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Re-Enchantment, Play, and Spirituality in Parkour
religions Article Tracing the Landscape: Re-Enchantment, Play, and Spirituality in Parkour Brett David Potter Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON L6H 2L1, Canada; [email protected] Received: 2 August 2019; Accepted: 26 August 2019; Published: 28 August 2019 Abstract: Parkour, along with “free-running”, is a relatively new but increasingly ubiquitous sport with possibilities for new configurations of ecology and spirituality in global urban contexts. Parkour differs significantly from traditional sports in its use of existing urban topography including walls, fences, and rooftops as an obstacle course/playground to be creatively navigated. Both parkour and “free-running”, in their haptic, intuitive exploration of the environment retrieve an enchanted notion of place with analogues in the religious language of pilgrimage. The parkour practitioner or traceur/traceuse exemplifies what Michael Atkinson terms “human reclamation”—a reclaiming of the body in space, and of the urban environment itself—which can be seen as a form of playful, creative spirituality based on “aligning the mind, body, and spirit within the environmental spaces at hand”. This study will subsequently examine parkour at the intersection of spirituality, phenomenology, and ecology in three ways: (1) As a returning of sport to a more “enchanted” ecological consciousness through poeisis and touch; (2) a recovery of the lost “play-element” in sport (Huizinga); and (3) a recovery of the human body attuned to our evolutionary past. Keywords: parkour; free-running; religion; pilgrimage; poiesis; ecology; urban 1. Introduction Over the past two decades, the sport known as parkour has become a global phenomenon, with groups of practitioners or traceurs emerging from Paris to Singapore. -
Parkour, the Affective Appropriation of Urban Space, and the Realvirtual
Parkour, The Affective Appropriation of Urban Space, and the Real/Virtual Dialectic Jeffrey L. Kidder∗ Northern Illinois University Parkour is a new sport based on athletically and artistically overcoming urban obsta- cles. In this paper, I argue that the real world practices of parkour are dialectically intertwined with the virtual worlds made possible by information and communi- cation technologies. My analysis of parkour underscores how globalized ideas and images available through the Internet and other media can be put into practice within specific locales. Practitioners of parkour, therefore, engage their immediate, physical world at the same time that they draw upon an imagination enabled by their on-screen lives. As such, urban researchers need to consider the ways that vir- tual worlds can change and enhance how individuals understand and utilize the material spaces of the city. EMPLACEMENT IN A VIRTUAL WORLD With the increasing integration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) into our lives, more and more of our daily interactions take place “on screen” (Turkle 1995). Castells (1996) refers to this as a culture of real virtuality. In this process, the ex- periences of our physically situated, corporeal selves are becoming intertwined with the virtual presentation of our selves online (cf. Gottschalk 2010; Ito et al. 2010; Turkle 2011; Williams 2006). It is tempting, perhaps, to dichotomize on-screen and off-screen life. One is “real”—connected to the obdurate reality of time and space and hemmed in by biolog- ical limits and social inequalities (e.g., Robins 1995). The other is “virtual”—free-floating and filled with nearly limitless potential (e.g., Rheingold 1993). -
About Parkour As a Tool in a Humanitarian Life Skills Intervention
Run Forrest run! About Parkour as a tool in a humanitarian life skills intervention Image 1 Syrian youth practicing Parkour on a tank in Inkhil, Syria (Reuters, 2017b). This thesis is submitted for obtaining the Master’s Degree in International Humanitarian Action. By submitting the thesis, the author certifies that the text is from his/her hand, does not include the work of someone else unless clearly indicated, and that the thesis has been produced in accordance with proper academic practices. NOHA Master Thesis Master program in By Lukas Wilhelm Antti Rosendahl International Humanitarian Action Supervisor: Dr. Jesper Bjarnesen May 2018 Uppsala University 30 ECTS 0 Abstract Aim: Parkour is a relatively new action sport, which is not only popular in non- conflict regions but also in regions where armed conflict is taking place. When being featured in the media, youth from conflict regions frequently report that Parkour has helped them to deal with the consequences of armed conflict. Although Parkour is being used in psychosocial and life skills interventions in European countries, and despite the fact that action sports are used in humanitarian assistance, there is no research on the potential of Parkour as a tool in humanitarian interventions. The aim of this thesis is to analyse how Parkour can be used in humanitarian aid interventions, particularly focusing on its potential for life skills interventions. In order to do so, a mapping of Parkour teams in conflict regions is conducted. What is more, example cases highlight the importance Parkour has for youth in conflict regions. Lastly, a qualitative thematic analysis, will review the cases and academic literature, in order to discuss to what extent these characteristics coincide with the ten life skills as they were outlined by the World Health Organization (WHO). -
