Classified "A" by ANVUR in the fields 11/D1, 11/D2 Scientific in the field 14.
Abstract
The phrase ‘They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds’, attributed to the Greek poet Christianopoulos and subsequently adopted by the Zapatista movement in Mexico, re-emerged in the global public sphere in 2024, appearing on banners at international demonstrations calling for a ceasefire in response to the events unfolding in Gaza, which began in October 2023. This statement, despite its dramatic nature, takes on significant symbolic value: it evokes an irreducible tension towards survival and regeneration, conjured by the metaphor of the seed, which resists destruction and foreshadows the continuity of life. Within this semantic framework, the reference to seeds intertwines with the imagery of childhood, as a paradigmatic representation of the future and the possibility of renewal.
