Mapping the Field of “AR”

Adventure Racing and Bourdieu’s Concept of Field

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ID12082467
AutoresJoanne Kay (1University of Montreal, autor correspondente), Stephen Laberge (0000-0002-3057-4297, 1University of Montreal)
Ano2002
Volume19
Fascículo1
Páginas25-46
Data de publicação2002-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociology of Sport Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0741-1235 • E-ISSN: 1543-2785
EditoraHuman Kinetics (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1123/ssj.19.1.25
OpenAlexW150859228
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas20
Referências citadas6

Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of field, this paper explores the particular stakes and struggles that animate both the relationships among adventure racing (AR) participants and the competition among race organizers in order to highlight the social dynamic and power structure of this new “lifestyle” sport. Our investigation relies on a diversity of qualitative data, namely semi-structured interviews with 37 AR participants. Adventure Racing Association Listserve discussion, and participant observation of Eco-Challenge Argentina 1999. Our analysis demonstrates that what is at stake in the AR field is both the definition of the sport practice’s legitimate form as well as its orientation with respect to two dominant delineating forces: “authenticity” and “spectacularization” of the adventure. These two forces currently constitute the specific forms of capital (sources of prestige) that define the AR field

Adventure · Art · Art history · Competition (biology · Diversity (politics · Field (mathematics · Participant observation · Power (physics · Prestige · Social science · Sociology · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Anthropology · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society