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Capoeira Clubs as Inclusive and Therapeutic Communities for Youth and Young Adults Experiencing Social Exclusion
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Gila Amitay – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2024
Capoeira is an effective rehabilitative practice for marginal populations. There is a need to define the essential elements of the trainee's experience, and to conceptualize and define the processes of inclusion and rehabilitation associated with Capoeira training. This study aimed to explore the therapeutic rehabilitative elements of Capoeira…
Descriptors: Clubs, Physical Activities, Athletics, Social Justice
African and Indigenous Games and Activities: A Pilot Study on Their Legitimacy and Complexity in Brazilian Physical Education Teaching
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Pereira, Arliene Stephanie Menezes; Venâncio, Luciana – Sport, Education and Society, 2021
Although the teaching of African-Brazilian and Indigenous history and culture is mandatory in primary and secondary schools, there has been a lack of proper contextualizing in PETE programs [Corsino, L. N., & Conceição, W. L. (Eds.). (2016). "Educação física escolar e relações étnico-raciais: Subsídios para a implementação das leis…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, Physical Education, Teacher Education Programs
AfroReggae: "Antropofagia," Sublimation, and Intimate Revolt in the "Favela"
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Maddox, John T. – Hispania, 2014
The documentary "Favela Rising" (2005) and its companion narrative, "Culture is Our Weapon" (2010), depict the AfroReggae cultural movement as a break with the past, a means of creating citizenship for Brazilian "favelas." A leitmotif of the film is struggling to end the communities' "paralysis" caused by…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Popular Culture, African Culture, Latin American Culture