"The Mirror of the Sea": Narrative Identity, Sea Kayak Adventuring and Implications for Outdoor Adventure Education

Autor/inn/en	Miles, Beau; Wattchow, Brian
Titel	"The Mirror of the Sea": Narrative Identity, Sea Kayak Adventuring and Implications for Outdoor Adventure Education
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 18 (2015) 1, S.16-26 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1324-1486
Schlagwörter	Outdoor Education; Adventure Education; Vignettes; Recreational Activities; Aquatic Sports; Narration; Cultural Context; Educational Practices; Context Effect + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freiluftunterricht; Adventure pedagogics; Abenteuerpädagogik; Erlebnispädagogik; Freizeitgestaltung; Water sports; Water sport; Wassersport; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	This paper explores the complex and changing nature of adventure as a form of cultural practice. Borrowing from Joseph Conrad's memoirs "The Mirror of The Sea" (1907), sea kayaking is contextualized here as a journey that takes place just as much between "landfall and departure" as it does between the paddler's ears (i.e., in the paddler's mind). That is to say, to gain useful insights into the experience of sea kayaking it is necessary to consider both the external and internal journey of the paddler, and the relationship that exists between these two phenomena. Using tenets of personality psychology which presents new ways of understanding narrative identity, we will "waymark" textual vignettes from four modern day sea kayaking adventure narratives to explore ideas of self, narrative identity and meaning making. These key passages aim to reveal how the adventurer's story is influenced by "external factors that shape the public expression of stories about the self" (McAdams & McLean, 2013, p. 233). Summary discussion will address potential implications for contemporary outdoor adventure education, offering a way of stimulating reflective practice about the culturally and textually constructed nature of adventure. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01