Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn, Hall, Dona and Jackman, Patricia (2023) Intercorporeality in visually-impaired running-together: Auditory attunement and somatic empathy. The Sociological Review . ISSN 0038-0261
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Item Type: | Article |
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Item Status: | Live Archive |
Abstract
Given their salience in many sports and physical cultures, it is surprising that the practices, processes, and production of intercorporeality and ‘doing together’ remain under-researched from a sociological perspective. The on-going achievement of ‘togethering’ can be particularly important for the embodied partnership between a visually impaired (VI) runner and a sighted guide (SG) runner; a specific sporting dyad whose experiences are currently under-researched. To address this lacuna and contribute original insights to sensory sociological studies, here we explore the accomplishment of running-together by VI runners and sighted guides, focusing on the auditory dimension. To illustrate how these runners put the sense of hearing ‘to work’ in achieving finely attuned intercorporeality, often at considerable speed, we draw on qualitative data from a research project on VI running in the UK, involving five VI runners and five SGs. Here, we focus on auditory attunement in two domains identified as highly salient in the running-partners’ intercorporeal experiences: 1) Listening out – auditory attention to non-linguistic sounds; and 2) Tuning in – the importance of attending to team-talk between VI runners and SG runners.
Keywords: | Sociology, Sociology of sport, Visual Impairment, Intercorporeality, Hearing, Running, Senses |
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Subjects: | C Biological Sciences > C600 Sports Science L Social studies > L300 Sociology L Social studies > L340 Disability in Society |
Divisions: | College of Social Science > School of Sport and Exercise Science |
ID Code: | 53493 |
Deposited On: | 23 Feb 2023 14:45 |
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