(Re)describing decoloniality in Brazilian physical education: Ambiguities and critiques

This article analyzes the decolonial debate in brazilian Physical Education. Initially, it describes its reception in the socially critical field of the discipline, an opportunity to highlighting some characteristics of its discourse. Next, it problematizes this appropriation, an occasion to present ambiguities and criticisms. After a synthesis of the exercise carried out, the article suggests an immanent critique of modernity as an alternative to decolonial thinking in Physical Education.