This research investigates the persistence of coloniality in contemporary society, offering a critical analysis of the European—and particularly Italian—gaze through the lens of cosmovisions and theoretical frameworks developed in Abya Yala. The study is grounded in the concepts of the coloniality of power, knowledge, and being, in order to demonstrate how the Eurocentric paradigm continues to structure dynamics of exclusion and forms of systemic racism. Within this framework, the thesis advances a critique of the Italian model of interculturality, interpreted as an assimilationist device functional to the reproduction of hegemonic culture, and proposes instead a decolonial perspective aimed at the transformation of social structures. Methodologically, the research adopts a migrant-centred approach to the analysis of migration flows between Abya Yala and Italy, foregrounding migrants’ narratives, practices, and subjectivities as tools for deconstructing dominant representations. Particular attention is devoted to the role of the school as a site of tension and possibility, where practices of resistance and “decolonial cracks” can emerge, challenging the Euro-ethnocentric configuration of knowledge. Finally, the thesis presents and discusses the results of the educational project DecolonialMente, implemented in selected schools in Turin and Milan. Through the use of literature and critical thought from Abya Yala, the project seeks to foster transformative educational practices oriented toward social justice, contributing to the creation of new spaces of transcultural dialogue and to the disruption of dominant power structures.
Il presente lavoro di ricerca indaga la persistenza della colonialità nella società contemporanea, proponendo un’analisi critica dello sguardo europeo e, in particolare, italiano, attraverso le cosmovisioni e le teorie elaborate in Abya Yala. Il quadro teorico si fonda sui concetti di colonialità del potere, del sapere e dell’essere, al fine di mostrare come il paradigma eurocentrico continui a strutturare dinamiche di esclusione e forme di razzismo sistemico. In tale prospettiva, la tesi sviluppa una critica al modello italiano di interculturalità, interpretato come dispositivo assimilazionista funzionale alla riproduzione dell’ordine egemonico, e propone un orientamento decoloniale volto alla trasformazione delle strutture sociali. Dal punto di vista metodologico, la ricerca adotta un approccio migrante-centrico nell’analisi dei flussi tra Abya Yala e l’Italia, valorizzando narrazioni, pratiche e soggettività dei/delle migranti come strumenti di decostruzione delle rappresentazioni dominanti. Particolare attenzione è dedicata alla scuola, intesa come spazio di tensione e possibilità, in cui possono emergere pratiche di resistenza e “crepe decoloniali” capaci di mettere in discussione la centralità euro-etnocentrica del sapere. Infine, la tesi presenta e discute i risultati del progetto educativo DecolonialMente, realizzato in alcune scuole di Torino e Milano. Attraverso l’impiego della letteratura e del pensiero critico di Abya Yala, il progetto promuove pratiche educative trasformative orientate alla giustizia sociale, contribuendo all’elaborazione di nuovi spazi di dialogo transculturale e alla messa in crisi dei dispositivi di potere dominanti.
Calia, Francesca Luana, DECOLONIALITA' E GIUSTIZIA SOCIALE: COSMOVISIONE, TEORIE E PRATICHE CULTURALI DI ABYA YALA COME PROPOSTA EDUCATIVA DECOLONIALE. TOMO I - FONDAMENTI, PROPOSTE E RISULTATI. TOMO II - STORIE DA ABYA YALA. TOMO III - DECOLONIALMENTE A SCUOLA, Craveri, Michela Elisa, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore MILANO:Ciclo XXXVII [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/332836]
DECOLONIALITA' E GIUSTIZIA SOCIALE: COSMOVISIONE, TEORIE E PRATICHE CULTURALI DI ABYA YALA COME PROPOSTA EDUCATIVA DECOLONIALE. TOMO I - FONDAMENTI, PROPOSTE E RISULTATI. TOMO II - STORIE DA ABYA YALA. TOMO III - DECOLONIALMENTE A SCUOLA
Calia, Francesca Luana
2026
Abstract
This research investigates the persistence of coloniality in contemporary society, offering a critical analysis of the European—and particularly Italian—gaze through the lens of cosmovisions and theoretical frameworks developed in Abya Yala. The study is grounded in the concepts of the coloniality of power, knowledge, and being, in order to demonstrate how the Eurocentric paradigm continues to structure dynamics of exclusion and forms of systemic racism. Within this framework, the thesis advances a critique of the Italian model of interculturality, interpreted as an assimilationist device functional to the reproduction of hegemonic culture, and proposes instead a decolonial perspective aimed at the transformation of social structures. Methodologically, the research adopts a migrant-centred approach to the analysis of migration flows between Abya Yala and Italy, foregrounding migrants’ narratives, practices, and subjectivities as tools for deconstructing dominant representations. Particular attention is devoted to the role of the school as a site of tension and possibility, where practices of resistance and “decolonial cracks” can emerge, challenging the Euro-ethnocentric configuration of knowledge. Finally, the thesis presents and discusses the results of the educational project DecolonialMente, implemented in selected schools in Turin and Milan. Through the use of literature and critical thought from Abya Yala, the project seeks to foster transformative educational practices oriented toward social justice, contributing to the creation of new spaces of transcultural dialogue and to the disruption of dominant power structures.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.



