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Podcast: Physical Activity Researcher
Episode: Spontaneous Ecologization through Everyday Walking? Prof. Sigmund Loland (Pt2) - Meaningful Sport Series
Description: In contemporary physical activity promotion, a quantitative and instrumental approach is the predominant perspective. From this view, physical activity needs to be promoted as a means to prevent various threats to physical and mental health produced by our sedentary lifestyles.
With Professor Sigmund Loland, we explore alternative framings that could help us imagine human movement, including mundane activities such as walking to work, in a different way. What if these activities, in addition to their well-documented health benefits, could help us develop a deeper sense of environmental interconnectedness, and the disposition to live and act in more...