McNarry, Gareth, Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn and Evans, Adam (2021) Sensory sociological phenomenology, somatic learning and 'lived' temperature in competitive pool swimming. The Sociological Review, 69 (1). pp. 206-222. ISSN 0038-0261
Full content URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026120915149
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Item Type: | Article |
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Item Status: | Live Archive |
Abstract
In this article, we address an existing lacuna in the sociology of the senses, by employing sociological phenomenology to illuminate the under-researched sense of temperature, as lived by a social group for whom water temperature is particularly salient: competitive pool swimmers. The research contributes to a developing ‘sensory sociology’ that highlights the importance of the socio-cultural framing of the senses and ‘sensory work’, but where there remains a dearth of sociological exploration into senses extending beyond the ‘classic five’ sensorium. Drawing on data from a three-year ethnographic study of competitive swimmers in the UK, our analysis explores the rich sensuousities of swimming, and highlights the role of temperature as fundamentally affecting the affordances offered by the aquatic environment. The article contributes original theoretical perspectives to the sociology of the senses and of sport in addressing the ways in which social actors in the aquatic environment interact, both intersubjectively and intercorporeally, as thermal beings.
Keywords: | Sociology, Sociological phenomenology, sport, The senses, The sensorium, Heat, Thermoception, Competitive swimming, Swimmers |
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Subjects: | C Biological Sciences > C600 Sports Science L Social studies > L300 Sociology |
Divisions: | College of Social Science > School of Sport and Exercise Science |
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ID Code: | 40478 |
Deposited On: | 30 Apr 2020 09:30 |
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