E.06. Educating for Democratic Participation and Active Citizenship. Physical Education and Technologies for Inclusion, Integration, and Socialization

Research on sport and physical education is assuming an increasingly central role in the study of contemporary society and its transformations, because it expresses and encompasses the contradictions of the contemporary era, and experiments with dynamics of change and innovation. Sport Studies provides insights into the ability of the sports system, its key players, and its practices, to interpret and represent the transformations of everyday life within a broader context of rapid, profound change. The emergence of widespread uncertainty appears to have institutionalized the spread of doubt (Giddens, 1990), the crisis of democracy, the progressive loss of rights (education, health, employment, etc.), the rise of inequalities (Pioletti, Porro 2013), and the implications of digital transformation in the processes of quantum measurement of bodily efficiency and in the contribution to new models of individual and collective well-being. Furthermore, education and training constitute the essence of sport as a "device" for cooperative knowledge (Dewey, 2017) and ongoing response to the cultural and innovative challenges of the present and future, aiming to break down obstacles and build a shared culture (Tranquillo, 2020). Sport studies contribute to the development of new perspectives and applications in social inclusion and integration, innovation, and democratic participation. So, sport is a strategic vector for stimulating active citizenship by fostering awareness of collective social practices and an action-oriented mindset.

The panel, with contributions from the AIS Sport scientific community, intends to identify new practices of inclusion and participatory democracy through both theoretical and empirical contributions.