Abstract

What can sport, dance, and martial arts practices teach us about our moving body and ways of being in the world? As shown in my work: Quite a lot. In this presentation I discuss why and how it is paramount for phenomenological analyses of such specialized movement capabilities to consider how observable movements and related lived experiences are also pre-structured and shaped by shared habits, customs and narratives as well as part of historical and political discourses. In other words, that the movements analyzed are understood as part of praxis.

Short Bio

Susanne Ravn is Professor and Head of the Research Unit Movement, Culture and Society  at the Department of Sports Science and Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark. In her research she focuses on embodied experiences and movement practices within sports, dance, martial art and health by integrating phenomenology and ethnographical fieldwork. She is the author of several articles and chapters across the fields of phenomenology, sociology, dance, and sports - and co-editor of Philosophy of Improvisation – interdisciplinary perspectives on theory and practice, Routledge (2021).

What is an AIAS Seminar?

The AIAS Seminar Series is a session of seminars held by the AIAS fellows, AIAS Visiting or Tandem Fellows or by other speakers proposed by the fellows. In each seminar, a fellow will present and discuss her/his current research and work-in-progress to an interdisciplinary audience for 30 minutes, closing off with 30 minutes for questions, comments and discussion.

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