'Teaching body techniques permanently mixes gesture and word, example and explanation': An interview with David Le Breton about the body and Physical Education

Abstract

In the present interview, Le Breton David, PhD in Sociology of the University Paris VII and Professor at the University 'Marc Bloch' in Strasbourg [France], engages in a dialogue with Eduardo Galak, to discuss the problems of the concept 'body' and the teaching of body techniques from the point of view of this author. Even more relevant is the analysis on how Physical Education understands 'games', 'gymnastics' and 'sports'. Through a counterpoint between the interviewer and interviewee about the potential of the concept 'habitus' for investigations about corporal practices, it is possible to observe the theoretical positioning of one of the main autors of the field. So, in this paper we can find not only a tour of the author's work but also deepen some 'blind spots' of his bibliography about body and corporal practices