Research article2018Peer reviewedOpen access
Rhythmanalysing the urban runner: Pildammsparken, Malmö
Edensor, Tim; Kärrholm, Mattias; Wirdelöv, Johan
Abstract
In this article we discuss the development of urbanized running culture by exploring how the embodied rhythms of running interact with other urban rhythms in a park. The analysis focuses on the timings, sensations and materialities produced through running, and how the rhythms of running intersect with the materialities and rhythms of others. The investigation draws on interviews, observations and a running diary undertaken at Pildammsparken in central Malmö. Our research shows that while the runner, in endeavouring to align with the rhythms of others, may becoming a more disciplined figure, running in the park is more concerned with practising a sharing of space than moving on auto-pilot. Consequently, running is largely a mobile rhythmic practice that negotiates and adapts to co-produce eurhythmic choreographies in this particular urban location.
Published in
Applied mobilities
2018, Volume: 3, number: 2, pages: 97 - 114
UKÄ Subject classification
Landscape Architecture
Human Geography
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23800127.2017.1347361
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/90612