Qviström, Mattias
- Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2020Peer reviewedOpen access
Differentiating the time-geography of recreational running
Qvistrom, Mattias; Fridell, Linnea; Karrholm, Mattias
Abstract
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 diaries
Published in
Mobilities
2020, volume: 15, number: 4, pages: 575-587
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
SLU Authors
Fridell, Linnéa
- Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
UKÄ Subject classification
Human Geography
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2020.1762462
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/106892