Skateboarding made its first appearance in the Olympics in Tokyo. Isn´t that great? Well, some think it is, for others it represents a collision of two incompatible cultures of movement/sport. Drs Brian Glenney and Paul O’Connor visited the Meaningful Sport podcast to share their thinking and recent work on meaning of skateboarding and what happensContinue reading “Drs Brian Glenney & Paul O’Connor: Skateboarding in the Olympics: A Collision of Two Incompatible Physical Cultures?”
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Dr Signe Højbjerre Larsen: Parkour as a Way of Transforming our Relationship with Urban Spaces
“Parkour can be understood as a way to recapture moments of non-alienated human experience in urban space”. This is a position advanced in Dr Signe Højbjerre Larsen’s recent article “Parkour: playing the modern, accelerated city“. She visited the Meaningful Sport podcast to share insights on the history, culture and meanings that parkour holds for practitioners.Continue reading “Dr Signe Højbjerre Larsen: Parkour as a Way of Transforming our Relationship with Urban Spaces”
Professor Simon Beames (Pt2) | Adventurous Learning | Education | Uncertainty | Authenticity
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/beames2/ This is the second part of our discussion with professor Simon Beames on outdoor education, recreation and adventure. In this episode, the main focus of our discussion is on adventurous learning. Together with Mike Brown, Simon has written a book titled “Adventurous Learning: A Pedagogy for a Changing World” which forms the basis ofContinue reading “Professor Simon Beames (Pt2) | Adventurous Learning | Education | Uncertainty | Authenticity”
Professor Gunnar Breivik (Pt2) | Skydiving | Authenticity | Breakdown | Heidegger | Sport Philosophy
Listen to the episode here. Can we become more authentic through high-risk sports such as skydiving? And why are discontinuities and breakdowns important when we try to understand meaning in human life? In the second part of our discussion with Professor Gunnar Breivik, we delve deeper into Heidegger’ philosophy and key ideas including being-towards-death, authenticity,Continue reading “Professor Gunnar Breivik (Pt2) | Skydiving | Authenticity | Breakdown | Heidegger | Sport Philosophy”