Abstract

This article presents the institutional and historical context, methods, findings, and action-consequences of ‘Our HMoob American College Paj Ntaub,’ a qualitative, student-led Participatory Action Research (PAR) project documenting the sociocultural and institutional factors that influence HMoob American college students’ experiences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Drawing on concepts from Asian Critical Race Theory (AsianCrit), we identify sociocultural and institutional processes that misrepresent and erase HMoob American experiences, producing a profound and troubling experience of institutional invisibility which has serious consequences for students’ wellbeing and educational attainment. However, we also document that student-led PAR research can be an effective means of enacting what we term ‘counter-invisibility work,’ by producing compelling counter-narratives that expand social networks for activism, outreach, and policy enactment.

摘要

本文介绍了“我们的 HMoob 美国学院 Paj Ntaub”的制度和历史背景、方法、调查结果和行动后果，这是一个由学生主导的定性参与性行动研究 (PAR) 项目，记录了影响 HMoob 美国学院的社会文化和制度因素大学生在威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的经历。借鉴亚洲批判种族理论（AsianCrit）的概念，我们确定了歪曲和抹杀 HMoob 美国经验的社会文化和制度进程，产生了制度隐形的深刻而令人不安的经历，对学生的福祉和教育成就产生了严重后果。然而，我们还记录了学生主导的 PAR 研究可以成为实施我们所说的“反隐形工作”的有效手段，