the roles of uncertainty, tensions, and “Nepantla” in teaching; and the political knowledge (and forms of creative insubordination) that mathematics teachers need to effectively teach in an era of high-stakes education.”
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Nepantla is a concept used often in Chicano and Latino anthropology, social commentary, criticism, literature and art. It represents a concept of “in-between-ness.” Nepantla is a Nahuatl word which means “in the middle of it” or “middle.” Wikipedia
“Nepantla is a Nahuatl word which means “in the middle of it” or “middle.” Wikipedia”
“...a Nahuatl (Aztec language) term connoting in between or a reference to the space of the middle.”
You mean like the space left in the middle of a slave after the Aztec priest cuts out his beating heart, and then proceeds to sell the body to the meat markets? That kind of cultural/educational strategy?