Browsing by Author "Figueroa, Chantal"
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Item Elites’ conceptualization of issues of social cohesion.(2010-08) Figueroa, ChantalThe purpose of this qualitative research study is to understand, compare and contrast elite perspectives of understanding of national identity and citizenship in Guatemala in the new environment of policies for social cohesion. In-depth interviews of six key personalities in Guatemalan elite society provide insights into the understanding of the construction of these concepts and the cultural logics underlying the initiative of the introduction of the Cabinet for Social Cohesion led by the first lady Sandra de Colom. Critical pedagogy is used as a theoretical framework to understand the future development and implementation of a policy for social cohesion and to pull together and analyze the similarities and discrepancies of elites’ perspectives. Finally, the study seeks to highlight the importance of identity politic when developing educational policy and social cohesion, especially citizenship education within the Guatemalan context. Key Words: social cohesion, citizenship, national identity, GuatemalaItem Results of a Cognitive Interview Study of Immediate Feedback and Revision Opportunities for Students with Disabilities in Large Scale Assessments (NCEO Synthesis Report)(University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration, National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO), 2013-12) Laitusis, Cara Cahalan; Stone, Elizabeth; Attali, Yigal; Figueroa, Chantal; Johnstone, ChristopherItem State of Terror, States of Mind: Ladinas, Mental Health and Systems of Care, in Guatemala City(2014-12) Figueroa, ChantalThis ethnography conducted in Guatemala City from October 2012 to April 2013 is based on in-depth interviews of mental health professional and women rights advocates, and the testimonios of Silvia and Teresa, two Ladinas having been diagnosed with a mental illness and having been interned in the system of care. This research brings to light the discrimination of mental health in a context of state terror. I critique the categories of mental illness and call instead to understand them as mental health needs in a context of acute everyday violence of post-peace accords Guatemala. The interviews provide the political context of in which the high demand for mental health services is met with a lack of investment in the mental health field and a neglect of policy and legislation. The testimonios of Teresa and Silvia give voice to the gender violence that leads Ladinas' to express mental health needs and the ways in which the system of care perpetrates this violence. I argue that the mental health care system is part of the mechanism of feminicide that discredits and silences Ladinas to secure the impunity of the state. Concluding with the finding that expressing a mental health need in Guatemala is related to the ability to exercise citizenship rights, I call for the development of a gendered citizenship project in order to resist state terror and promote mental health.