Urban air pollution perception through the experience of social practices: Talking about breathing with recreational runners in London
Urban air pollution perception through the experience of social practices: Talking about breathing with recreational runners in London
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DOI：
10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.07.009
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发表时间：
2018-09-01
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4.8
通讯作者：
Hitchings, Russell
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作者：
Hodgson, Antonia;Hitchings, Russell
本文考察了对户外休闲跑步者的采访如何帮助我们理解城市空气污染是如何渗透到那些可能比大多数人呼吸更污染空气的人的意识中的。它首先说明了为什么空气污染感知研究可能会转向与参与相关社会实践相关的主观性。然后，针对在何种程度上锻炼者会考虑他们在锻炼过程中身体上发生的某些方面的争论，我们研究了伦敦的户外休闲跑步者是如何谈论他们跑步时呼吸的空气的。我们可以想象，这群人会对城市空气污染特别敏感，因为他们对身体表现很感兴趣，而且他们的个人经历是在不同的城市空气中奔跑。然而，通过仔细研究他们的跑步谈话，本文记录了他们在跑步过程中如何以及为什么经常把呼吸污染空气的建议置于意识之外。这些发现指出了鼓励健康城市生活方式的具体战略，并说明了进一步研究社会实践如何影响污染观念的潜力。
This paper examines how interviews with outdoor recreational runners can help us understand how urban air pollution insinuates itself into the consciousness of those who may be breathing more polluted air than most. It begins by making the case for why studies of air pollution perception might turn to the subjectivities associated with taking part in relevant social practices. Then, with reference to debate about the extent to which groups of exercisers are thinking about certain aspects of what is physically happening during their exercise, we examine how outdoor recreational runners in London talk about the air that they breathe when running. We might imagine that this group would be particularly alive to urban air pollution in view of a presumed interest in physical performance and a personal history of running through various bodies of city air. However, through close scrutiny of their running talk, this paper documents how and why the suggestion of breathing polluted air is often placed beyond the realm of conscious thought for them during their runs. These findings point to particular strategies for encouraging healthy urban lifestyles and illustrate the potential of further studies on how social practices shape pollution perceptions.