Reflexiones sobre una experiencia educativa para niñeces y juventudes rurales: el caso del proyecto “Desde las Raíces” de Caracol Psicosocial A.C.

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to review the experience of the work developed between 2011 and 2017 with children and youth within the "From the Roots" Project of the civil association Caracol Psicosocial, located in the community of Palos Altos in the municipality of Ixtlahuacán del Río in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, and the subsequent impacts it has had directly on their lives. For these purposes, we will discuss the origins of the educational project, the theoretical contributions that nurture and feed it, the actions undertaken over time, in addition to some stories that narrate the impacts on the biographical trajectories of the participants and, finally, a reflection on what it has meant for the authors of this text to be part of this project.

Keywords

• rural youth
• social psychology
• environmental education.