Storying Son Jarocho Fandango

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 Xinachtli Collective, a group of intergenerational learners of the son jarocho fandango tradition.

• ContentsForeword Martha González  xiiiSeries Foreword Django Paris  xvPreface Lirio Patton  xixWith Deep Gratitude  xxiiiPrólogo: El fandango jarocho como herramienta pedagógica  xxviiPor Gilberto Gutiérrez Silva y Gisela Farías Luna1.  Winding Into the Fandango Vortex  1Envisioning Son Caracol  2Note to the Reader  7Culturally Decolonizing Pedagogy  7Organization of the Book  132.  Grounding an Understanding of Son Jarocho Fandango Pedagogy  15Theoretically Grounding Application of Son Jarocho Fandango as a Culturally Decolonizing Pedagogy  16Experiencing SJF's Ontological Structures  28Son Caracol Taking Root  33Student Body at Cucunuchi University, a Brief Overview  36Ethnic Studies Son Jarocho Fandango Students—Blossoms  383.  A Call-and-Response Approach to Activating Ancestral Worlds in the Classroom  39Introducing ETHS 4975 Afro-Mexican Indigenous Cultural Practice, Fall 2019 and Spring 2020  44Circling Up With Students as Knowledge Keepers and (Emerging) Experts  47Entering the Portal of Son Jarocho Fandango Ecologies and Possibilities  47Collective Agency Toward Co-Liberation  76Son Caracol Community Agreements  77La Peña Cultural Center (2019)  79Annual Indigenous Peoples Day Event—Indigenous Students in Activism (ISA)  80Lessons On Institutionalizing Son Jarocho Fandango Practice at a Public University  844.  Student-Led Co-Liberation Qualities of the Son Jarocho Fandango Movement  87Student-Led Fandanguitos  88Communities Engaged in Son Jarocho Fandango as a Decolonial Praxis  1165.  Trans-Bordering, Transgressive, Transformative Aspirations  119Overview  119Conclusion: Winding Down the Written Fandango  132Appendix A: Son Jarocho Instruments  137Appendix B: Methodological Notes: Son Jarocho Fandango as Method  139Appendix C: Maestra Angela Flores on Teaching Son Jarocho: Honoring and Creating Relationships With Indigenous Musicians of Son Jarocho  147Angela FloresAppendix D: Son Caracol Members' Connection to SJF and This Project  151Appendix E: Key and Recurring Terms  153References  155Index  165About the Authors  171