Embodiment is the Future
Lisa Clughen argues that embodiment theory and practice merits a paradigmatic status in higher education pedagogies and is best done in collaboration with embodiment professionals. I appreciate the concrete sample practices focused on self-regulation and social co-regulation.
The issue for advocates of embodiment for HE pedagogy is how to make it easily accessible. Stinson (2019) describes her resistance towards using ‘the E-word’ (Stinson, 2019, p. xii) and speaks of her frustrations with the off-putting, highfalutin language that can be encountered in embodiment studies which can alienate and dissuade people from taking embodiment and all it has to offer a life and education seriously. I feel similarly, that, if embodiment is to be embedded within HE pedagogy, then a pragmatic approach will be needed that can be nuanced as appropriate.