Here is GIAM member Rafael Luchoro’s talk from an online event organised in Mexico on 6 November.

Rafael, who is completing his doctoral thesis on the subject, gave a thoughtful, rigorous and impassioned account of the projects and research he is carrying out in the Canary Islands.

His talk, Innovating in Physical Education through Traditional Games: The Case of the Canary Islands, presented results from his praxeological research into how traditional play objects are used and modified and how they can be adapted and incorporated into physical education.

The talk was part of the Permanent Seminar on the Anthropology of Sport and Play, organised by the postgraduate programme in social anthropology and the sports activities coordination unit at the National School of Anthropology and History.

Watch his talk (starting at 2 h 38 min).