‘Doing school otherwise’: experiences and speeches from L'erba voglio at the origin of a structural approach to violence against women

Abstract

Due to the value of the historical perspective in the analysis of gender-based violence, as historians we participate in the discussion on the social pathways aimed at removing it by analysing the book L'erba voglio. The selected text moves from discussions on authority and power laying the foundations for a reflection that crosses the emancipatory route of the 1970s and can be connected to the idea of a structural approach to violence. Thus, the proposed paper aims to show the impact of such experience and highlight the link between feminist and political militancy with educational practice to outline a genealogy to be considered also in educational paths.