The Body of the Other in Intercultural Educational and Care Practices


Abstract:

In contemporary scientific literature, we find numerous studies on international migrations. Many of these studies focus on the subjective or community motivations that drive many men and women to embark on the migratory journey and their life expectations in the destination countries. In political and social representations, the migrant's body sometimes appears as a border body. This proposal aims to reflect on the collective and social representations of the body in migrations and the forms of biopolitical power aimed at exercising direct control over it. For educational practice, addressing the body in migration means bringing it back within physical contexts that foster its expression and active participation, such as school and training environments where forms of inclusion can be promoted. For pedagogy, it is about valuing these places of care, as they are contexts where aspects of subjectivity can generate significant intercultural relationships.