement. Includes visuals, some in color, that provide the aesthetic of experiencing the son jarocho fandango movement.
Cueponcaxochitl D. Moreno Sandoval is an associate professor of Native American and Mexican Indigenous Studies at California State University, Stanislaus . Lirio Patton is a clinical assistant professor of teacher preparation at Arizona State University. Julissa Ruiz Ramirez, Gregorio G. Rocha-Tabera, and Jennifer Campos Lopez are scholars and members of the Son Caracol Collective, a group of intergenerational learners of the son jarocho fandango tradition.