The Ultimate Book
150 mm 166 mm 166 mm 150 mm Boss - 328 Seiten 18,5 mm 2 mm Überhang The Ultimate The Ultimate & Parkour & Freerunning Parkour about the book FreerunningBook the authors The increasing number of followers of the two movement cultures, Parkour and Free- Jan Witfeld is a graduate in sports science and now • Always use your head first before giving free rein to your emotions or running, has given rise to the need for safe, methodical orientation, which the reader works as a school teacher. He discovered the Move moving a muscle. will find in this book. Artistic platform in 2003, and, two years later, Parkour • Always make sure that the “move” is safe. and Freerunning. He then went on to train as a Move Parkour, a new movement culture from France, is all about moving as efficiently as • Do not rush or make unpremeditated moves. Book Artistic instructor. possible between points A and B by sprinting fluently over obstacles. The sport of Free- • Never overestimate your ability. running has developed from it, involving developing and showing off the most creative, • Never practice demanding elements alone. extreme, flowing, acrobatic moves possible on obstacles. Ilona E. Gerling is a university lecturer at the German • Never practice alone in an unsafe and unfamiliar area. Someone must This book contains precise illustrations for the teaching of all basic techniques, easy-to- Sports University in Cologne and speaks at internatio- always be present in case of emergency. follow movement breakdowns and methodical tips for indoor and outdoor training. All nal gymnastics congresses and forums. -
Parkour NZ and How the New Zealand Community Involves Itself Ii in the Politics of Parkour’S Global Institutionalisation
http://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/ Research Commons at the University of Waikato Copyright Statement: The digital copy of this thesis is protected by the Copyright Act 1994 (New Zealand). The thesis may be consulted by you, provided you comply with the provisions of the Act and the following conditions of use: Any use you make of these documents or images must be for research or private study purposes only, and you may not make them available to any other person. Authors control the copyright of their thesis. You will recognise the author’s right to be identified as the author of the thesis, and due acknowledgement will be made to the author where appropriate. You will obtain the author’s permission before publishing any material from the thesis. Making the Jump: Examining the Glocalisation of Parkour in Aotearoa New Zealand A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Health, Sport, and Human Performance at The University of Waikato by DAMIEN LAWRENCE PUDDLE 2019 Abstract Once a niche physical pastime of a small group of men in the urban suburbs of France, parkour is now a global phenomenon. Parkour provides an ideal context to investigate contemporary youth, and adoptees of this primarily youthful culture, and their increasingly connected experiences. Using a social constructionist approach, this research explores the global and local influences that affect the experiences of parkour practitioners in New Zealand and contribute to the establishment of parkour in New Zealand. I draw on multiple qualitative methods of inquiry, including 30 in-depth interviews with a diverse group of New Zealand practitioners, participant observations, a digital ethnography on social media, as well as my personal reflections as a parkour practitioner and community insider. -
Paige, Forrest Masterman, M.S. August 2017 Architecture A
PAIGE, FORREST MASTERMAN, M.S. AUGUST 2017 ARCHITECTURE A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE ALTERNATIVE APPROPRIATION OF URBAN SPACE BY PARKOUR PRACTITIONERS Thesis Advisor: William T. Willoughby Parkour is both a movement art and an urban sport, a discipline of movement and self-improvement, where practitioners utilize natural body movements such as running, jumping, and climbing to overcome obstacles, both physical and mental, in the urban environment efficiently and creatively. This phenomenological study investigates parkour practitioners, referred to as traceurs, and their alternative appropriations of urban spaces, defining the essence of their lived experiences. Utilizing the interview as the primary data collection method, as well as first and third person video investigation, data was collected from parkour practitioners and parkour communities from the Midwest in the United States in order to define the essence of their collective lived experiences. The purpose of this study is to understand the contemporary perspective through which parkour practitioners view and experience the urban environment in order to contribute to the scholarly conversation between architecture, parkour, and urban space. The importance and significance of this study is to investigate a contemporary perspective on, and interaction with, urban space in order to understand this new usage of the city, identifying which urban conditions facilitate these movements so that designers can effectively incorporate this type of movement expression into urban spaces. -
