This essay presents, within a broader research program, three sets of conjectures relating tothe intertwining of childhood images, biopolitic dispositifs and pedagogic and educationalresearch activities. In the first set of conjectures, some peculiarities of both the market andthe democratic approaches to early childhood education are examined, and some charac-teristics of the possible images of the child and childhood are illustrated relating to the twoapproaches. The second set of conjectures shows, through a circumstantial reasoning, howthe proposal of a democratic approach, which arises as a critical response to the market ap-proach, potentially could contribute to the legitimisation of neoliberal biopolitical govern-mentality. Finally, the last set of conjectures indicates, although cautiously and for the pur-pose of illustration, one of the ways to escape biopolitical governmentality: rethinking thecategories that inform politics and education in order to move towards the resolution of theschism between bare life and form-of-life.

Il contributo presenta, nell’ambito di un più ampio programma di ricerca, tre insiemidi congetture relative all’intreccio tra immagini d’infanzia, dispositifs biopolitici ecompiti della ricerca pedagogica e didattica. Nel primo insieme di congetture vengo-no analizzate alcune peculiarità dell’approccio di mercato e dell’approccio democra-tico all’early childhood education e vengono illustrati alcuni caratteri delle possibili immagini di bambino e d’infanzia relative ai due approcci. Il secondo insieme di ipotesimostra, attraverso un ragionamento indiziario, come la proposta di un approccio de-mocratico, che nasce in risposta critica a quello di mercato, potenzialmente potrebbeconcorrere alla legittimazione della governamentalità biopolitica neoliberale. Infine,l’ultimo insieme di congetture indica, pur cautamente e solo a scopo esemplificativo,una delle possibili linee di fuga dalla governamentalità biopolitica: ripensare le cate-gorie che informano la politica e l’educazione per avviarsi alla soluzione della scissionetra nuda vita e forma-di-vita.

Luciano, E., Giacomantonio, A. (2018). Building imperfect democracies. Conjectures on images of childhood, biopolitic dispositifs and pedagogical-didactic knowledge. PEDAGOGIA OGGI, 2, 153-170 [10.7346/PO-022018-10].

Building imperfect democracies. Conjectures on images of childhood, biopolitic dispositifs and pedagogical-didactic knowledge

Luciano, E;
2018

Abstract

This essay presents, within a broader research program, three sets of conjectures relating tothe intertwining of childhood images, biopolitic dispositifs and pedagogic and educationalresearch activities. In the first set of conjectures, some peculiarities of both the market andthe democratic approaches to early childhood education are examined, and some charac-teristics of the possible images of the child and childhood are illustrated relating to the twoapproaches. The second set of conjectures shows, through a circumstantial reasoning, howthe proposal of a democratic approach, which arises as a critical response to the market ap-proach, potentially could contribute to the legitimisation of neoliberal biopolitical govern-mentality. Finally, the last set of conjectures indicates, although cautiously and for the pur-pose of illustration, one of the ways to escape biopolitical governmentality: rethinking thecategories that inform politics and education in order to move towards the resolution of theschism between bare life and form-of-life.
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Biopolitic dispositifs; Childhood image; Early childhood education; Marketapproach; Participatory democracy; Bare life/form-of-life
English
2018
2
153
170
open
Luciano, E., Giacomantonio, A. (2018). Building imperfect democracies. Conjectures on images of childhood, biopolitic dispositifs and pedagogical-didactic knowledge. PEDAGOGIA OGGI, 2, 153-170 [10.7346/PO-022018-10].
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