Tag: Simon Beames

Det finns en stor debatt inom skolpedagogiken om hur man ska se på undervisning som inte är lärarledd – är det ens undervisning? I den här featureartikeln resonerar Jørgen Weidemann Eriksen och kolleger på Norges idrettshøgskole om selvstyrt øving, dvs studenters självstudier, och som för att illustrera hur komplicerat detta är väljer man friluftsundervisning som exempel. Författarna väger fördelar, att studenter utvecklar självständighet och egenansvar, mot nackdelarna, vilka i samband med friluftsliv är stora risker och svåra ansvarsfrågor, inte minst juridiskt.

This study critically examined how five major Norwegian friluftsliv organizations use Instagram to represent women; Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC); and people with disabilities. Using a netnographic and visual case study approach, 1,344 images from 2023-2024 were analyzed. Findings reveal relatively strong representation of women (approx. 32% of images), yet BIPOC individuals (5%) and people with disabilities (<1%) remain severely underrepresented. These omissions reinforce narrow ideals of Norwegian outdoor identity.

Denne studien undersøker kritisk hvordan fem sentrale norske friluftslivsorganisasjoner bruker Instagram til å representere kvinner, Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC) og personer med funksjonsnedsettelser. Ved hjelp av en netnografisk og visuell case­studietilnærming ble 1 344 bilder fra 2023–2024 analysert. Funnene viser en relativt sterk representasjon av kvinner (omtrent 32% av innleggene), mens BIPOC-individer (5%) og personer med funksjonsnedsettelser (<1%) forblir sterkt underrepresentert.

The main purpose of the Journal is to provide a central point for the publication and dissemination of research and scholarship on adventure and the ‘outdoors’ as media for learning as well as recreation. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Where’s the E in OE? The McDonaldization of Irish outdoor education by John Pierce & Simon Beames (open access).

The main purpose of the Journal is to provide a central point for the publication and dissemination of research and scholarship on adventure and the ‘outdoors’ as media for learning as well as recreation. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: An exploration of children’s experiences of the use of digital technology in forest schools by Angela Garden (open access).

In Sport, Performance and Sustainability, an open access volume edited by Svensson, Backman, Hedenborg & Sörlin (Routledge), the authors examine the logic of ‘faster, higher, and stronger’ and the technoscientific revolution behind the tremendous growth in sport performance over the last 100 years. Our reviewer Benjamin Mole commends the choice of Guttmann’s sportification concept as the starting point and finds much in the analyses to appreciate. Some critical observations notwithstanding, he hails the book for moving the discussion of sporting logics forward.

The emphasis of Leisure Studies is on theoretically informed critical analyses within the social sciences and humanities of the topics that constitute leisure as a subject field – including the arts, tourism, sport and more. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Young surfers finding their wave: telling the tale of enskilment in surf places by Alex Prins & Brian Wattchow.

In this article, Susanna Hedenborg, Petra Andersson, Simon Beames, Aage Radmann and Gabriella Torell Palmquist present a project that addresses the equine sector as a threat to the environment. Applying institutional economic theory and directional transformation, and employing a mixed methods approach, the project concentrates specifically on evaluating strategies used to implement pro-environmental changes in daily work at stables, with the aim of fostering and sustaining enduring change within the equine sector.

The textbook Adventure and Society by Simon Beames, Chris Mackie and Matthew Atencio (Palgrave Macmillan) offers a broad, cross-disciplinary study of various societal aspects of adventure, ranging from the everyday to the extreme. We asked Anne Tjønndal for a review, and she finds this superb book to be useful for inclusion into the course literature for under-graduate studies in outdoor learning.

The main purpose of the Journal is to provide a central point for the publication and dissemination of research and scholarship on adventure and the ‘outdoors’ as media for learning as well as recreation. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: MUTUAL EXPERIENCES: UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN’S PLAY IN NATURE THROUGH SENSORY ETHNOGRAPHY by Jostein Rønning Sanderud.