Bluespace, Senses, Wellbeing, and Surfing

Prototype Cyborg Theory-Methods

Bibliographic Data

ID2349335
AuthorsLisahunter (0000-0002-6426-4158, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia), Lisa Hunter Lisahunter (Monash University, corresponding author), Lyndsey Stoodley (0000-0002-0901-6661, Cardiff University)
Year2021
Volume45
Issue1
Pages88-112
Publication date2021-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Sport and Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0193-7235 • E-ISSN: 1552-7638
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0193723520928593
OpenAlexW3035814267
LanguageDE
Citations received21
References cited56

Bluespace, where water people immerse themselves for thrills, therapy, or thalassography, is constantly fluctuating, influenced by materials, nature, and discourse. Drawing on onto-epistemological aspects of embodied theory-method, we report entangled prototype 'cyborg' in situ strategies (mobile, sensory [auto]ethnography, and self-interview) to notice, record, and ultimately create human-water relations, from the perspective of a surfer. Audio/-visual evidence, from multiple perspectives, folding time, and several point-of-view devices, enabled unique insights into voiced thoughts, sights, sounds, and conscious/subconscious practices that occur in surfing. Such insights into the relationships, experiences, and movements of surfers inform research, such as to wellbeing and to the challenges of investigating bluespace. We offer cyborg theory-method for further methodological and onto-epistemological consideration in such relationships, contributing to a growing understanding of more-than-human engagement with watery worlds

Aesthetics · Art · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Indexicality · Notice · Perspective (graphical · Point (geometry · Sight · Sociology · Subconscious · Visual arts · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Outdoor and Experiential Education · Psychology · Winter Sports Injuries and Performance