Liberation is messy!Liberation requires the death of life as we know it. Kuntur will only be liberated if, and only if, all of that which interrupts their thriving is completely halted.Comprehending and tending to what is part of the human condition is the crux of this dissertation. First, I create and examine the roots of and define Shiminakuna Mezcla'o Methodology (SMM). Secondly, I analyze what defines thriving, what obstacles prevent human thriving and how tattoo counternarratives can illustrate sustaining and revitalizing epistemologies and ontologies. Lastly, I imagine a possibility for curriculum based on the tattoo counterstories. In attempts to capture liberatory learning spaces, including how curriculum and instruction can be more engaging for K-12 students, I conceive a co-constructed comic book series made with, for and by past, present and future students.
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