Policing the Edge: Risk and Social Control in Skydiving

Laurendeau, Jason; Brunschot, Erin Gibbs Van

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“…They discuss things such as new equipment innovations, "old" accepted wisdom (e.g., about the best way to respond to a particular malfunction) and whether it still holds, and numerous variations on this theme. Oftentimes, experienced jumpers do this in overt ways, stepping in to "correct" less experienced or more reckless jumpers (see Laurendeau and Gibbs Van Brunschot 2006).…”

Section: Crowding the Edgementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Hunt (1995), for example, examines the ways deep sea divers learn accounts of "normal risk" in the sport through interactions with other divers as they construct their subcultural identities. She also explores how divers apply techniques of social control to encourage other divers to engage in challenging dives without undertaking "excessive risk" (for a discussion of risk and social control in skydiving, see Laurendeau and Gibbs Van Brunschot 2006). In Kusz's (2004) exploration of the cultural politics of extreme sports in America, he contends that the valorization of extreme sports has come about at this particular sociohistorical junction because these activities "enable the apparent return of strong, confident, superior white men who are seemingly in control (of themselves and their environs)" (p. 209).…”

Section: Edgework Risk and Sportmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“He Didn't Go in Doing a Skydive”: Sustaining the Illusion of Control in an Edgework Activity

Laurendeau

2006

Sociological Perspectives

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Section: Crowding the Edgementioning

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Section: Edgework Risk and Sportmentioning

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“He Didn't Go in Doing a Skydive”: Sustaining the Illusion of Control in an Edgework Activity

Laurendeau

2006

Sociological Perspectives

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“…Studies of skydiving (Laurendeau 2006;Laurendeau and Van Brunschot 2006;Lyng 1990), BASE jumping (Ferrell, Milovanovic, and Lyng 2001), bike messengering (Kidder 2006), firewalking and serpent handling (Bromley 2007), and surfing (Stranger 1999) have all drawn on the concept of edgework toward a deeper understanding of voluntary risk taking. The framing of the boundaries that are negotiated in these activities often reflects the romanticism of conquest of, or transcendence over, the physics of the natural world (gravity, velocity, fire, ocean) through a reliance on a combination of technology and skill.…”

Section: Skillmentioning

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Chaos, Order, and Collaboration

Newmahr

2011

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

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Stephen Lyng's concept of edgework represents a crucial shift in understanding particular kinds of risk taking, as intrinsically and phenomenologically rewarding. Although it has been widely and usefully used since then, scholars have observed limitations in its applicability across class, race, and gender lines. A good deal of recent work has endeavored to address this problem. However, a critical feminist perspective reveals the levels on which this issue is not merely one of scope but a paradigmatic issue. I offer a deconstruction of the edgework concept in order to illustrate this, and an expansion of the model in order to render it more applicable for a wider range of thrill-seeking behaviors. Drawing on four years of ethnographic field work in an SM (sadomasochism) community, I provide an empirical example of the applicability of this amendment for the study of voluntary risk taking across gender boundaries.

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“…Studies of skydiving (Celsi, Rose, Leigh. 1993;Laurendeau, 2006;Laurendeau and Van Brunschot, 2006;Lipscombe, 1999;Price and Bundesen, 2005) are framed by serious leisure theory's concepts of commitment, unique ethos, and personal durable benefits, as well as the concepts of risk negotiation rooted in Lyng's theory of edgework (Lyng, 1990). This is also true of several risk-, action-, and skill-intensive leisure activities such as rock climbing (Llewellyn and Sanchez, 2008), surfing (Diehm and Armatas, 2004), and motorcycling (Roster, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…91,2010). Participants in other unique serious leisure pursuits, such as skydiving (Celsi, Rose, and Leigh, 1993;Laurendeau, 2006;Laurendeau and Van Brunschot, 2006;Lipscombe, 1999;Price and Bundesen, 2005) and deep sea diving (Hunt, 1995) obtain certification through non-governmental organizations and are not subject to strict governmental regulations.…”

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The personal and social benefits of airplane piloting as a serious leisure activity for women.

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Serious leisure theory (Stebbins, 1992) is used to frame this examination of women's long-term involvement in airplane piloting. Through in-depth, semi-structured telephone and e-mail interviews with women having over 15 years experience as private pilots, this study examines their leading motivations and their personal and social benefits realized through airplane piloting as a leisure activity. Women's participation in amateur airplane piloting displays the six characteristics of serious leisure. In addition to the durable benefits ascribed to serious leisure, the respondents demonstrated several other personal and social benefits. The interview data revealed that women pursue airplane piloting as independent, interdependent, or dependent pilots. I identified independent pilots as the women who were intrinsically motivated to become involved with piloting for selforiented rewards. Interdependent pilots who decided with their significant others to engage in airplane piloting as a shared leisure activity demonstrates internalization of extrinsic motivation. Dependent pilots are women whose partner had already been piloting for years before they are extrinsically motivated to pursue their pilot certificates in order to assist their partners. Using grounded theory analysis and feminist research iv methodology, this study allowed a comparison of benefits realized from airplane piloting as serious leisure based upon women's initial motivations to become pilots. This study of women airplane pilots enabled insight into women's involvement in a male dominated serious leisure that requires a significant investment oftime, effort and money in the acquisition and maintenance of specialized skills.v

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Policing the Edge: Risk and Social Control in Skydiving

Cited by 29 publications

References 18 publications

“He Didn't Go in Doing a Skydive”: Sustaining the Illusion of Control in an Edgework Activity

“He Didn't Go in Doing a Skydive”: Sustaining the Illusion of Control in an Edgework Activity

Chaos, Order, and Collaboration

The personal and social benefits of airplane piloting as a serious leisure activity for women.

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