Traversing the Matrix

Cyborg Athletes, Technology, and the Environment

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2349045
AutoresTed M Butryn (San Jose State University), Matthew A Masucci (0000-0002-5790-7688, San Jose State University)
Año2009
Volumen33
Número3
Páginas285-307
Fecha de publicación2009-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Sport and Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0193-7235 • E-ISSN: 1552-7638
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0193723509340000
OpenAlexW2077833479
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas43

Despite the growing body of sport studies literature engaging cyborg theory, and notwithstanding the significant amount of work within sport sociology interrogating sport and space, few scholars have attempted to situate the lived experiences of cyborg athletes both within the wide range of indoor, often more technologized settings, and outdoors in what have been considered 'wilderness' environments. Furthermore, little work has examined the relationship between sport identities, sporting environments, and environmental politics. Therefore, this study qualitatively examined the lived sporting experiences of 12 competitive athletes who trained and competed both indoors and outdoors while using an array of sporting technologies. Results showed that athletes negotiated the boundaries between human, technology, and nature in complex, often contradictory ways, and made moderate connections between their cyborg identities and their impact on the environment

Athletes · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Wilderness · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Gender Studies · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society · Ecology