Physical Education And Cultural Diversity: Article Review

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From these research projects, the authors of the article will drawn conclusions by also drawing on the biopolitical landscape of the cultures, governmentality and citizenships. Some similarities that exist between the two articles that are discussed is the general subject matter of trying to find a correlation between physical activity and sport as well and the cultures and religions that individuals find themselves in. It seems that both articles have concluded that there is definitely a correlation between the cultural and religious perceptions and how they eventually translate into a more negative or positive attitude towards physical activity. For example, the Walseth and Fasting article conclude that the informants who did no use veil or who used a hijab said that God encouraged while who with a nikab or krimar veils said that they had to engaged in exercise and sport. Similar to that, the other article in their exploration of indigenous children said they associated the words of "physical activity" with concepts of health and strength. The concepts and associations that both articles found that cultures fostered towards physical activity which is important to the overall understanding of these cultures and helps readers...

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fosters is very dissimilar to other places and cultures so to understand explore and attempt to delve deeper into the correlations between religion and culture and such things like physical activity and sport is something that American citizens overall take for granted. It may not be that our society understands the impact that religion or culture can have on such simple facets of daily life. Therefore, the implications and results of both articles have a larger impact on a broader picture of the impact and power that culture and religion have on people's daily lives, and on minute things that may not necessarily even be given a thought about. Both articles provide a lot of background into the cultures and religions that they are exploring, for example, the different kinds of veils in Egypt which ultimately help the overall understanding of the religion and then also aid in understanding how that impacts physical activity and sport participation. Both articles offered interesting information that can also be used as a foundation in other exploratory matters.

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