Planificación Del Entrenamiento
C. C. NTRA. SRA. DEL CARMEN DEPARTAMENTO DE EDUCACIÓN FÍSICA Curso: 2016/17 3º ESO (3ª Eval.) UNIT - PARKOUR “There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome.” David Belle WHAT IS PARKOUR? Parkour (pronounced par-KOOR): In the strictest sense as defined by David Belle, Parkour is the art of moving through your environment as swiftly and effectively as possible using only the human body. More broadly, it might be defined as the discipline of developing the physical and mental capacity of the human being while through training to overcome obstacles. Parkour, the name of which derives from a French word meaning "route," is a system of movement that takes the most direct route between two points. Parkour was developed in urban environments. Most traceurs, as they're called, practice in these environments. This route can involve leaping over obstacles, climbing walls, or traveling along rooftops. Parkour practitioners value spatial awareness, efficiency of movement and a knowledge of the urban landscape. ▪ Parkour is the act of moving from point “a” to point “b” using the obstacles in your path to increase your efficiency. ▪ A practitioner of parkour is called “traceur” or “traceuse” if she is female. ▪ The word comes from the French “parcours”, which literally means, “course”, “the way through”, or “the path”. ▪ Parkour emphasizes strength, flexibility, balance, body control, creativity, fluidity, discipline, and precision. ▪ Parkour movements include running, jumping, vaulting, climbing, balancing, and crawling. ▪ Parkour practitioners value community, humility, sharing of knowledge, and the importance of play, while demonstrating respect for all people, places, and spaces. -
CATALOG 2016 Welcome To
CATALOG 2016 Welcome to CONTENT Welcome to AirTrack Factory Page About AirTrack Factory 4 References 5 All about AirTracks 6 Playing with pressure 8 Choosing thickness 9 AirTracks AirFloor 12 AirTrack P2 14 AirTrack P3 16 AirTrick 18 Specials AirTrack Training Set 22 AirTrack Training Set - Home edition 23 AirTrack Training Set - Separate elements 24 AirRolls 25 AirJumpy Set 26 AirBox Set 28 AirSteps Set 28 AirIncline Set 30 Accessories Accessories 34 Customizations and Spare parts 35 FAQ AirTrack Factory FAQ 38 MORE FUN, LESS INJURIES! CATALOG 20162015 ABOUT AIRTRACK FACTORY MEET OUR WORLD FAMOUS ATHLETES MORE FUN, LESS INJURIES • Our mission statement ‘More Fun, Less Injuries’ is the soul of our company. This is exactly what our products provide. DAMIEN WALTERS • AirTrack Factory is specialized in AirProducts developed for the world of sports. HOLLYWOOD STUNTMAN - TEAM TUMBLING WORLD CHAMPION - FREERUNNER • With more than 30 years of experience in producing airtight inflatables, our production team manufactures the highest “I definitely recommend AirTrack Factory’s inflatable mats to any gym; it’s great equipment for both recreational quality AirProducts. and professional sportsmen” • Through our network of over 30 distributors, our products are shipped around the globe. • New products and innovations are developed in association with top athletes from many different sports around the world. In this catalog you will find our products and their specifications. For more information, please visit our website or contact us JACK PAYNE at -
Parkour Av Morten Corneliussen Rustad
Parkour av Morten Corneliussen Rustad 02 2010 Parkour Av: MORTEN CORNELIUSSEN RUSTAD Parkour er en ypperlig aktivitet å inkludere i kroppsøvingsundervisningen. Det er en spennende og forholdsvis ny type aktivitet som de færreste av elevene har vært innom, men som de fl este har hørt om eller sett gjennom tv, reklamer, spill, internett, fi lm eller venner. Elevenes utgangspunkt er på det samme nivået, og det kan da være lettere for dem å delta, samtidig som aktiviteten retter seg mot ungdomsmiljøet. Parkour legger opp til et miljø hvor alle kan delta og fi nne utfordringer på sitt nivå, hvor målet ikke er å vinne eller være best, men å fi nne nye løsninger for å forsere ulike hindre, utvikle teknikk i klatring, balanse, hopp, løp og akrobatikk, samt å ha det gøy! HISTORIE «Grunnleggeren» av denne aktivitetsformen heter David som kan se spektakulær ut. Parkour er ikke en konkur- Belle. Bakgrunnen til at parkour ble til på 1980-tallet er ranseidrett, men kan minne om turnøvelser, med unntak at det var inaktivitet blant folk, og en ville gi folk et alter- av at målet er å konkurrere med seg selv og komme seg nativt idrettstilbud. Parkour har frie rammer, en bruker fra A til B på den mest e≠ ektive måten, uansett hvilke de fasilitetene en fi nner, og fokuset er LEK. Militæret i hindre en møter på. Målet er kreativitet og å fi nne nye, Frankrike har brukt denne aktivitetsformen i sin trening e≠ ektive bevegelsesløsninger i ulike elementer. Fokuset er i lang tid. veien og ikke målet – prosessorientert trening. -
Introduction to Parkour Introduction to Parkour
