Spontaneous Ecologization through Everyday Walking? Prof. Sigmund Loland (Pt2) - Meaningful Sport Series

Physical Activity Researcher

In contemporary physical activity promotion, a quantitative and instrumental approach is the predominant perspective. From this view, physical activity needs to be promoted as a means to prevent various threats to physical and mental health produced by our sedentary lifestyles.

With Professor Sigmund Loland, we explore alternative framings that could help us imagine human movement, including mundane activities such as walking to work, in a different way. What if these activities, in addition to their well-documented health benefits, could help us develop a deeper sense of environmental interconnectedness, and the disposition to live and act in more sustainable ways?

Our conversation draws on Prof. Loland's recent article The poetics of everyday movement: Human movement ecology and urban walking.

Sigmund Loland is a professor of sport philosophy and ethics at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH), Oslo. He has published extensively in the area of sport philosophy and ethics, including questions about meaning in movement and ecological perspectives on sport.

Timestamps:

5:07 Why do good ideas come when you are walking?

6:45 What is Human Movement Ecology

15:30 Can we cultivate our openness to ecological experiences?

23:50 Why children need "a serious" introduction to movement activities... and the joys of gliding sports

28:20 Boycotting sporting mega-events: does it achieve its aims?

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