Political and pedagogical considerations about a (fictional) education of Colombian youth

Abstract

This research started from some statements made in relation to young people in Colombia and what their possible education would mean. Thus, it was possible to see that some jobs understand the educational offer for young people at the service of work; or they consider that youth is, by definition, dependent, and incapable and, therefore, the object of intervention; or they assume the education of young people as a relationship that admits, simultaneously, multiple nuances. Therefore, an alternative to the places assigned in this way was tried to re-signify not only the terms in which young people are referred in Colombia, but also to give education a dimension of invention, in the philosophical sense of reaching a word of its own. To achieve this, a singular mode of reading was proposed —clinical— that allowed us to explore the different works exhibited here and those to come; and to warn that, at times, what is offered as an effect —not an intention— of certain ways of understanding education is precisely a push that takes youth to the edges. It was concluded that not being able to understand some aspects of youth and their education does not have to mean giving up thinking about them.