INTRODUCTION TO PARKOUR INTRODUCTION TO PARKOUR CONTENTS Welcome ................................................................................................................... 01 Who We Are ............................................................................................................ 02 History - Parkour Style ........................................................................................... 07 Getting Started ........................................................................................................ 10 There Is Always A Place To Train .......................................................................... 16 Know Your Rights .................................................................................................... 17 Find A Cool Spot ...................................................................................................... 19 Let’s Move! ............................................................................................................... 23 Falling .................................................................................................................. 23 Balance ............................................................................................................... 25 Precision Jumps ............................................................................................... 26 Parkour Roll ....................................................................................................... 27 Vaults ................................................................................................................. -
Tracing the Path of Power Through the Fluidity of Freedom: the Art Of
TRACING THE PATH OF POWER THROUGH THE FLUIDITY OF FREEDOM: THE ART OF PARKOUR IN CHALLENGING THE RELATIONSHIP OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE BODY AND RETHINKING THE DISCURSIVE LIMITS OF THE CITY Matthew D. Lamb A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate College of Bowling Green State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY AUGUST, 2011 Committee: Lara Martin Lengel, Advisor Kevin Schempf, Graduate Faculty Representative Radhika Gajjala Alberto González Architecture and the Body ii ABSTRACT Lara Martin Lengel, Advisor This study explores the production of urban architectural space and investigates how the art of parkour attempts to (re)appropriate the spaces of the city. It interrogates the reflexive and continuously (re)negotiated relationship of power and freedom, as defined by Foucault, in and through the corporeal link of the traceur body, the practitioners of parkour, and urban architecture. Parkour forefronts the relations of power through a corporeal connection with architecture. This connection functions to offer more emancipated alternatives both to and within the hegemonic discourses disciplining the space of the city. Traceurs exercise agency as the discourse of the city creates limitations through regulatory norms; however, these limitations create the conditions for action. As a technology and technique of power, architecture’s participation in (re)producing regulatory norms is seen in the ways in which it informs individuals’ interpretations of everyday practices. Architecture embodies particular ideologies which communicate to a body of urban inhabitants. This embodiment communicates as a reflection and reinscription of the social actor’s position within social relations. In being formed by power even as one reworks it, traceurs continuously challenge the reiterative Architecture and the Body iii chains of discourse by inscribing their own truth or counter discourse. -
An Analysis of Parkour As Free-Form Adult Play
Western Washington University Western CEDAR WWU Graduate School Collection WWU Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarship 2011 Moving like a kid again : an analysis of Parkour as free-form adult play Margaret E. Kelley Western Washington University Follow this and additional works at: https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwuet Part of the Anthropology Commons Recommended Citation Kelley, Margaret E., "Moving like a kid again : an analysis of Parkour as free-form adult play" (2011). WWU Graduate School Collection. 165. https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwuet/165 This Masters Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the WWU Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarship at Western CEDAR. It has been accepted for inclusion in WWU Graduate School Collection by an authorized administrator of Western CEDAR. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Moving Like a Kid Again: An Analysis of Parkour as Free-Form Adult Play By Margaret E. “Beth” Kelley Accepted in Partial Completion of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts Moheb A. Ghali, Dean of the Graduate School ADVISORY COMMITTEE Dr. Joan Stevenson Dr. Charles Sylvester Dr. James Loucky MASTER’S THESIS In presenting this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a master’s degree at Western Washington University, I agree the library may make copies freely available for inspection. Library users are granted permission for individual, non- commercial reproduction of this work for education research purposes only. I represent and warrant this is my original work, and does not infringe or violate any rights of others. I warrant that I have obtained written permissions from the owner of any third party copyrighted material included in these files.