Tag: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology

For the purposes of this special issue, and keeping in mind the problematic nature of the definition of sport, the editors suggest that, central to all sporting endeavours is the lived experience of the embodied subject: temporally, spatially, and intersubjectively. From an applied (or empirical) phenomenological perspective several traditions have emerged, influenced by key figures within the phenomenological movement: 1) The Pre-transcendental Descriptive method; 2) The Hermeneutic method; and 3) The Existential method.

The outbreak of Covid-19 and the resultant lockdowns have problematised the taken-for-granted notions of ‘space’, ‘place’ and ‘movement’, and thrust them into the foreground of discussions - not only in academic circles but also in popular culture, news media, policy making, and politicking. Potential paper topics might relate to place and space as conceived and constructed through specific forms of movement, such as in soma-aesthetics, performance, theatre, sports, care, community, tourism, etc.