Rhythmanalysis in times of climate catastrophe

This article explores the analytical and pedagogical potential of rhythmanalysis for interpreting contemporary socio-environmental crisis. Drawing primarily on Henri Lefebvre’s conception of rhythmanalysis, the study examines how systemic acceleration, work precarisation, educational disruption, and climate catastrophes can be understood as expressions of broader arrhythmic conditions characteristic of late modernity. Focusing on the Brazilian context, including the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2024 floods in Rio Grande do Sul, the article highlights temporal asymmetries between rapid destruction and slow processes of reconstruction. By placing rhythmanalysis in dialogue with environmental education and adult education, it argues that education can cultivate critical rhythmic awareness capable of rendering crisis intelligible and fostering more just and sustainable forms of coexistence. Rather than proposing a closed model, the article advances a reflective approximation between these fields.