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1	From tranquilising to transforming : How can yoga practices address systemic patterns of oppression in order to cultivate liberation? Gobillot, Chloé January 2023 (has links) This study is an exploration of the practices of yoga teachers whose approaches are inscribed in social justice. Indeed, it attempts to understand how they find cohesion between a complex and spiritual discipline and their commitment to participate in anti-oppression. Moreover, it looks at the ways they believe yoga can be used for collective liberation. It is autoethnographical, and is based on semi-qualitative interviews which are then analysed thematically. Furthermore, it is analytically framed within theories of intersectionality, affective knowledge and teaching, solidarity and language, and critical future and utopian studies. The analysis then focuses on the teachers’ understanding of yogic practices andphilosophies before unveiling the ways they address and/or avoid issues of oppression and looking at the ways they envision yoga as a tool for collective liberation. affective knowledge affective teaching asana autoethnography breath collective liberation critical future studies critical utopian studies intersectionality language meditation mindfulness oppression solidarity yoga Gender Studies Genusstudier