Interview with the Cover Artist: “If You Only See Yourself, Change Something”: Decolonial Art in English Classrooms

Esmeralda Cartagena-Collazo

doi:10.58680/ej2025115219

ISSN: 0013-8274
E-ISSN: 2161-8895

Interview with the Cover Artist: “If You Only See Yourself, Change Something”: Decolonial Art in English Classrooms
Author(s): Esmeralda Cartagena-Collazo
Source: English Journal, Volume 115, Issue 2, Nov 2025, p. 19 - 21
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58680/ej2025115219
- Published online: 01 Nov 2025

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This interview with Afro-Puerto Rican artist Amber Robles-Gordon explores how English teachers can use her art to introduce decolonial perspectives and help students read symbols of power, resistance, and cultural survival.

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