Kinaesthetic cities: public spaces and everyday practices of sport and fit

About the lecture

Cities are full of people engaged in all sorts of physical fitness and sporting activity. People climbing, running, cycling, swimming, dancing, playing, training, jumping, crawling, skating, balancing, skipping, racing, diving, fighting, wrestling, and walking. This talk examines the ways social researchers study the entanglement of city life with these popular practices of sport and fitness. It looks at the distinctive ways such practices animate urban public spaces, as well as how they might help make for more inclusive, healthier, cities.

About the speaker

Alan Latham is Professor of Human Geography at University College London. His research focuses on social infrastructures and the public life of cities. He is Co-Editor of the Journal Royal Geographical Society Journal Area.