Diana Rodríguez-Gómez
Biographic Data
| ID | 5180782 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diana Rodríguez-Gómez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diana |
| FAMILY NAME | Rodríguez-Gómez |
| SIGNATURE | RODRÍGUEZ-GÓMEZ D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7995-6536 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Responses to insurgent power
Purpose This article analyzes the impact of insurgent control on school principalship during protracted armed conflict. It examines the dynamic forms of leadership enacted by a public school principal in a guerrilla-controlled area. Design/methodology/approach Situated in a public school in rural eastern Colombia, this case study draws on semi-structured interviews (n = 75) with administrators, teachers, parents, students and school allies, along…
Beyond a Policy Category
This ethnographic comparative case study documents the work of the refugee category in Quito, Ecuador. It examines “refugee” in relation to institutional power and details how different educational stakeholders, including young migrants, appropriate and relate to the refugee category. Situated in an urban context where those who have been forced to leave their country depend on the actions of state and humanitarian organizations to establish them…
A Migratory Ecosystem
With the highest number of displaced persons in history, migrants must navigate complicated systems to access rights and social services. In this article, we provide the perspective of organizational actors providing educational services to refugee and migrant populations in Ecuador. We draw on an analysis of 20 interviews with key informants to examine how global and national refugee and migratory policies shape the work of organizations. We fin…
The politics and pitfalls of academic enthusiasm in peace building
This article is an effort to unveil how colonialism gets inscribed in research education initiatives during peace-building. To this end, we look behind the scenes of an education development project that sought to support a rural school in consolidating high-quality education during Colombia’s recent peace process. We examine how, in our roles as principal investigator and research assistant, our enthusiasm inadvertently contributed to perpetuati…
Disputed futures
This article examines the future as a technique of government aimed at controlling young people’s relationships to the present. It analyses the futures deemed feasible in a school located in a border area affected by the Colombian armed conflict. Based on ethnographic data collected primarily between 2013 and 2014, this study highlights the future’s regulatory nature and the types of commitments it seeks to generate in students. By examining the …
Human Rights Violations Through Structural Violence
A major area of critical scholarship within human rights education (HRE) aims to discover HRE’s revolutionary potential by questioning its relationship to the global human rights regime. However, the very concept of “human rights violations” remains underexamined. This article analyzes the use and function of human rights violations as pedagogical devices. Drawing from qualitative data collected in two public high schools in New York City (2014–2…
Disputed futures
This article examines the future as a technique of government aimed at controlling young people’s relationships to the present. It analyses the futures deemed feasible in a school located in a border area affected by the Colombian armed conflict. Based on ethnographic data collected primarily between 2013 and 2014, this study highlights the future’s regulatory nature and the types of commitments it seeks to generate in students. By examining the …
Disputed futures
This article examines the future as a technique of government aimed at controlling young people’s relationships to the present. It analyses the futures deemed feasible in a school located in a border area affected by the Colombian armed conflict. Based on ethnographic data collected primarily between 2013 and 2014, this study highlights the future’s regulatory nature and the types of commitments it seeks to generate in students. By examining the …
Human Rights Violations Through Structural Violence
A major area of critical scholarship within human rights education (HRE) aims to discover HRE’s revolutionary potential by questioning its relationship to the global human rights regime. However, the very concept of “human rights violations” remains underexamined. This article analyzes the use and function of human rights violations as pedagogical devices. Drawing from qualitative data collected in two public high schools in New York City (2014–2…
The politics and pitfalls of academic enthusiasm in peace building
This article is an effort to unveil how colonialism gets inscribed in research education initiatives during peace-building. To this end, we look behind the scenes of an education development project that sought to support a rural school in consolidating high-quality education during Colombia’s recent peace process. We examine how, in our roles as principal investigator and research assistant, our enthusiasm inadvertently contributed to perpetuati…
Beyond a Policy Category
This ethnographic comparative case study documents the work of the refugee category in Quito, Ecuador. It examines “refugee” in relation to institutional power and details how different educational stakeholders, including young migrants, appropriate and relate to the refugee category. Situated in an urban context where those who have been forced to leave their country depend on the actions of state and humanitarian organizations to establish them…
A Migratory Ecosystem
With the highest number of displaced persons in history, migrants must navigate complicated systems to access rights and social services. In this article, we provide the perspective of organizational actors providing educational services to refugee and migrant populations in Ecuador. We draw on an analysis of 20 interviews with key informants to examine how global and national refugee and migratory policies shape the work of organizations. We fin…
Responses to insurgent power
Purpose This article analyzes the impact of insurgent control on school principalship during protracted armed conflict. It examines the dynamic forms of leadership enacted by a public school principal in a guerrilla-controlled area. Design/methodology/approach Situated in a public school in rural eastern Colombia, this case study draws on semi-structured interviews (n = 75) with administrators, teachers, parents, students and school allies, along…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Peace and Human Rights Education (3 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works)