“After the Dust Settles”: Foucauldian Narratives of Retired Athletes' “Re-orientation” to Exercise

Jones, Luke; Avner, Zoë; Denison, Jim

doi:10.3389/fspor.2022.901308

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“…Regarding ultra-runners speci cally, whether injury provides opportunities to resist dominant discourses is largely unknown. What we do know, is that athletes are always interacting with and shaping their running space in nuanced ways (Jones et al, 2022). While research about the experiences of injured ultra-runners is still in its infancy (Hall & Rhodes, 2022), even less is known about the corporeal experiences of these athletes, and the extent to which injury shifts or alters their experience of their body.…”

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The Embodied Experiences of Injured Ultra-Runners: A Body-Mapping Study

Hall,

Rhodes

2024

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The sport of Ultra-running has seen exponential growth over the past ten years. These athletes attempt to push beyond unknown human limits by running for many hours at a time, often multiple times a week across mountains and trails. While research has begun to consider how injury impacts these athletes, less is known about their subjective embodied experiences. In particular, the discourses they resist and submit to when they are suddenly unable to run. This study describes the use of body-mapping and narrative interviewing as two forms of research inquiry merged to explore the embodied experiences of eight ultra-runners who had recently experienced an injury. Plot lines were woven through the visual and textual material resulting in three master plots and eight sub plots. Stories of Body Self-transformation, Machina Carnis or the body-as-machine and senescence or the ageing body were layered by emplacing images and text onto life sized body maps creating vibrant art works. These art works were analysed alongside detailed narratives of endurance, strength, determination and loss. Through the art works participants were able to make visible the invisible, with the injury experience providing a window into former ways of being and current experiences of liminality and fear. This study provides insight into the shifting subjectivities of these extreme athletes brought about by pain and injury and highlights the importance of using power leveling and emancipatory arts-based research methods in accessing subjective experience.

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Section: The Failing Bodymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Embodied Experiences of Injured Ultra-Runners: A Body-Mapping Study

Hall,

Rhodes

2024

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The Embodied Experiences of Injured Ultra-Runners: A Body-Mapping Study

Hall,

Rhodes

2024

Hu Arenas

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The sport of Ultra-running has seen exponential growth over the past ten years. These athletes attempt to push beyond unknown human limits by running for many hours at a time, often multiple times a week across mountains and trails. While research has begun to consider how injury impacts these athletes from an objective medical perspective, much less is known about their subjective embodied experiences. In particular, the discourses they resist and submit to when they are suddenly unable to run. This study describes the use of body-mapping and narrative interviewing as two forms of research inquiry merged together to explore the embodied experiences of eight ultra-runners who had recently experienced an injury. Plot lines were woven through the visual and textual material resulting in three master plots and eight sub plots. Stories of Body Self-transformation, Machina Carnis or the body-as-machine and senescence or the ageing body were layered by emplacing images and text onto life sized body maps creating vibrant art works. These art works were analysed alongside detailed narratives of endurance, strength, determination and loss. Through the art works participants were able to make visible the invisible, with the injury experience providing a window into former ways of being and current experiences of liminality and fear. This study provides insight into the shifting subjectivities of these extreme athletes brought about by pain and injury, and highlights the importance of using power leveling and emancipatory arts based research methods in accessing subjective experience.

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