2012
DOI: 10.1080/14729679.2012.699809
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Adventure cultures: an international comparison

Abstract: This file was dowloaded from the institutional repository Brage NIH -brage.bibsys.no/nih Lynch, P., Moore, K., Minchington, L. (2012 AbstractIn previous work Lynch and Moore (2004) theorised that the current popularity of adventure in recreation and education contexts is deeply paradoxical at social, economic and technological levels. Extending this thesis, we investigated the extent to which 'adventure culture' can be considered quantitatively and qualitatively specific to particular national cultures. Conte… Show more

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“…(p. 1). Expanding on this notion of an adventure narrative ideology in OAE, Lynch, Moore and Minchington (2012) propose 'adventure as culture,' where adventure-related print media portrays a representation of the self mirroring culture through a trajectory of distinct national 'signatures.' The narrative of adventure magazines and books, as a combination of pictures and text, instill how 'adventure as culture' looks and reads.…”
Section: Education and Social Policy Research By Danmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…(p. 1). Expanding on this notion of an adventure narrative ideology in OAE, Lynch, Moore and Minchington (2012) propose 'adventure as culture,' where adventure-related print media portrays a representation of the self mirroring culture through a trajectory of distinct national 'signatures.' The narrative of adventure magazines and books, as a combination of pictures and text, instill how 'adventure as culture' looks and reads.…”
Section: Education and Social Policy Research By Danmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As Cunliffe (2004) suggests, "in practical terms, this means examining critically the assumptions underlying our actions, [and] the impact of those actions … from a broader perspective" (p. 407). How adventure narratives are represented is evolving rapidly and this should be of pedagogical interest to educators, as Lynch et al (2012) emphasise.…”
Section: Education and Social Policy Research By Danmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…New Zealand's adventure recreation culture is well recognized in the leisure research (see, for example, Bentley and Page 2008;Cloke and Perkins 1998;Johnston 1992;Kane 2010Kane , 2011Lynch, Moore, and Minchington 2012). Organized, mass participation adventure events are a relatively new phenomenon in leisure provision, having become markedly popular since the early 1990s in many nations, including Australia and New Zealand (Bell 2003).…”
Section: Adventure Eventsmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…The meaning of "adventure" is deeply shaped by the wider cultural and social context and, as cultural patterns have changed, its meaning has also changed. Lynch, Moore, and Minchington (2012) suggest that we view adventure as a culture. This makes particular sense in today's society, which often emphasises that we live in risky times, so the ability to deal with risk and manage it is a desirable human trait.…”
Section: Discursive Production Of Adventurementioning
confidence: 99%