Childhood is often treated as something we leave behind when we grow up. Outside of education, people don’t always think about childhood as something that still shapes who we are today. It can become invisible, forgotten, or reduced to a few memories.
This event uses the idea of ‘quilombo’ to rethink childhood in relation to territory, memory, and belonging. Quilombos were communities created by Black people in Brazil who escaped slavery and built safe and supportive spaces together. In this event, the quilombo is used as a way to think about childhood as a space of protection, shared life, and resistance, especially in experiences of migration, access to school, and social inclusion.
Through art and memory, the event offers a decolonial perspective on childhood and invites participants to imagine other ways of understanding this moment of life.
