Rethinking action research between school, community, and territory. The systemic meta-model of “L’ABC del quartiere”

This paper reflects on the experience of L’ABC Multifunctional Educational Center in the San Siro district (Milan), drawing on the Manifesto’s theses regarding educational poverty, educational community, and the researcher’s stance understood as a practice of ethical-political reflexivity. What emerges is an eco-systemic meta-model that views the Center as a permanent action research laboratory, where educational research is constantly rethought in light of the connections between universities, school institutions, local organizations, and civil society, within a framework of Community Service Learning and interprofessional collaboration.