Study Abroad Programming in Writing Centers in Colombia and the USA: Lessons in Translanguaging, Decolonial Theory, and Programming

Rodrigo A. Rodríguez-Fuentes; Harry Denny

doi:10.17533/udea.ikala.356088

Autores

Rodrigo A. Rodríguez-Fuentes Universidad del Norte https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7055-0794
Harry Denny Purdue University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1544-1752

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.ikala.356088

Palavras-chave:

estudos de centros de produção textual, programas de estudo no exterior, bolsas de estudo, translinguagem, decolonialidade

Resumo

Como resultado da colaboração entre a Universidad del Norte e a Purdue University, com foco em interesses acadêmicos compartilhados, intercâmbios acadêmicos e educação multilíngue, este estudo de caso relata um programa de intercâmbio de estudantes financiado por uma bolsa de estudos. O intercâmbio utilizou uma abordagem translíngue para investigar como o inglês e o espanhol influenciam o treinamento de tutores em centros de produção textual. A primeira seção do artigo descreve o programa de intercâmbio e seus antecedentes, destacando como os projetos de pesquisa dos alunos enfatizaram a colaboração para promover abordagens práticas de translanguaging, informadas por perspectivas decoloniais. A segunda seção reconhece que, embora o projeto tenha atendido a necessidades pragmáticas e metas institucionais, ele poderia ter integrado as orientações e lições da teoria decolonial de maneira mais robusta desde o início. A terceira seção aborda as lições que complementam tanto a teoria decolonial quanto a pedagogia translíngue em contextos de intercâmbio acadêmico, discutindo as complexidades de programar um intercâmbio condicionado pela institucionalidade e pelos contextos locais. A última seção é uma breve conclusão sobre o programa de intercâmbio, seu impacto ideológico em ambas as universidades e a necessidade de futuras colaborações para dar destaque à visão decolonial no planejamento e nas propostas de projetos entre instituições, especialmente no contexto de orientação de produtores de texto na interseção de nacionalidade e cultivo de voz, agência e retórica.

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Biografia do Autor

Rodrigo A. Rodríguez-Fuentes, Universidad del Norte

Professor assistente, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colômbia.

Harry Denny, Purdue University

Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, EUA.

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