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Assemblages and Co-emergent Corpomaterialities in Postsecondary Education: Pedagogical Lessons from Somatic Psychology and Physical Cultures 高等教育中的组合和共同涌现的物质:来自躯体心理学和身体文化的教学经验

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2021.0368

J. Joseph, E. Kerr

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‘We are Not a Nation of Softies, But We Could Become One’: Exploring the Materiality of Fitness Testing in the President's Council on Youth Fitness “我们不是一个软弱的国家，但我们可以成为一个软弱的国家”:在总统的青少年健康委员会中探索健康测试的重要性

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2021.0367

K. Esmonde, Shannon Jette

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Communicating with Georges Bataille in the Mixed Martial Arts Gym 在混合武术馆与Georges Bataille交流

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2021.0366

Kyle Green

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2021.0346

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2021.0360

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Seth Perlow, The Poem Electric: Technology and the American Lyric 赛斯·珀洛，《电子之诗:科技与美国抒情》

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2021.0358

Kristen Smith

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Leaky Bodies and the Stickiness of Testosterone in Women's Athletics 漏体与女子田径运动员睾酮的黏性

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2021.0352

V. Moyer

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Barre Matters: Hybrid Formations of Ballet and Group Fitness Barre Matters:芭蕾和团体健身的混合形式

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2021.0351

P. Markula

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Cycling in the Flattened City: Urban Assemblages and Digital Visual Research 平坦城市中的自行车运动：城市组合与数字视觉研究

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2021.0354

Oliver J. C. Rick, Jacob J. Bustad

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The Lively Intra-Actions of Athleisure: A Baradian Analysis of Fit Femininity 运动休闲的内在活动：适合女性的巴拉迪分析

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Somatechnics Pub Date : 2021-06-29 DOI: 10.3366/soma.2021.0353

Julie E. Brice, H. Thorpe

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