Designing reciprocity. Paths of ecology of the relationship between aesthetic and ecofeminist education

Abstract

Placing itself in the perspectives of ecological and systemic pluralism that run through contemporary pedagogy, the contribution proposes a dialogue between aesthetic education and ecofeminist education, with the aim of exploring the formative potential of an approach centered on relationships and differences. The aesthetic experience, understood as a practice of perception and mutual care between subjects, environments and forms of the living, is placed in relation to ecofeminist instances in order to recognize the connections between educational processes, power relations and the logic of exploitation. The didactic declinations that unfold refer to the configuration of relational, plural and integrated learning environments. Through fruitful connections and hybridizations between aesthetic education and ecofeminism, the research advances the identification of tools of emancipation and ecological justice, capable of orienting educational practices in an ecocritical and ecosystemic sense.