Sharing breath embodied learning and decolonization

Treating bodies as more than discursive in social research can feel out of place in academia. As a result, embodiment studies remain on the outside of academic knowledge construction and critical scholarship. However, embodiment scholars suggest that investigations into the profound division created...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Edited by Sheila Batacharya and Yuk-Lin Renita Wong (auth), Wong, Yuk-Lin Renita, 1962- editor (editor), Batacharya, Sheila, 1969- editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edmonton, Alberta : Athabasca University Press 2018
2018.
Colección:Cultural dialectics.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009432697106719
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Sumario:Treating bodies as more than discursive in social research can feel out of place in academia. As a result, embodiment studies remain on the outside of academic knowledge construction and critical scholarship. However, embodiment scholars suggest that investigations into the profound division created by privileging the mind-intellect over the body-spirit are integral to the project of decolonization. The field of embodiment theorizes bodies as knowledgeable in ways that include but are not solely cognitive. The contributors to this collection suggest developing embodied ways of teaching, learning, and knowing through embodied experiences such as yoga, mindfulness, illness, and trauma. Although the contributors challenge Western educational frameworks from within and beyond academic settings, they also acknowledge and draw attention to the incommensurability between decolonization and aspects of social justice projects in education. By addressing this tension ethically and deliberately, the contributors engage thoughtfully with decolonization and make a substantial, and sometimes unsettling, contribution to critical studies in education.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (409 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781771991933
9781771991926