Resolana Emerging Chicano Dialogues on Community and Globalization

Name: Resolana Emerging Chicano Dialogues on Community and Globalization
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ISBN: 9780816528349

ISBN-10: 0816528349

ISBN-13: 9780816528349

Edition: 2009

Authors: Miguel Montiel, Tomï¿½s Atencio, E. A. Mares

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Villagers in northern New Mexico refer to the south-facing side of a wall as la resolana, meaning “the place where the sun shines.” Every culture has a resolana, a place where the resolaneros—the villagers—gather, dialogue, and reflect on society, culture, and politics. The buried knowledge that emerges from this process may be “pure gold,” or el oro del barrio, a metaphor for the culturally contextualized knowledge gathered at the resolana. Coming from diverse backgrounds in social work, sociology, public administration, literature, history, and education, three modern resolaneros take the twin concepts of resolana and el oro del barrio on a breathtaking journey from their rural roots to…

Book details

Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 2/5/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Foreword



Preface



Prologue


Introduction: No Siempre Es el Leï¿½n Como Lo Pintan



El Oro del Barrio in the Cyber Age: Leapfrogging the Industrial Revolution



La Resolana and el Oro del Barrio


The Chicano Movement and La Academia de la Nueva Raza


El Oro del Barrio and the Future


Technology and el Oro del Barrio


La Resolana: A Pathway toward a Learning Society for the Cyber Age


Theory and Practice of la Resolana


The University and the Learning Society: Two Case Studies


The Resolana Service Learning Documentation Center (RSLDC)


Subjugated Knowledge in the Cyber Age


Traditional Knowledge in the Cyber Age



Resolana in Action: Dialogues on Success and Community




The Fruits of Our First Resolana



Four Resolanas


Conclusion: What to Do?



A Resolana on Networks: Chicanos, Connections, and Culture



Who We Are: A Network Perspective


From the Bottom Up: Networks and La Plaza Vieja


Networks in a World Not Flat


Networks and Border Thinking: It's All in the Graph


Networks and Naysayers


A Network Conundrum: Los Alamos and Rural New Mexico


Networks and Chicano Urban Culture


Networks and Communities: Let the Harmony Begin


Epilogue


Notes


Works Cited


Index