Breathing battles and sensory embodiment in sports and physical cultures

Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn (2023) Breathing battles and sensory embodiment in sports and physical cultures. Corps, 20 (1). 269 -278. ISSN 1954-1228

Full content URL: https://doi.org/10.3917/corp1.020.0269

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Abstract

Within the sociology of sport, phenomenologically-inspired perspectives on sensory embodiment have emerged in recent years. This corpus includes investigations into the senses in water-based sports such as scuba diving (Merchant, 2011), performance swimming (Allen-Collinson et al., 2021 ; McNarry et al., 2021) and in land-based sports such as distance running (Allen-Collinson et al., 2018, 2021 ; Allen-Collinson & Jackman, 2021), and cycling (Hammer, 2015 ; Spinney, 2006). In this article, I draw upon phenomenological sociology (Allen-Collinson, 2009) and ‘sensory work’, to investigate the experience of asthma in sports participants. Currently, despite the prevalence of asthma globally, there remains a lack of in-depth research on actual experiences of coping with asthma and ‘breathing battles’ in sporting contexts. Here, I draw on data from two linked research projects: a collaborative autoethnography and an interview-based study , which generated findings that highlighted sensory aspects relating to the lived experience of asthma and sporting embodiment.

Keywords:Sociology, Sociological phenomenology, Phenomenology, Asthma, Sport, The senses, Physical cultures
Subjects:L Social studies > L300 Sociology
Divisions:College of Social Science > School of Sport and Exercise Science
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Deposited On:16 Feb 2023 09:09

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