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What Are We Seeking to Sustain Through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy? A Loving Critique Forward

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ID5786403
AuthorsDjango Paris (0000-0001-9689-0674, Michigan State University), H Samy Alim (0000-0002-4664-021X, Stanford University)
Year2014
Volume84
Issue1
Pages85-100
Publication date2014-03-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHarvard Educational Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0017-8055 • E-ISSN: 1943-5045
PublisherHarvard Education Publishing Group (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17763/haer.84.1.982l873k2ht16m77
OpenAlexW1876810883
LanguageEN
Citations received674
References cited26

In this article, Django Paris and H. Samy Alim use the emergence of Paris's concept of culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP) as the foundation for a respectful and productive critique of previous formulations of asset pedagogies. Paying particular attention to asset pedagogy's failures to remain dynamic and critical in a constantly evolving global world, they offer a vision that builds on the crucial work of the past toward a CSP that keeps pace with the changing lives and practices of youth of color. The authors argue that CSP seeks to perpetuate and foster linguistic, literate, and cultural pluralism as part of the democratic project of schooling and as a needed response to demographic and social change. Building from their critique, Paris and Alim suggest that CSP's two most important tenets are a focus on the plural and evolving nature of youth identity and cultural practices and a commitment to embracing youth culture's counterhegemonic potential while maintaining a clear-eyed critique of the ways in which youth culture can also reproduce systemic inequalities

Cultural pluralism · Pace · Plural · Youth culture · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Indigenous and Place-Based Education · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

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