Dirty Theory: Sketches of an Anthropological Account of Mountain Biking

Mapping Intimacies ◽

10.31235/osf.io/cqtrp ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Dan Prisk

Keyword(s):

Standpoint Theory ◽

Mountain Biking ◽

Embodied Practice

At attempt to sketch the outlines of an anthropological account of mountain biking. Engaging with Foucauldian power, Standpoint theory, notions of technology, and of embodied practice.

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Embodying the Field

Fieldwork in Religion ◽

10.1558/firn.v8i1.27 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 27-49 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Nina Hoel

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

South African ◽

Muslim Women ◽

Power Dynamics ◽

Ethnographic Research ◽

Research Experience ◽

Research Relationships ◽

Embodied Practice

This article focuses on the various ways in which research relationships evolve and are negotiated by paying particular attention to the embodied nature of ethnographic research. By drawing on my own research experience of interviewing South African Muslim women about sexual dynamics, I critically engage debates concerning power dynamics in research relationships as well as researcher positionality. I argue that researchers should pay increasing attention to the multiple ways in which doing research always is an embodied practice. I present three case studies that highlight the complex ways in which research encounters speak to notions of intimacy, vulnerability and affect. In this way I argue that research encounters forge primary human relationalities that are marked by moments of convergence, conflict and despondency.

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Postcolonial Fiction and the Outsider Within: Toward a Literary Practice of Feminist Standpoint Theory

NWSA Journal ◽

10.2979/nws.2004.16.2.98 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 98-120 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Brooke Lenz

Keyword(s):

Standpoint Theory ◽

Feminist Standpoint Theory ◽

Feminist Standpoint ◽

Literary Practice

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The role of the female body in contesting and negotiating space in sports for women in rural and urban Zimbabwe

African Journal of Religion, Philosophy and Culture ◽

10.31920/2634-7644/2020/1n2a6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 93-113

Author(s):

Obert Bernard Mlambo ◽

Keyword(s):

Female Body ◽

The Body ◽

Gender Ideologies ◽

Victorian Culture ◽

Girl Child ◽

School Sports ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Gender Ideals ◽

A Site ◽

Embodied Practice

This article examined attitudes, knowledge, behavior and practices of men and society on Gender bias in sports. The paper examined how the African female body was made into an object of contest between African patriarchy and the colonial system and also shows how the battle for the female body eventually extended into the sporting field. It also explored the postcolonial period and the effects on Zimbabwean society of the colonial ideals of the Victorian culture of morality. The study focused on school sports and the participation of the girl child in sports such as netball, volleyball and football. Reference was made to other sports but emphasis was given to where women were affected. It is in this case where reference to the senior women soccer team was made to provide a case study for purposes of illustration. Selected rural community and urban schools were served as case references for ethnographic accounts which provided the qualitative data used in the analysis. In terms of methodology and theoretical framework, the paper adopted the political economy of the female body as an analytical viewing point in order to examine the body of the girl child and of women in action on the sporting field in Zimbabwe. In this context, the female body is viewed as deeply contested and as a medium that functions as a site for the redirection, profusion and transvaluation of gender ideals. Using the concept of embodiment, involving demeanor, body shape and perceptions of the female body in its social context, the paper attempted to establish a connection between gender ideologies and embodied practice. The results of the study showed the prevalence of condescending attitudes towards girls and women participation in sports.

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Head trauma in young recreational sledders: helmets are not compulsory in Italian law (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.12012 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Stefania Barbieri ◽

Elisa Bertoldi ◽

Giulia Maria Cillo ◽

Rosa Maria Gaudio ◽

Rossella Snenghi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Head Trauma ◽

Emergency Departments ◽

Emergency Services ◽

Mountain Biking ◽

Hospital Emergency ◽

Descriptive Data ◽

Winter Sports ◽

Helmet Use ◽

Italian Law ◽

Almost All

BACKGROUND Helmet use is now viewed as an essential safety measure in almost all sports involving a high risk of impact and head trauma, from horseback riding to mountain biking, rock climbing and winter sports such as skiing and snowboarding. For young skiers and snowboarders under the age of 14, the use of certified helmets is compulsory in Italian law, although no defined regulations exist for recreational sledding OBJECTIVE To review past and current regulations covering winter sports, to explore potential legal discrepancies in appraising factors related to helmet use in recreational activities by children under the age of 14, and to identify hazards connected with various types of sledding accidents METHODS Descriptive data of the cases of 16-year-old or younger adolescents injured while sledding without helmets were gathered from injury reports collected by ski patrols, pre-hospital emergency services and emergency departments, and compared with 53 cases of adolescents and children who went skiing and snowboarding wearing certified helmets, over two winter seasons (December to April, 2011-12 and 2012-13). Sledges were grouped into three categories:1) traditional wooden toboggans (hereafter called ‘traditional sleds’); 2) plastic sleds; 3) newly designed sleds (with inner tubes, plastic and hard foam sleds, snowskates, boardslides, runslides, snowblades, foam slides, etc.) RESULTS Descriptive data of the cases of 16-year-old or younger adolescents injured while sledding without helmets were gathered from injury reports collected by ski patrols, pre-hospital emergency services and emergency departments, and compared with 53 cases of adolescents and children who went skiing and snowboarding wearing certified helmets, over two winter seasons (December to April, 2011-12 and 2012-13). Sledges were grouped into three categories:1) traditional wooden toboggans (hereafter called ‘traditional sleds’); 2) plastic sleds; 3) newly designed sleds (with inner tubes, plastic and hard foam sleds, snowskates, boardslides, runslides, snowblades, foam slides, etc.) CONCLUSIONS Additional investigation of the actual dynamics of the accident, together with information on the sitting position and sled speed are required. Regulations should compel ski slope operators to improve the current level of control on sledding slopes.

