Visual methodologies, physical activity and young people’s. (Metodologías visuales, actividad física y construcción del cuerpo por los jóvenes).

Resumen

Abstract

The purpose of this article has been to analyze the use of photo elicitation research as a research methodology in Physical Culture Studies, with a special emphasis in Physical Activity contexts and the role of this visual methodology in order to understand the social construction of body and gender among children in physical education. The physical self-image and how others perceive the body make a huge difference when social interaction is taking place, since there is a hegemonic model or image of the body, and it is widespread in society. Psychologists, teachers in general and physical educators need to pay more attention to both how adolescent girls’ cultural perspectives contribute to their sense of self and how important is to provide girls with many opportunities to analyze and stimulate critique discursive practices that shape embodied subjectivity. All of them should be aware of their relevant role as agents of cultural change and reproducers of sociocultural trends and so select both the most appropriate curriculum and content to eliminate the existing stereotypical views.

Key words: body construction; visual methodology; physical activities; adolescents.

Resumen

El propósito de este artículo ha sido analizar el empleo de la fotografía como instrumento investigador y metodológico en estudios sobre Cultura Física, con un énfasis especial en los contextos de actividad física, así como el papel de las metodologías visuales para comprender la construcción social del cuerpo y del género entre la educción física escolar. Tanto la propia imagen física, como la forma en que otros perciben el cuerpo se ve muy influida en las situaciones de interacción social, ya que existe un modelo hegemónico, o imagen del cuerpo, que está muy extendido en la sociedad. Psicólogos, educadores en general y profesores de educación física deben prestar más atención  a estas cuestiones y a como la perspectiva cultural que tienen las adolescentes contribuye a dar sentido a su yo, y hasta qué punto es importante ofrecerles oportunidades para analizarlas y estimular la crítica discursiva que configure su subjetividad corporal. Todos ellos tienen que ser conscientes de su papel como agentes culturales de cambio y reproductores de tendencias socioculturales, para con ello seleccionar el currículum y los contendidos más apropiados para eliminar las visiones estereotipadas de estas cuestiones que existen en la actualidad.

Palabras clave: construcción del cuerpo; metodología visual; actividades físicas; adolescentes.

http://dx.doi.org/10.5232/ricyde2012.02805

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