Using Visual Arts as a Proxy for Language: Addressing the Marginalization of Linguistic Minority Parents

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This article discusses a school-wide implementation of an arts-based initiative to address the alienation experienced by linguistic minority parents. In order to assuage the prevalent, although unintentional, practices of marginalization, a group of students and teachers established a platform that enabled shared discourse among minority and mainstream parents. Benefits could be discerned on multiple levels and were attained in incremental stages during the months and years following the implementation. The deliberately structured engagement made way for a school-wide reconsideration of policies and procedures, which led to broader and impassioned participation of all parents. The article concludes by discussing the implications of grass root endeavors, such as the arts-based initiative discussed below, in mitigating the structures of inequities within individual school systems that, in effect, replicate the social injustice seen outside of schools.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2011.608599