Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2020
Differentiating the time-geography of recreational running
Qvistrom, Mattias; Fridell, Linnea; Karrholm, MattiasAbstract
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.Keywords
Affordances; jogging; outdoor exercise; recreational mobilities; relational time-geography; solicited diariesPublished in
Mobilities2020, volume: 15, number: 4, pages: 575-587
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Authors' information
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Urban and Rural Development
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management
Karrholm, Mattias
Lund Univ
UKÄ Subject classification
Human Geography
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2020.1762462
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/106892