"Learning from the masters" - Introduction to ESRC Seminar
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The document outlines the agenda for a seminar focused on the relationship between sport and exercise in later life, emphasizing the benefits of physical activity for health and aging. Presentations will address various topics, including personal experiences of aging, participation in sports by older adults, and the role of social science in understanding these dynamics. The seminar features discussions from various experts and aims to explore new perspectives on aging and physical activity, with a follow-up seminar scheduled for June 2015.
"Learning from the masters" - Introduction to ESRC Seminar
- 1. Learning from the Masters: The relationship between sport and exercise in later life Second seminar in the ESRC Seminar Series: More of the same is not enough: New directions in ageing and physical activity #ESRCAgePA
- 2. Welcome and introduction What is this seminar about? And why? Discovery of benefits of PA for health and ageing Particular focus on population ageing - alarmist? Drive for mainstreaming PA led by life and behavioural sciences Challenges previous (and current?) expectations about how to grow old – New norms? New obligations? New opportunities? Responsibility for adapting to new norms devolved to individuals Masks at least two things: complexity but also those who already do it, including barriers Role of the Social Sciences in addressing this complexity Asking people themselves Complex boundary between sport and physical activity
- 3. Previous research on Master athletes Rylee Dionigi identified pathways to Masters Sport: Sport 'Continuers', 'Rekindlers' and 'Late Bloomers’ Josefin Eman showed how Master athletes ‘invented’ a new age category to make sense of their own ageing: capability age James Bowness has identified the issue of risk as a key element of Masters sport: taking and managing risk
- 4. Acknowledgements • Economic and Social Research Council (funding) • The Institute for Society and Social Justice Research (venue) • The Department of Social Sciences, Media & Journalism (catering) • James Bowness and Amy Cowan (help with organisation)
- 5. The team • Dr Cassie Phoenix, SL, Exeter, Fundholer • Prof Brendan Gough, Leeds Beckett • Dr Noreen Orr, Exeter • Dr Joe Piggin, Loughborough • Prof Janice Thompson, Birmingham • Prof Christina Victor, Brunel • Dr Benedict Wheeler, Exeter • and me!
- 6. Today’s schedule (note slight alteration) 10.15-10.30 Introduction, Dr Emmanuelle Tulle 10.30-11.15 What it feels like… Ageing in the Great Outdoors Dr Emmanuelle Tulle, Reader in Sociology, Glasgow Caledonian University 11.15-12.15 Keeping the tradition alive: Ageing men in the Masters Highland Games James Bowness, PhD student, Glasgow Caledonian University 12.15-13.15 LUNCH 13.15-13.30 "Old bat flying against the wind": Women (re)producing athletic identity in old age (podcast) Dr Josefin Eman, Freelance researcher, Sweden 13.30-14.15 Practising sport and physical activity with chronic illness in older age Dr Claire Perrin, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France 14.15-15.30 Panel Discussion with Master athletes: Prof Christina Victor, Master swimmer Willie Hamilton, jogscotland leader and personal trainer Billy Mitchell, Head of jogscotland and triathlete Shelley Kerr, Football coach and footballer Chaired by James Bowness, PhD student and GB runner 15.30-16.30 Networking, discussion groups and refreshments: research methods, interventions, risk
- 7. The next seminar 3 June 2015 @ Leeds Beckett University MEN, AGEING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS Led by Professor Brendan Gough More details about this and the Seminar Series on http://seminars.ecehh.org/