Research into the sensuous practices which constitute the phenomenological foundations of sporting experience has been relatively underdeveloped. This paper seeks to address this state of affairs by portraying the sensory activity... more
Research into the sensuous practices which constitute the phenomenological foundations of sporting experience has been relatively underdeveloped. This paper seeks to address this state of affairs by portraying the sensory activity involved in doing scuba diving. Drawing on the work of Bourdieu and Crossley and using data from interviews with an expert scuba diving instructor, the paper details a spectrum of sensuous activity encompassing moving, touching, listening and hearing in the underwater environment. The paper concludes with a call for the development of sensory studies across the spectrum of sporting activity so as to provide a more adequate foundational link to theorising about sport.
Research into the sensuous practices which constitute the phenomenological foundations of sporting experience has been relatively underdeveloped. This paper seeks to address this state of affairs by portraying the sensory activity... more
Research into the sensuous practices which constitute the phenomenological foundations of sporting experience has been relatively underdeveloped. This paper seeks to address this state of affairs by portraying the sensory activity involved in doing scuba diving. Drawing on the work of Bourdieu and Crossley and using data from interviews with an expert scuba diving instructor, the paper details a spectrum of sensuous activity encompassing moving, touching, listening and hearing in the underwater environment. The paper concludes with a call for the development of sensory studies across the spectrum of sporting activity so as to provide a more adequate foundational link to theorising about sport.
