Groups in action paving new paths in gymnastics for all: coletivos em movimento

Abstract

Introduction: Since the tenth edition of the International Forum of Gymnastics for All (FIGPT), organized in a partnership between the University of Campinas and the Social Service of Commerce, this dossier emerges with the theme of the event: “Groups in action paving new paths in Gymnastics”. Objectives: in this presentation, in addition to presenting the research articles published and highlighted in the FIGPT for the composition of this dossier, we present and analyze the “moving collectives” that, in somehow, are involved in the reverberations that the FIGPT has been providing throughout of its 21 years, as well as the transformation of the event itself, also driven by the movements of these collectives. Method: documentary and bibliographic. Results and Discussion: From the surveys carried out in the FIGPT Annals, websites and published articles that, in some way, are related to the FIGPT editions, it is possible to glimpse the representation of the Gymnastics for All (GfA) movement collectives in Brazil, which come re-signifying paths in GfA, in their actions at the university, at school, in the “S” system, among other social contexts. Collectives that reframe the GFA, whether in practice or in discussions and theoretical productions, but above all, in praxis. Final considerations: GfA has different territories, such as the locations of its collectives, its events, its institutions, but, fundamentally, these territories are strengthened by the spaces created by its collectives. In this perspective, this dossier is a territory that proposes to re-signify with, by and the GfA collectives.