Latham, A;
McCormack, DP;
(2017)
Affective Cities.
In: Silk, ML and Andrews, DL and Thorpe, H, (eds.)
Routledge Handbook of Physical Cultural Studies.
(pp. 304-312).
Routledge: London, UK.
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Abstract
his chapter considers the relation between exercise, sport, and fitness activities and urban life, with a particular emphasis on how these activities can be traced through the affective, kinaesthetic, and collective registers of urban space. The affective 'effect' of many kinaesthetic practices has become an integral part of popular discourses about health and fitness, with activities such as walking and running regularly promoted as techniques for combating a range of urban ills including depression, anxiety, and panic attacks. In addition to the affective qualities of their spaces, sport, exercise, and fitness activities also provide an important way of thinking through the materiality of distinctive kinds of kinaesthetic 'movement-spaces' within cities. If exercise, sport, and fitness provide important techniques for working on the affective and kinaesthetic registers of urban space, they are also important insofar as they are generative of distinctive kinds of collective events and experiences.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Affective Cities |
| ISBN-13: | 9781138817210 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.4324/9781315745664-38 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315745664-38 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Physical Cultural Studies, Roller Derby, Caster Semenya, Body Work Practices, Physical Cultural, PCS Scholar, Physical Cultural Studies Approach, Physical Cultural Studies Research, PCS Project, Physical Cultural Practices, Physical Cultural Studies Sensibility, Physical Cultural Forms, PCS Researcher, SDP Programme, Active Embodiment, Physical Cultural Spaces, Olympic Games, Physical Cultural Activities, Physical Education, Contemporary Physical Cultures |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1543185 |
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