Precarity and the need for critical pedagogies of affect in Physical Education : lessons learned from two case studies in Brazil

Ferreira, Heidi Jancer and Luguetti, Carla Nascimento and Kirk, David (2023) Precarity and the need for critical pedagogies of affect in Physical Education : lessons learned from two case studies in Brazil. Motrivivência, 35 (66). pp. 1-17. ISSN 2175-8042 (https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2023.e95527)

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Abstract

There is a need to understand precarity in the Global South, and to learn from critical pedagogies of affect (CPA) in order to provide inclusive, fair and equitable forms of physical educationto people. The purpose of this paper is to explore what we learned when we implement CPA in precarious contexts in Brazil. Drawing on Freirean perspective and CPA, we discuss two case studies of our experiences in socially vulnerable areas with physical education student teachers and women in a public health-promoting program. Our case studies taught us lessons about the relevance of CPA to people’s lives, in terms of a need for dialogue, importance of solidarity, power of hope and imagination, possibility of humanization, power of connection, and realisation of benefits through small wins. In the Global South, we conclude that humanization is central to the construction of a collective process to overcome the effects of precarity.

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