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2018 NASSS Annual Conference
Sport Soundtrack: Sport, Music, & Culture
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Saturday, November 3 • 8:00am - 9:15am
The Sound of Difference in Outdoor Culture

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Outdoor culture has a dubious history as an exclusively upper class, white, male, able-bodied domain. From the racist history of national parks to sexual assault to body shaming, the outdoors offers us a multitude of soundtracks that are rarely recognized as part of outdoor culture. This session seeks to explore the soundtracks that accompany marginalized experiences in nature. “Soundtracks” could be interpreted as inner dialogue, experiential interactions, or any other interpretation of how difference is marked acoustically, sonically, or linguistically in the outdoors.
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Mandi Baker

Torrens University
All that noise: Non-discursive practices of summer camp counsellor experiencesThe whole site was filled with sound. Birds and insects? Yes, but the air was perforated with children laughing and yelling and having a great time. You could be noisy at camp. In fact, being noisy made... Read More →
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Jason Laurendeau

“Do White People Dominate the Outdoors?”: MEC and “Diversity work”, University of Lethbridge
The Canadian outdoor retailer Mountain Equipment Co-operative (MEC) has been capitalizing on adventures and the outdoors since 1971. Through advertisements, social media, and ambassadors, the company produces a specific “brand” that extends beyond material goods to valorize a... Read More →
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Diandra Oliver

Simon Fraser University
Can you hear what I hear?: Sounds of Gatekeeping In Outdoor CultureThe outdoor cultures of the global north have long relied on their history of acknowledging straight white men as the only people capable of being active outdoors. The primary position of the universal, white male... Read More →
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Faye Wachs

Cal Poly Poloma
Otherness and Anxiety:  The Inner Dialogue of a Newly Stigmatized OtherWhat does it mean to transition abruptly from a "normal" social appearance and ability to communicate, to suddenly being marked as other while facing communicative challenges?  This paper uses qualitative interviews... Read More →
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Jennifer Wigglesworth

Queen's University
Can you hear what I hear?: Sounds of Gatekeeping In Outdoor CultureThe outdoor cultures of the global north have long relied on their history of acknowledging straight white men as the only people capable of being active outdoors. The primary position of the universal, white male... Read More →

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Courtney Szto

Queen's University
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Saturday November 3, 2018 8:00am - 9:15am PDT
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