Imaginando uma Pedagogia Descolonizadora para Crianças

Uma Perspectiva Social-Psicanalítica Crítica

Autores

  • Michael O’Loughlin Adelphi University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2175-3520.2024i57p23-32

Palavras-chave:

Pedagogia, Psicanálise, Professores, Subjetividade infantil, Teoria decolonial

Resumo

Uma descrição dos desafios enfrentados pelos professores nos tempos contemporâneos, quando a guerra, o deslocamento e outras forças reacionárias tornam a infância precária e resultam em uma subjetividade separada da história e caracterizada pela melancolia, é usada como base para investigar as profundas implicações desses contextos no trabalho pedagógico. O autor intersecciona os campos da pedagogia, psicanálise e teoria decolonial para explorar o potencial de uma pedagogia que amplie as possibilidades de crianças, particularmente aquelas de grupos subalternizados, para relações éticas e agência. A psicanálise é proposta como uma ferramenta para resgatar narrativas e restaurar a possibilidade metafórica em crianças cujas subjetividades são frequentemente obstruídas por forças ideológicas externas, como o neoliberalismo e o capitalismo racial. O artigo também sugere alguns princípios centrais que educadores críticos podem usar para construir uma pedagogia decolonial para crianças por meio de uma perspectiva social-psicanalítica crítica, destacando que, para isso, é necessária uma formação crítica e introspectiva para os professores.

Biografia do Autor

Michael O’Loughlin, Adelphi University

Michael O’Loughlin is Professor in the College of Education and Health Sciences and in the Ph.D. and Psy.D. programs in Derner School of Psychology at Adelphi University, New York. He has authored or edited many books, including, most recently, Precarities of 21st century childhoods: Critical explorations of time(s), place(s), and identities (2023). He writes on intergenerational trauma, psychosis, childhood subjectivity, refugee and social justice issues, fascism and populism. Since 2018 he has been coeditor of the journal Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society. He is also editor of the book series, Psychoanalytic Studies: Clinical Social, and Cultural Contexts, and co-editor of the book series Critical Childhood & Youth Studies: Theoretical Explorations and Practices in Clinical, Educational, Social, and Cultural Contexts, both published by Lexington Books/Bloomsbury. He is a Founding Scholar of the British Psychoanalytic Council. He founded and directs the Adelphi Asylum Project. He has a private practice for psychotherapy and psychoanalysis on Long Island, NY.

Web: michaeloloughlinphd.com

Faculty profile: https://www.adelphi.edu/faculty/profiles/profile.php?PID=0064

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2025-02-27