Overview

This is the first book to explore the numerous ways in which mobile technologies and social media are influencing our outdoor experiences. Across the fields of outdoor education, outdoor recreation and leisure, and nature-based tourism, the book considers how practices within each of those domains are being influenced by dramatically shifting interactions between technology, humans, the natural world, and wider society. Drawing on cutting-edge research by leading scholars from around the world and exploring key concepts and theory, as well as developments in professional practice, the book explains how digital technology and media are no longer separate from typical human and social activity. Instead, the broader field of outdoor studies can be viewed as a world of intertwined socio-technical assemblages that need to be understood in more diverse ways. The book offers a full-spectrum view of this profound shift in our engagement with the world around us by presenting new work on subjects including networked spaces in residential outdoor education, digital competencies for outdoor educators, the use of social media in climbing communities, and the impact of digital technologies on experiences of adventure tourism. This is essential reading for anybody with an interest in outdoor studies, outdoor education, adventure education, leisure studies, tourism, environmental studies, environmental education, or science, technology, and society studies.

Full Product Details

Author:   Simon Kennedy Beames (Norwegian School of Sports Science, Norway) ,  Patrick T. Maher (Nipissing University, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   1.060kg
ISBN:  

9781032434766

ISBN 10:   1032434767
Pages:   466
Publication Date:   29 August 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction: Where Did We Start, and Where Will This Book Take Us? Patrick T. Maher and Simon Kennedy Beames PART I Outdoor Education 11 2 Mobile Technology and Social Media in the Assemblage of Outdoor Pursuits: A Theoretical Stance on Complexity and Uncertainty Jack Reed and Simon Kennedy Beames 3 A Postdigital Lens on Outdoor Research Heather Prince 4 Outdoor Education, Technology, and the Anthropocene Paul Stonehouse 5 Managing Digital Technology in Outdoor Education David S. Hills 6 Digital Competence in Outdoor Education Imre van Kraalingen 7 Technological Affordances in Understanding Biodiversity: Life, Place, and Time Orla Kelly, Benjamin Mallon, and Thomas McCloughlin 8 Assembling Mobile Technology and Outdoor Education Practice: Affordances, Pitfalls and Pedagogical Pathways Jonathan Lynch and Scott Jukes 9 Youth, Identity, and Social Media: The Promise of Outdoor Education as a Context for Identity Development Michael Froehly and Robert P. Lubeznik-Warner 10 Smartwatches, Bodies, and Landscapes: Experiencing the Mountains as Cyborgs Georgios Katsogridakis and Millie Chaston 11 The Digital Canoe Trip: Do We Return to Our Old Teaching Styles After COVID-19? Jørgen Weidemann Eriksen 12 Bridging Outdoor Education, Digital Technology and Well-Being through Pedagogical and Psychological Perspectives Alessandro Bortolotti and Francesca Agostini PART II Outdoor Recreation 135 13 A Case for Using Mobile Technology to Facilitate Inclusion in the Outdoors for Those Who Live with Disabilities and/or Chronic Illness: Crossing the Digital Crevasse TA Loeffler 14 The Power and Peril of Smartphones and Social Media in Avalanche Terrain Jerry Isaak 15 Social Media and Research in a Climbing Community: Gleaning Insights Jennifer Wigglesworth 16 The Art of Dotwatching in Ultra-Distance Cycling: When a Human Becomes a Dot Catherine Dunn and Jack Reed 17 Becoming an Outdoors Person: Identity Transformation through Nature Activity and Social Media in Norway Tom Bratrud 18 Use of Digital Technologies for Hiking: A Quantitative Study of Four Spanish Protected Areas Jorge Terrades-Daroqui, Alonso Sánchez-Rodríguez, and Pablo Vidal-González 19 The Promises and Perils of Danish Nature App Developers Gertrud Lynge Esbensen and Theresa Schilhab 20 Trail and Mountain Running Vlogging: Dizziness, Disorder and Joy Ciarán Ryan 21 Communication and Cultural Significance in Two Danish Outdoor Facebook Groups: “Check Out My Campfire, See My Big Catch – I Am an Outdoor Person!” Søren Andkjær and Signe Højbjerre Larsen 22 Navigating Outdoor Activities in Polluted Air: Embodiment of Particulate Matter and Mobile Applications Eun Jung PART III Nature-based Tourism 23 Using Social Media to Examine Ambassadorship in Tourism Alix Varnajot 24 Virtual Meeting Spaces and Sustainable Arctic Communities: All Who Wander Are Not Lost Brooks A. Kaiser, Chris Horbel, Patrick T. Maher, and Susan Seubert 25 The Absence of Everydayness in Social Media Images from Hiking Trips: Sharing the Epic Elina Hutton and Outi Rantala 26 Digital Tools and New Technologies: Opportunities or Threats to Participatory Sport Events? Aage Radmann, Daniel Svensson, and Susanna Hedenborg 27 Big Data in Adventure Travel Sahil Sharma 28 Reflections on the Impact of the Digital Shift in Nature-Based Adventure Tourism: Connected Disconnections in the Arctic Axel Rosenberg PART IV Overlappers and Outliers 29 Equity, Social Media and the Outdoors Simon Kennedy Beames and Mary Louise Adams 30 Trekking and Digital Technologies: Nudging Outdoor Habits in New Directions? Suzanne Lundvall, Gunn Engelsrud, and Gustav Tøstesen 31 Technology Creep and the Beneficial Burden: Cautionary Tales for Outdoor Educators Morten Asfeldt, Bob Henderson, Mike Brown, and Brendon Munge 32 Understanding Relations between People, Nature and the Digital: Why and How to Conduct Non-Digital-Centric Research? Tuva Beyer Broch 33 Hyperreality, Social Media, and Increasing Opportunities for Young People to Engage with Nature Mark Leather 34 Outdoor Play Mediated through Pokémon: Facing the Snorlax Jason Wragg and Richard Whall 35 Physical Activity and Health Monitoring with Wearable Technologies: A New Fitness Trend with Concerns for Reliable Output and Data Security Awadhesh Kumar Shirotriya 36 Using Cellphones for Visualizing the Social and Environmental Relations of Community Gardens: “Keeping My Eyes Everywhere” Mitchell McLarnon 37 Western and Indigenous Ideas of Sustainability, the Tragedy of the Commons, and Mobile Technologies: Sustaining our Inner Environments Chris North, Aaron Hāpuku, and Phillip Borell 38 Mobile Technology, Social Media, and the Outdoors: Stepping into the Future with Excitement and Apprehension Simon Kennedy Beames and Patrick T. Maher

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Simon Kennedy Beames is Professor of Friluftsliv at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway. He has taught outdoor education for more than 30 years, predominantly in Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe. He has published four books with Routledge: Learning Outside the Classroom, Adventurous Learning, Outdoor Adventure and Social Theory, and Outdoor Learning across the Curriculum. Patrick T. Maher is Professor of Physical and Health Education at Nipissing University, Canada. His research blends outdoor and environmental education, sustainable nature-based tourism, and narratives from the polar regions. Pat is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, as well as the lead of the UArctic Thematic Network on Northern Tourism.

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