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Abstract
While posthumanist studies have increased in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE), traditional analytical approaches are still often employed for the analysis of policy documents, which limits the ways that we can understand policy work. The aim of this paper is to explore how bodies are conceptualised and assembled in PETE policies in one institution from Sweden and one from Australia using a posthumanist perspective. We understand these policies as material doings and enactments of the world that can allow us to think differently about PETE. By using the concepts of assemblage and plugging in, three result categories are presented: (1) Moving (human) bodies, (2) Teaching (human) bodies and (3) (The lack of) Non-human bodies. We then discuss these results in relation to our own historicities and previous research, and we advocate for new ways of analysing policy work in PETE.
Keywords
(non)-human bodies, assemblage, Australia, becoming, PETE policies, Sweden
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
1-1-2026
E-ISSN
14701243
ISSN
13573322
Publication Title
Sport, Education and Society
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
School
School of Education
RAS ID
100656
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Varea, V., & Backman, E. (2026). Re-thinking bodies in cross-border physical education teacher education policies: A posthuman perspective. Sport, Education and Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2026.2728066