Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association
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Educational Research & Development Journal
2021 Special Issue, Volume 24, Number 2
Becoming a Conscious Chinese American Researcher: An Application of the Testimonio Methodology |
| Aubrey Wang |
Abstract |
| In this commentary, I describe my experience as an immigrant Chinese American woman in coming to consciousness in my research, teaching, and leadership. Drawing from both the critical theories of Black and Latina scholars, I use testimonio methodology to narrate this story. Three vignettes provide evidence of my transformation from being unconscious and invulnerable to becoming conscious and vulnerable. I argue that transformation of systematic racism, oppression, and marginalization begins within the individual through the Chinese concept of learning for the sake of the self (weiji zhixue 為己之學) with implications for the collective through shared testimonio. |
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ISSN: 1526-8659