The article seeks to propose an interpretation of the marginalisation of childhood as a socially and historically determined phenomenon. Within this framework, a contrast is drawn between the construct of childism and two defining features of the educational role – authenticity and a research-oriented stance – considered partic-ularly effective for analysing its underlying assumptions and their implications for educational practice. To ac-tualise the recognition of children’s full citizenship, the project-based approach is identified as a potential way of translating into educational practice a radical rethinking of the otherness embodied by childhood, understood as an evolutionary possibility for society. By overcoming the opposition between formal inclusion and children’s agency, education is called upon to acknowledge its positioning at the margins, transforming boundaries into spaces of encounter between differences as well as sites for the negotiation of meanings. Such awareness may also serve as a foundation for the full recognition of children’s rights – so widely advocated and yet so frequently vi-olated.
Il contributo intende proporre una lettura circa la marginalizzazione dell’infanzia quale fenomeno so-cialmente e storicamente determinato. In tale cornice, si propone la contrapposizione tra il costrutto di childism e due connotati del ruolo educativo – autenticità e postura di ricerca – considerati particolarmente efficaci per analizzarne gli impliciti e le ricadute sull’agire educativo. Nel tentativo di attualizzare il ri-conoscimento di una effettiva cittadinanza di bambine e bambini, l’approccio progettuale è una possibile traduzione nella prassi educativa di un ripensamento radicale dell’alterità rappresentata dall’infanzia, intesa come possibilità evolutiva per la società. Oltrepassando l’opposizione tra inclusione formale e agency di bambine e bambini, l’educazione ha il compito di prendere contezza del proprio posizionamento al margine, osservando i confini quali luoghi di incontro tra differenze e di negoziazione di significati. Tale consapevolezza può fungere da fondamenta per un pieno riconoscimento dei diritti dell’infanzia tanto proclamati, quanto, al contempo, disattesi.
Bambine e bambini cittadini dell’oggi. Dai margini al centro per il riconoscimento delle peculiarità delle infanzie / Iori, M., Liuzzi, A.. - In: STUDIUM EDUCATIONIS. - ISSN 2035-844X. - 1:(2026), pp. 50-57. [10.7346/SE-012026-06]
Bambine e bambini cittadini dell’oggi. Dai margini al centro per il riconoscimento delle peculiarità delle infanzie
Marco Iori;Annalisa Liuzzi
2026
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The article seeks to propose an interpretation of the marginalisation of childhood as a socially and historically determined phenomenon. Within this framework, a contrast is drawn between the construct of childism and two defining features of the educational role – authenticity and a research-oriented stance – considered partic-ularly effective for analysing its underlying assumptions and their implications for educational practice. To ac-tualise the recognition of children’s full citizenship, the project-based approach is identified as a potential way of translating into educational practice a radical rethinking of the otherness embodied by childhood, understood as an evolutionary possibility for society. By overcoming the opposition between formal inclusion and children’s agency, education is called upon to acknowledge its positioning at the margins, transforming boundaries into spaces of encounter between differences as well as sites for the negotiation of meanings. Such awareness may also serve as a foundation for the full recognition of children’s rights – so widely advocated and yet so frequently vi-olated.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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