Open Educational Resources in Chicanx and Latinx Studies

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Amber Rose González, Mario Alberto Viveros Espinoza-Kulick, Melissa Moreno, Lucha Arévalo, Eddy Francisco Alvarez Jr.
ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI)

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OER Materials in Chicanx and Latinx Studies

The Open Educational Resources (OER) movement provides free educational resources and promotes the open exchange of ideas, data, and content. We hope that this book encourages more scholars, students, and community members to use, create, and adapt OER for your own purposes. There are more OER materials available for ethnic studies and related disciplines, which are highlighted on the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges (ASCCC) OER Initiative discipline page for ethnic studies. The materials relevant to Chicanx and Latinx studies are also included on this page.

Texts in English

Environmentalisms in Latinx Studies: Latinx Talk Mini-Reader #2 (Jiménez and Delgadillo, 2022) (CC BY-NC-ND) A collection of essays that includes essential Latinx ideas, perspectives, and practices to promote environmental sustainability written by a variety of researchers, writers, and poets.
Latinx Media: An Open-Access Textbook (Navitski and Marsh, University of Georgia) is a copyrighted, open-access textbook. This open-access textbook explores multiple forms of media and unpacks the relationship between media and identity, history, and culture in the context of Latinx communities.
The Chicanos: As We See Ourselves (Trejo et al., 1979) (CC BY-NC-ND) Thirteen Chicanx scholars draw upon their personal experiences and expertise to paint a vivid, colorful portrait of what it means to be Chicanx, including political experiences, bicultural education, and history. The book provides a detailed account and definition of the Chicano Movement in 1979.

Texts in Spanish

These texts may be appropriate for an Introduction to Latina and Latino Studies section for Spanish speakers or one where Spanish is a prerequisite for the course.

Latin American History and Culture (Anadeli Bencomo, 2022) (CC BY-NC-SA) This book contains content on colonialism, regional variations in Latin America, revolution, and ethnic identity development.
Conocimientos Ancestrales: Descolonizando el Conocimiento Dentro de las Tradiciones Afro-Indígenas (Reyes-Santos and Lara) is a copyrighted, open access text. This comprehensive investigation into decolonization among Afro-Indigenous populations examines the lives and practices of healers as well as the medicinal benefits of these traditions.