Growing up on the edge of fading. The prospects of a Pedagogy of Emergency

Life itself is a challenge of emergency and, therefore it fits together with every pedagogical and educative intention aimed at the development of utopian ideals pursued by emancipatory, empowered and democratic care. However, the Pedagog y of Emergency defines a specific field of reflection and action that does not arise simply in the dictation of this perspective but focuses on the logics and teleologies that arise as a problem when emergency is linked to catastrophe. Thus, the paper intends to present the source of the Pedagog y of emergen-cy and then focus on some central categories useful to define its theories and practices