Jorge Knijnik
@jorgeous24.bsky.social
I am Jorgeous! Critical writer, occasional poet & Carnavalesco. Viva Mafalda, Garrincha & Chico Science. Refugees welcome. Português & Español. PhD. Pai of 4. My views & typos https://shorturl.at/vI5xb (Solvitur Ambulando)
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Jorge Knijnik
@jorgeous24.bsky.social
· Sep 1
NEW BOOK ! 'Tales of South American Football' is out! It's a reading showing the intersections between football, politics & culture in S. America. www.amazon.com/Tales-South-... gr8 conversation about these tales www.buzzsprout.com/2253650/1537...
NEW OA PUB ALERT! Thrilled to collaborate with t brilliant #MarionSturges on this study exploring how young children creatively redefine and subvert play spaces in early childhood centres @australianare.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #DemocraticEducation #SpatialMapping #LetTheyPlay
October 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
NEW OA PUB ALERT! Thrilled to collaborate with t brilliant #MarionSturges on this study exploring how young children creatively redefine and subvert play spaces in early childhood centres @australianare.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #DemocraticEducation #SpatialMapping #LetTheyPlay
'Cependant c'est la veille. Recevons tous les influx de vigueur et de tendresse réelle. Et à l'aurore, armés d'une ardente patience, nous entrerons aux splendides villes.' ( Arthur Rimbaud, Une saison en enfer)
August 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
'Cependant c'est la veille. Recevons tous les influx de vigueur et de tendresse réelle. Et à l'aurore, armés d'une ardente patience, nous entrerons aux splendides villes.' ( Arthur Rimbaud, Une saison en enfer)
OPEN ACCESS!! In this paper we employed historical newspaper archivers through the virtual Hemeroteca of the National Library, to show the interconnection between football & eugenics & how these 2 forces intertwined to shape a new national identity in Brazil www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
July 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
OPEN ACCESS!! In this paper we employed historical newspaper archivers through the virtual Hemeroteca of the National Library, to show the interconnection between football & eugenics & how these 2 forces intertwined to shape a new national identity in Brazil www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘No conclusion of scientific research can be converted into an immediate rule of educational art’ (John Dewey)
July 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
‘No conclusion of scientific research can be converted into an immediate rule of educational art’ (John Dewey)
The growth of knowledge depends entirely upon disagreement.
Karl Popper
Karl Popper
July 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The growth of knowledge depends entirely upon disagreement.
Karl Popper
Karl Popper
“If all of your ideas are correct, will there be room to add new information? Can you pour any more liquid into a full cup?”
― Eric Overby
― Eric Overby
July 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“If all of your ideas are correct, will there be room to add new information? Can you pour any more liquid into a full cup?”
― Eric Overby
― Eric Overby
“Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.”
(Karl Popper)
(Karl Popper)
July 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
“Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.”
(Karl Popper)
(Karl Popper)
New paper alert! Gr8 collaboration with Carioca partners to discuss how media represents sports and homosexuality - and the educational implications of this process journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (inbox if u want a full pdf) @aare-gscs.bsky.social @netflix.com @westernsydneyu.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
New paper alert! Gr8 collaboration with Carioca partners to discuss how media represents sports and homosexuality - and the educational implications of this process journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (inbox if u want a full pdf) @aare-gscs.bsky.social @netflix.com @westernsydneyu.bsky.social
Look what just arrived ! 🥳I mean , PDFs are great but there is nothing like holding the printed copy of your own book in your hands !hashtag#abookisabookisabook #hardcopies #healtheducation #physicaleducation #schoolsport #curriculum @springer.springernature.com @cpaterso.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Look what just arrived ! 🥳I mean , PDFs are great but there is nothing like holding the printed copy of your own book in your hands !hashtag#abookisabookisabook #hardcopies #healtheducation #physicaleducation #schoolsport #curriculum @springer.springernature.com @cpaterso.bsky.social
Our new book employs a conceptual historiographic methodology to unveil complex socio-historical relationships in the making of school curricula @springernature.com @springer.springernature.com @stewartriddle.com @westernsydneyu.bsky.social @ecer-eera.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
July 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Our new book employs a conceptual historiographic methodology to unveil complex socio-historical relationships in the making of school curricula @springernature.com @springer.springernature.com @stewartriddle.com @westernsydneyu.bsky.social @ecer-eera.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! Gr8 partnership with the brilliant #MichelleGorzanelli to examine the relationship between educational history and broader societal and political ideas and movements @australianare.bsky.social @bedforda1.bsky.social @profruthjeanes.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
A Critical History of Health, Sport, and Physical Education
This book fills a gap in literature by generating a combined history of PE, SS, and HE in public schools in New South Wales, Australia.
link.springer.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! Gr8 partnership with the brilliant #MichelleGorzanelli to examine the relationship between educational history and broader societal and political ideas and movements @australianare.bsky.social @bedforda1.bsky.social @profruthjeanes.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#update! I'll send 3 lemon ice poles from Australia to the first 90 people who can tell which is my new book among all my #bookcovers
July 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
#update! I'll send 3 lemon ice poles from Australia to the first 90 people who can tell which is my new book among all my #bookcovers
and now with the link for the whole thing :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YbJ...
