Environmental economy and biopolitics: the experience of a colombian school

Abstract

The objective of this article is to problematize education about climate change, as one of the challenges of contemporary society. It thus seeks to understand how new configurations of environmental economics are established , considering Michel Foucault’s concept of biopolitics. This study is a result of investigations carried out in the research group Curriculum, Space, Movement (CEM/CNPq/UNIVATES). It uses the philosophy of difference and poststructuralist curriculum theories, to broaden understanding of curriculum, its movements and intersections, by examining three school spaces and two non-school spaces. The article is particularly  interested in examining the Experimental Pedagogic School (EPE) in Bogotá, Colombia. This school included in its teaching some principles of sustainable economy through projects carried out in partnership with the educational community and other outside agents. The paper analyzes the environmental economics project, in this educational space, using Michel Foucault’s notion of biopolitics.