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Post-humanismo en la pista olímpica: casos Pistorius/Semenya y la re-definición del deporte Post-humanism in the Olympic track: Pistorius/Semenya case studies and the re-definition of Sport

Abstract

La presentaci&oacute;n de dos recientes y pol&eacute;micos casos en el mundo del atletismo (Pistorius y Semenya) va a permitirnos mostrar de forma espec&iacute;fica el modo en que los enfoques post-humanistas pueden ser aplicados de modo fruct&iacute;fero al an&aacute;lisis de lo deportivo. Veremos como la subjetividad deportiva de Semenya y Pistorius, lejos de ser una esencia dada, va a ir produci&eacute;ndose mediante un reensamblaje de actores humano y no humanos (Latour, 2005), proceso en el cual toma una especial relevancia la noci&oacute;n de tecno-biopoder (Haraway, 1997). Esa din&aacute;mica constituci&oacute;n de su subjetividad va a afectar tanto a la definici&oacute;n de categor&iacute;as b&aacute;sicas que parcelaban el mundo deportivo (ol&iacute;mpico-paral&iacute;mpico; masculino-femenino), como a la propia definici&oacute;n de principios rectores del deporte (igualdad en la competici&oacute;n y fair play) y al tipo y grado de relaci&oacute;n y autonom&iacute;a que mantiene el &aacute;mbito deportivo con respecto a la sociedad en general.&nbsp; Two recent polemic cases in the world of athletics (Pistorius and Semenya) will help us to show how post-humanism can be applied to sports in a fruitful way. The sport subjectivity of Semenya and Pistorius, far from being a given essence, is going to be built through the re-assembling of human and non human actors (Latour, 2005); the notion of tecno-biopower is going to have a special relevance during this process (Haraway, 1997). Such dynamic constitution of the subjectivity is going to affect, not only the definition of basic sport categories (olympic-paralympic;male-female), but the core principles of sport (competition equality and fair play) as well. The kind and degree of autonomy that the sport field maintains from society in general will be affected too.&nbsp;

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