June 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
and now with the link for the whole thing :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YbJ...
Happy to join #CraigFoster & our multicultural football communities to discuss the joys and challenges of the game.
Catch my segment around 3:00 on SBS as we celebrate #SBS50 ⚽
#MulticulturalAustralia
@fairplaybooks.bsky.social @footballcollective.bsky.social @footpolpodcast.bsky.social
Catch my segment around 3:00 on SBS as we celebrate #SBS50 ⚽
#MulticulturalAustralia
@fairplaybooks.bsky.social @footballcollective.bsky.social @footpolpodcast.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Happy to join #CraigFoster & our multicultural football communities to discuss the joys and challenges of the game.
Catch my segment around 3:00 on SBS as we celebrate #SBS50 ⚽
#MulticulturalAustralia
@fairplaybooks.bsky.social @footballcollective.bsky.social @footpolpodcast.bsky.social
Catch my segment around 3:00 on SBS as we celebrate #SBS50 ⚽
#MulticulturalAustralia
@fairplaybooks.bsky.social @footballcollective.bsky.social @footpolpodcast.bsky.social
New OA paper discussing #sport #feminism in #GlobalSouth contexts, partnership with the fabulous #YokoKanemasu journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
June 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
New OA paper discussing #sport #feminism in #GlobalSouth contexts, partnership with the fabulous #YokoKanemasu journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Imagine an ignorance that resists, an ignorance that fights back, an ignorance militant, aggressive (...)active, dynamic,that refuses 2 go quietly,not at all confined 2 t uneducated but propagated at t highest levels of t land,indeed presenting itself unblushingly as knowledge.Charles Mills extract)
June 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Imagine an ignorance that resists, an ignorance that fights back, an ignorance militant, aggressive (...)active, dynamic,that refuses 2 go quietly,not at all confined 2 t uneducated but propagated at t highest levels of t land,indeed presenting itself unblushingly as knowledge.Charles Mills extract)
We don't need to prepare students for the future; we need to embolden them to create it. #democraticeducation #untestedfeasibility #PauloFreire
May 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We don't need to prepare students for the future; we need to embolden them to create it. #democraticeducation #untestedfeasibility #PauloFreire
The essential principle is to have confidence in your team and empower them with the freedom to initiate transformation from the grassroots level. Share authority wherever possible #bottomup #radicaldemocracy #notwhatIseehappening
May 31, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The essential principle is to have confidence in your team and empower them with the freedom to initiate transformation from the grassroots level. Share authority wherever possible #bottomup #radicaldemocracy #notwhatIseehappening
Nossa pátria é nossa língua?? Viva Camões, Bernardo Soares, Cecilia Meirelles - e Caetano!!
May 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Nossa pátria é nossa língua?? Viva Camões, Bernardo Soares, Cecilia Meirelles - e Caetano!!
A few weeks ago @janehunter2025.bsky.social @cpaterso.bsky.social & I concluded a study on #education #democracy in the Australian media over the past decade. This looks quite relevant considering the #federalelection @australianare.bsky.social researchers.westernsydney.edu.au/en/publicati...
May 1, 2025 at 5:32 AM
A few weeks ago @janehunter2025.bsky.social @cpaterso.bsky.social & I concluded a study on #education #democracy in the Australian media over the past decade. This looks quite relevant considering the #federalelection @australianare.bsky.social researchers.westernsydney.edu.au/en/publicati...
April 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
"A velocidade excessiva pulveriza a vida, não a torna mais intensa. A sabedoria nos pede para perder tempo" (Papa Francisco) #RIPHermano #PapaHermano le mando un fuerte abrazo a Maradona y a Quino. #SanLorenzo
April 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"A velocidade excessiva pulveriza a vida, não a torna mais intensa. A sabedoria nos pede para perder tempo" (Papa Francisco) #RIPHermano #PapaHermano le mando un fuerte abrazo a Maradona y a Quino. #SanLorenzo
It was great fun and lots of learning presenting #ManlyWF25 in t weekend! Festival organizers were superb, everything was très chic! Personal success was seeing my book displayed side by side to books of t greatest Indigenous academic & leader John Maynard & t amazing storyteller Blanche d'Alpuget.
March 31, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It was great fun and lots of learning presenting #ManlyWF25 in t weekend! Festival organizers were superb, everything was très chic! Personal success was seeing my book displayed side by side to books of t greatest Indigenous academic & leader John Maynard & t amazing storyteller Blanche d'Alpuget.