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DIANA M. BARRERO


FEMINIST RESEARCHER, EDUCATOR & ACTIVIST


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I am a Latina feminist researcher, educator and activist currently completing my
PhD in education at the University of Toronto with a collaborative
specialization in Women and Gender Studies.

As a critical feminist scholar, I am interested in the relationship between
power, knowledge, and culture. Specifically, I bring an interdisciplinary lens
to understanding the role of cultural production in social and educational
processes and their implication for the production and justification of social
(in)justice and (in)equality. My research expands three areas: First, the way
that marginalized individuals and groups resist and challenge injustice; second,
the way that cultural practices create opportunities for people to imagine
themselves differently; and third, the role of educational and cultural
institutions in the (re)production of inequality.

My doctoral thesis – “Weaving Women’s Stories: Colombian Women’s Use of
Textile-based narratives as Public Memory Pedagogies” – examines how Colombian
women use of textile-based narratives to visibilize their individual and
collective demands for truth and justice. My approach to research is
interdisciplinary, drawing on educational research on social movements, gender
studies, and memory studies.

I was a Graduate Fellow at the University of Toronto’s School of Cities, where I
focused on the representations of urban life through the textiles of Indigenous,
Black and marginalized women in Colombia.

Previously, I worked on two research projects funded by the Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). As part of the Youth Research Lab, I
collaborated with university researchers and school staff to train Indigenous
and Latin American high school students in Indigenous and decolonial
methodologies. Additionally, I worked on the comparative international project,
“Peace-building Citizenship Learning” project focused on peacebuilding
citizenship education in Mexico and Canada. Currently, I am part of the
editorial team at Curriculum Inquiry and a teaching assistant for the Centre for
Critical Development Studies at University of Toronto Scarborough.

I have published research (or forthcoming) in academic journals including
Education Policy Analysis Archives in addition to public platforms such as The
Conversation Canada.

 

Academic Work

CHAPTERS

Bickmore, K. & Barrero, D. (2022). Globalized Local Environmental and Resource
Conflicts in Mexican and Canadian Youths’ Lives and Schooling: Silenced
Citizenship Questions. In Kubow, P., Strong, K., Webster, N. & Miranda, D.
Contestations of Citizenship: Children and Youth, Democracy, and Education in an
Era of Global Change. Routledge.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

Barrero, D. (Accepted). Achievement as White Settler Property: How the discourse
of “Achievement Gaps” Reproduces Settler Colonial Constructions of Race.
Education Policy Analysis Archives. [Additional Video Commentary]


EDITORIALS & BOOK REVIEWS

Barrero, D. (Accepted). In Defense of Solidarity and Pleasure: Feminist
Technopolitics From the Global South. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

Barrero, D., & Gaztambide-Fernández, R. (2021). What Teachers Know, What
Teachers Do. Curriculum Inquiry, (51)5, 473-478.

Nayak, P., & Barrero, D. (2021). Re-imagining difference in the pedagogical
encounter. Curriculum Inquiry, 50(5), 373-377.

Barrero, D., & Gaztambide-Fernández, R. (2020). The Work of Attunement.
Curriculum Inquiry, 49(5), 503-506.

INVITED GUEST SPEAKER

Barrero, D. (2021). Colombian Truth Commission: Voices of Exile in Canada. Oral
History Theory and Practice. University of Toronto.

Barrero, D. & Diaz, A. (2021). Colombian Migration to Canada and the Colombian
Truth Commission. Racialization, Migration, and Identity. Algoma University.

Barrero, D. (2020). Weaving Women’s Stories: Colombian Women’s Use of Textiles
in Peacebuilding Pedagogies. Centre for Critical Development Studies,
Introduction to Development Studies. University of Toronto. Toronto, ON.

Barrero, D. (Panelist). (2020). Public, Healthy, Equitable, Police(ing)-Free
Education Ontario-Wide. NDP York Centre Association.

Barrero, D. & Sabzalieva, E. (2019). Education, Gender, and Development. Centre
for Critical Development Studies, Introduction to Development Studies.
University of Toronto. Toronto, ON.

Guerrero, C. & Barrero, D. (2019). Youth participatory action research: Our
learnings from the field and implications for practice. American Educational
Research Association (AERA) Division K Business Meeting. Toronto, ON.

Media

OP-EDS

“How Latin American feminists shifted global understanding of gender-based
violence.” The Conversation Canada. December 5, 2021.

“Why Colombians are taking to the streets to protest state violence.” The
Conversation Canada. June 9, 2021.

“The neoliberal non-performance of consultation: Missing democracy and
transparency at the University of Toronto” (with Asmita Bhutani, Efrat Gold &
Ian Tian). Academic Matters. August 26, 2020.

“Interconnected impacts of COVID-19 on graduate students” (with Grace Karram
Stephenson. University World News. June 20 2020.

“El Grito: Violence in Colombia continues to kill activists.” The Conversation
Canada. August 19, 2019.

PODCASTS

“The educational researcher as a storyteller.” Chasing Encounters. April 2,
2019.

VIDEOS

“Narrativas Textiles: Pedagogías urbanas para la Memoria, Paz y Reconciliación
en Colombia.” University of Toronto. October 3, 2022. [in Spanish]

“Health, Safety & Remote Work.” CUPE Local 3907. October 14, 2021.

“Fighting the Climate Crisis at the University and Beyond.” Divestment and
Beyond at the University of Toronto. October 17, 2020.

“Winning a Just Recovery at UofT: A Teach-in.” Leap UofT, University of Toronto.
July 21, 2020.

“Nodo de apoyo en Canadá: Tejiendo Redes Virtuales.” Comisión de La Verdad
Colombia. April 20, 2020. [in Spanish]

Contact

Email: diana.barrero [at] utoronto.ca

Twitter: Barrero_Di

LinkedIn: Diana Barrero


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