Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

6-2021

Abstract

This paper explores the affective formation of health and space/place through an examination of the affective, bodily and digital practices of marathon runners in China. By elaborating on the idea of “affective spaces of health”, we investigate not only the affective potential of running bodies that enables a therapeutic and individualised form of selfhood in response to the post-socialist transformation but also the affective atmospheres that condition and discipline runners’ affective capacities of health. The paper therefore questions the simplistic association of health with particular qualities of place and calls for studying the affective and fluid spaces of health.

Keywords

running, bodies, affect, affective space of health, wearable technologies

Discipline

Asian Studies | Sports Studies

Research Areas

Humanities

Publication

Health & Place

Volume

70

First Page

1

Last Page

7

ISSN

1353-8292

Embargo Period

7-6-2021

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