Why are swimming pools blue? : A Waterbiography on flow in outdoor swimming
Maurer, Julie (2023) Why are swimming pools blue? : A Waterbiography on flow in outdoor swimming. Masters thesis, Plymouth Marjon University.
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Abstract
This research is an autoethnographical account reflecting the lived experience of the researcher, as an outdoor swimmer. A nexus has been identified between outdoor swimming and well-being; however, such research ignores freshwater. Data was gathered via material memoirs, and reflected on using a new-materialist framework, foregrounding the more-than-human. Outcomes suggest the need for a cultural shift, away from Western post-colonial capitalist thought, that constructs water as a commodity; to one acknowledging water as a living entity. UK government policy and practice needs to change; allowing water and humans to correspond in familiar ways. Consideration of the aesthetic, as a flow condition, tentatively shows how material actants influence nature connection, further exploration is required as to how such pathways are developed. Outdoor swimming foregrounds interdependence, this has potential to develop biocentric action, benefiting the health and well-being of all involved.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Depositing User: | JISCRouter |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2024 14:51 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Aug 2024 14:51 |
| URI: | https://marjon.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17866 |
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