Today is the future. From activation university to collective responses about precariousness youth

Abstract

The precarization of the university youth runs parallel to the intensification of messages about activation. These messages, supported by the notion of employability, transfer the responsibility of the difficulties in finding minimally decent jobs to the youth. Face this double aggression (precarization and its legitimation), a part of youth has articulated collective responses and has deployed strategies to redefine and increase the visibility of social conflict. In this text we critically examine the extension of the neoliberal doctrine of activation in relation to university and analyze the actions of Juventud Sin Futuro, a collective initiative led by university students.