VAMOS RODAR O BAMBOLÊ? O corpo e o lazer na contemporaneidade

Abstract

Have you run the hula hoop today? I start this chat by inviting you to turn to a reflection on the body and its spatial and temporal dimensions. Which body am I talking about? Not just that muscle mass, tendons and nerves, but all that sensory-motor, perceptive, incarnated form of codes and symbols that is you. You are your body. What you feel, think, how you communicate, make contact with others. How is your body organized in time and space? What activities does your body enjoy doing and what other activities does it feel compelled to do? In which directions are work and leisure? Do they promote health or compete with it? Reflections that allow us to weave a dialogue about corporeality, notions of time and space and leisure. ‘Rodar the hula hoop’ is an invitation that calls us to this reflection on the time and leisure spaces in which our bodies are presented. The time and space for leisure and the 'lack' of them allow us to reflect on contemporary man who, in light of a pandemic reality, seeks new parameters to think about health.