An ethnographic study of fitness practices in contemporary Medellin, Colombia.

分析的重点将是“情感经济”，即运动产生的情绪和感觉，以及如何赋予它们意义。该研究考察了新兴的健身实践与最近哥伦比亚人感受到的社会政治变化（内战结束，战斗人员重新融入社会，戏剧性的城市更新以及向新自由主义的转变）的方式有关。这项研究包括在麦德林进行为期12个月的实地考察，主要对象是前准军事部队的男性战斗人员。多媒体技术将被用作研究工具和产出，以及书面论文。

The analytical focus will be "affective economies", ie the emotions and sensations produced by exercise, and how these are assigned meaning. The study examines emerging fitness practices in relation to the ways in which recent socio-political changes are being felt through Colombian bodies (the end of the civil war, reintegration of combatants, dramatic urban renewal, and the turn towards neoliberalism). The research includes twelve months of fieldwork in Medellin, working primarily with male ex-paramilitary combatants. Multimedia technologies will be used as research tools and outputs, alongside a written thesis.