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Time-of-day practices echo circadian physiological arousal: An enculturated embodied practice in Hindustani classical music

Musicae Scientiae ◽

10.1177/10298649211020053 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 102986492110200

Author(s):

Tanushree Agrawal ◽

Daniel Shanahan ◽

David Huron ◽

Hannah Keller

Keyword(s):

Human Physiology ◽

Classical Music ◽

Physiological Arousal ◽

Time Of Day ◽

Cultural Norms ◽

Embodied Practice ◽

Circadian Patterns ◽

Hindustani Classical Music

Traditionally, various Hindustani (North Indian) ragas have been performed at specific times of day, such as dawn, dusk, midday, and evening. Human physiology also exhibits common circadian patterns, with reduced arousal at night, rising during the morning, culminating in peak arousal, and then declining arousal towards the end of the day. This raises the question of how and whether the musical features of ragas for each time of day are related to these circadian patterns of arousal. We formally examined associations between traditionally designated time-of-day classifications and musical features from 65 Hindustani raga performances. Our results showed that only pitch-related features are predictive of time-of-day classifications. Surprisingly, non-pitch factors known to correlate with arousal, such as tempo, did not covary with raga time-of-day practices. In general, the results are consistent with rules for North Indian raga performances described by Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (1860–1936) that emphasize the presence or prevalence of particular tones in the raga. The results point to a combination of enculturated and embodied influences in conveying musical arousal. Specifically, they suggest that while time-of-day-related raga listening practices may have been initially influenced by embodied processes, they have ultimately been reshaped by pitch-related cultural norms.

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Reconnecting Language and Materiality in Christian Reading: A Comparative Analysis of Two Groups of Protestant Women

Comparative Studies in Society and History ◽

10.1017/s0010417521000128 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 63 (2) ◽

pp. 499-529

Author(s):

Britt Halvorson ◽

Ingie Hovland

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Linguistic Anthropology ◽

Analytic Approach ◽

Material Objects ◽

Biblical Story ◽

Recent Interest ◽

The World ◽

Embodied Practice ◽

Reading Texts

AbstractWhat do Christians do when they read? How can Christian reading be understood anthropologically? Anthropologists of Christianity have offered many ethnographic descriptions of the interplay among people, words, and material objects across Christian groups, but descriptions of Christian reading have often posited an androgynous reader. In response to this we begin from the observation that while reading cannot be done without words, it also cannot be done without a body. We propose that an analytic approach of placing language and materiality (including bodies) together will help clarify that reading texts is an embodied practice, while not undermining the importance of working with words. We draw inspiration from the recent interest in bringing linguistic anthropology and materiality studies together into the same analytic frame of “language materiality.” We explore a language-materiality approach to reading by comparing how the biblical story of Mary and Martha was read by Protestant women in two historical situations: 1920s Norway and the 1950s United States. We argue that in these cases the readers’ gendered, raced, and classed bodies were central to the activity of reading texts, including their bodies’ material engagements with the world, such as carrying out women's work. We suggest that paying attention to embodied reading—that is, readers’ social entanglements with both language and materiality—yields a fuller analysis of what reading is in particular historical situations, and ultimately questions the notion of a singular Protestant semiotic ideology that works consistently toward purification.

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The National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) Mountain Biking Injury Surveillance System (ISS): Analysis of 66,588 Student Athlete-Years of Injury Data

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18115856 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (11) ◽

pp. 5856

Author(s):

Meredith Ehn ◽

Masaru Teramoto ◽

Daniel M. Cushman ◽

Kristen Saad ◽

Stuart Willick

Keyword(s):

Surveillance System ◽

Student Athletes ◽

The United States ◽

Injury Surveillance ◽

Mountain Biking ◽

Student Athlete ◽

Mountain Bike ◽

Injury Surveillance System ◽

Injury Characteristics ◽

Mountain Bike Racing

Interscholastic youth cross-country mountain bike racing in the United States has grown significantly over the past decade, yet little is known about the risk profile in this age group. Aiming to protect participants, we implemented a prospective, longitudinal injury surveillance system for the purpose of better understanding youth mountain biking injuries and implementing safety measures. Data were collected during competition years 2018–2020, totaling 66,588 student athlete-years. Designated reporters from each team received weekly emails with exposure and incident report forms. Variables analyzed included demographic, rider-related, trail-related, and other data. Injury characteristics during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 were compared to the years 2018 and 2019. More student athletes participated in the 2020 season (25,261) than in prior seasons (18,575 in 2018 and 22,752 in 2019). During competition year 2020, overall injury proportion was lower (1.7% versus 3.0% in 2018 and 2.7% in 2019). Variables associated with injury, body part injured, type of injury, time-loss, and disposition following injury were similar between all years. Despite the pandemic and resultant changes to competition, student athletes continued to ride their bikes and become injured, but the proportion of injuries differed. This report details injury characteristics in youth mountain bike racing, including a comparison of before and during the pandemic.

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