ABSTRACT

Colonial and decolonial tensions manifested in a unique, Mexican school for the deaf that used Mexican Sign Language for instruction. (De)colonial tensions were inherent in the school’s work, from its non-Mexican, Foreign-origin school board to its child-of-deaf-adults principal’s vision. We observed the presence of a colonial legacy, decolonial aspirations, and (de)colonial sites of struggle; all of these worked in tension with histories of power, race, transnational gentrification, and Deafness. We conclude with implications for increased trans-disciplinarity between bilingual and deaf education research.

中文翻译：

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北美殖民与去殖民：墨西哥聋哑双语学校的跨国紧张局势

摘要

一所独特的墨西哥聋人学校使用墨西哥手语进行教学，表现出殖民主义和非殖民主义的紧张局势。（去）殖民紧张是学校工作中固有的，从其非墨西哥、外国血统的学校董事会到其聋哑儿童校长的愿景。我们观察到了殖民遗产、去殖民化的愿望和（去）殖民化斗争场所的存在；所有这些都与权力、种族、跨国中产阶级化和耳聋的历史关系紧张。我们的结论是对双语和聋人教育研究之间增加跨学科的影响。