Dejando mi hogar, llegue a casa : (re)migratory processes, (un)diasporic subjectivities, and indigenous cosmologies of homecoming

Through an autoethnographic approach, this research will aim to elucidate the conceptualizations of an (un)diasporic subjectivity in relation to (re)migration, home(coming), and indigenous and native-centered reclamations of knowing and being. In addition, sexuality, as an axis of power, will be a centralized tenet to further nuance how a queer de-indigenized (and racialized) body, upon a diasporic contingency, is constructed, contested, and crystallized through this act of critical self-reflexive ontology. Traveling back to my hometown of La Luz, Guanajuato, Mexico, and my travel from Wisconsin to Texas to pursue graduate school a year ago will provide the sociogeographic locale of this study. I believe that incorporating an understanding of said (re)migratory processes upon the conditions of (un)diasporic subjectivities, will triangulate further our notions of what it means to return home (metaphysically as well as physically). Through memories, life stories, consejos, dreams, journaling, and critical reflections, I venture into this autoethnographic venture. Ultimately, this project hopes to contribute to the growing literature of indigenous and native centered pedagogies and curriculum. Specifically, in what ways can curriculum and pedagogies address these contingent subjectivities through the deployment of social studies, for example, and introducing ideas of deconstructive identity politics in regards to displaced ideas of indigenous and native ancestral knowledge, legacies, geographies, and ethnoscapes. Autoethnography, as a research methodology, may then provide avenues for students to traverse often restrictive curricular hegemonies by incorporating these experiences and unfolding the multiplicity of nuances in their epistemic and ontological orientations. So, in what ways can curriculum and pedagogies address these contingent subjectivities and introduce ideas of deconstructive identity politics regarding displaced ideas of indigenous and native ancestral knowledge, legacies, geographies, and ethnoscapes?