Towards a critical pedagogy for the Mediterranean context

Abstract

This paper aims to show the validity of categories developed by exponents of Latin-American Decolonial Thinking and Epistemologies of the South for the Mediterranean context. After having introduced these perspectives and identified some criticisms, I will discuss their relevance for the purposes of formulating a pedagogy of and for the Mediterranean, analysing in detail the political-pedagogical practices of SOS Rosarno. This movement, which focuses on the agro-ecological production of foods, is based on collaboration between locals and migrants and is active in Calabria - a region in Southern Italy. Therefore, I will only take Southern Italy into consideration, but thematizing the exchanges, conflicts and representations that connect it to the wider Mediterranean context. The final part will highlight the need for Decolonial Thinking and Epistemologies of the South to contribute to creating political-pedagogical alliances between ongoing movements in different places.