How we go about conceptualising and articulating relationships between the body as "matter" and its "mattering" in and by culture, is a critical issue for educational researchers, perhaps especially so for those in Physical Education, Health and sport (PEHS). This paper engages such issue via conversation with ideas presented…

Background: Population health concerns related to physical inactivity and obesity appear in policy documents, government campaigns and popular media across western societies. Children and young people have been targeted for physical activity promotion and schools have been positioned as sites for intervention. In particular, Physical Education and…

Background: This paper represents the Discussant's response to the variety of papers presented to the "AIESEP-ICSEMIS" symposium entitled: "School Physical Education Curricula for Future Generations: Global Patterns? Global Lessons? Glasgow, Glasgow 19-24 July 2012." Purpose: With reference to the symposium papers, this paper…

This article explores the merits, possibilities and difficulties of making intra and trans-disciplinary"border crossings" essentially of an ideational kind. Drawing ideas from complexity literature, the article lauds the potential of "concept studies" as means of making such crossings and addressing enduring issues (e.g., of…

This paper brings a speculative, sociological perspective to the nature of "ability" in physical education (PE) and asks why this aspect of embodiment, with notable exceptions, has received so little critical attention in the professional discourse of PE and associated research in recent years. It is suggested that thinking about…

Using data from a study of the National Curriculum Physical Education for state schools in England and Wales, the paper examines how the political right has attempted to regulate and control the remaking of the National Curriculum and embed the principles of cultural restoration in the physical education curriculum. (SM)