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Differentiating the time-geography of recreational running

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: This paper proposes a relational time-geography approach to differentiate the geographies of recreational activities, whose place cannot be pinned down to a single specific infrastructure or area and therefore risks being marginalised in planning. Running is used as a case study. Based on diary-interviews, we have identified three different exercises/places used alternately by the respondents: the forest run; ‘the most boring route in the world’; and the tourist run. We argue that the time-geography of runners could be conceptualised as a rhythm of place dependencies, where different places afford complementary qualities. By allowing for a negotiation of the spatio-temporal constraints of everyday life, these different places (and their affordances) are of crucial importance for motivation and exercise.

Source: Mobilities

DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2020.1762462

Authors: Mattias Qviström, Linnea Fridell, Mattias Kärrholm

Institutions: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Lund University

Language: English

Topic: Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas

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