West, Amanda and Allin, Linda (2010) Chancing your arm: the meaning of risk in rock climbing. Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics, 13 (7 & 8). pp. 1234-1248. Full text not available from this repository.
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This paper explores the relationship between risk-taking and risk management by examining meanings attached to risk by a group of lifestyle sport participants. Drawing from in-depth interviews with male and female rock-climbers in the UK, it outlines the ways in which climbers' construction of risk and risk management were intimately related to broader discourses of risk and self-reflexivity in contemporary western society.1 Analysing the data through reference to Douglas' work on risk and identity2 shows how climbers' discursive practices surrounding risk management are intrinsically related to their assumed identity as a competent, experienced and good climber. Consequently, this group of climbers established their credentials not by daring or risk-taking actions on the rock face but instead by demonstrating their competence in the way they managed and controlled risk.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal / Publication Title: | Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| ISSN: | 1743-0445 (electronic) 1743-0437 (paper) |
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| Departments: | Academic Departments > Business, Law, Policing & Social Sciences (BLPSS) > Policing, Criminology & Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Insight Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Dec 2010 10:58 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Jan 2024 09:30 |
| URI: | https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/818 |
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