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SPORT, HEALTH AND SOCIETY : THE INVERSION OF THE USES OF BODY TECHNIQUES AND ITS CONSEQUENCESEvery civilization has its "body techniques". These techniques enable man to live in harmony with his environment, to work and "live by the sweat of his brow". But man has managed to organize himself in such a way that he lacks nothing without necessarily having to work. The "work-leisure dualism" is the source and resource of "gymnastic and sporting activities". Documentary research, observation and reflection reveal that "gymnastics, physical education, "physical and sporting activities" or "sport" for short, all constitute a response to the concerns and aspirations of man who does not participate directly or participates little in the process of work to produce subsistence, man no longer respecting the laws of nature. "If you don't cultivate your own field, cultivate your own body".
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Salvator Nahimana was born on 5/12/1958 in Zege, Gitega, and attended the IEPS from 1979 to 1983. In 1997, he obtained his Doctorate from the University of Bordeaux 2, specializing in Ethnology and Social and Cultural Anthropology, and was Dean of the IEPS from 2006 to 2012 and from 2016 to 2019. He directed LURADS from 2017 to 2022.
