Too many evenings. Learning Democracy from a Participatory Budget Process

Abstract

In this article, I reflect on experiences linking adult education to citizenship and participation. I con-sider citizenship to be connected to social justice and social inclusion. I suggest that a key element in citizenship is participating in public issues which concern life in communities in order to build an egalitarian relationship among people. In this article, I connect participation to a singular experience: the Participatory Budget Experiment in the city of Seville from 2003 to 2007. I explore specific experi-ences within adult education through participatory research and the elaboration of teaching materials addressed to this end. Finally, I reflect on the consequences of these experiences for an emancipatory adult education that aims to teach and learn democracy.

V članku se ukvarjam z izkušnjami, ki povezujejo izobraževanje odraslih z državljanstvom in participacijo. Državljanstvo je zame povezano s socialno pravičnostjo in družbeno vključenostjo. Predlagam, da je ključni element državljanstva sodelovanje pri javnih vprašanjih, povezanih z življenjem v skupnostih, z namenom ustvarjanja egalitarnih odnosov med ljudmi. V članku obravnavam participacijo v povezavi s specifično izkušnjo: eksperimentom participatornega proračuna v mestu Sevilja med letoma 2003 in 2007. Prek participatorne raziskave in oblikovanih učnih gradiv raziskujem specifične izkušnje znotraj izobraževanja odraslih. Na koncu se ukvarjam s posledicami, ki jih te izkušnje imajo za emancipatorno izobraževanje odraslih, katerega cilj je poučevanje in učenje demokracije.