"All the Places We Were Not Supposed to Go": A Case Study of Formative Class and Gender "Habitus" in Adventure Climbing

Autor/in	Holland-Smith, David
Titel	"All the Places We Were Not Supposed to Go": A Case Study of Formative Class and Gender "Habitus" in Adventure Climbing
Quelle	In: Sport, Education and Society, 21 (2016) 8, S.1176-1192 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-3322
DOI	10.1080/13573322.2014.994177
Schlagwörter	Athletics; Gender Differences; Case Studies; Recreational Activities; Foreign Countries; Social Class; Adventure Education; Environmental Influences; Attitudes; Identification (Psychology); Semi Structured Interviews; Background; Educational Attainment; Extracurricular Activities; Adults + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leichtathletik; Geschlechterkonflikt; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Freizeitgestaltung; Ausland; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Adventure pedagogics; Abenteuerpädagogik; Erlebnispädagogik; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Hintergrundinformation; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität
Abstract	This paper explores the origins of meaning in adventurous activities. Specifically, the paper reports on a study of 10 adventure climbers in the Scottish mountaineering community. The study explores how formative experiences have influenced engagement in adventure climbing. Work has been done on the phenomenology of adventure and how individuals interpret and find meaning in the activity--this paper goes a step further and asks where do these dispositions come from? Using Bourdieu's ideas of "field," "habitus" and forms of "capital" to frame these experiences in the wider social environment, early experiences are identified that, for the subjects of this study, provide a framework for their later adoption of the "adventure 'habitus'". Among these influences are mainstream education, adventure education in particular, as well as broader formative experiences relating to factors such as gender and class. In addition, the study suggests that accounts differ between males and females in terms of their attitudes and dispositions towards adventure. This may relate to their respective experiences as well as expanding opportunities for both males and females. However, while the "adventure 'field'" provides a context where women can develop transformative identities, these are nearly always subject to male validation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01