The school as a place for the empowerment of the urban corporal practices of dancing in the Commune 13 in the city of Medellin (Colombia)

Abstract

This article is related to a research study on "The empowerment of urban corporal practices of dancing among young people in the city of Medellin – Commune 13" which is held by the Motor Function and Human Development Master Program from the University of Antioquia. The aim of this research is to use the Hip Hop as a living urban corporal practice that students empower showing their teachers that this practices are part of their identity. Graffiti, music (DJ’s), singing (lyrics and rap) and dancing (breakdance) make part of these practices which show a way of living, agreeing or bearing students’ acts or in the institution cultural activities. The question that guides this school ethnography is the following: Which is the sense of Hip hop as a school corporal practice? This issue emerges in school as a form of understanding the ethno-corporality of young people in the city of Medellin.