Redefinition of the “15M” movement as a pedagogical social political space. The case of Granada (Spain)

Abstract

15M is a social movement originated after the social mobilizations convened on May 15, 2011, in a multitude of Spanish cities and in some cities like Paris, London, Turkey, Athens and New York, extending to Brazil and Mexico. The protests were expressed in 57 Spanish cities, as a result of public discontent and indignation. This investigation shows the process by which these social mobilizations were manifested in the neighborhood of Realejo, Granada and from a specific space of popular demonstration with political-pedagogical perspective. Method: qualitative approach using the ethnographic method with strategies of cultural-educational actions. Results: The results show how the specific cultural experiences of popular education in a neighborhood, together with participative pedagogical processes of organization (as a result of the 15M) have been configured, gradually in new political-institutional spaces in the city of Granada. Conclusion: The popular organization based on horizontal and democratic pedagogical processes has the capacity to promote mechanisms of negotiation and political decision.