Episode title: Dr. Rebecca Scott on ‘Paying for Pain’ through the Experience of Extreme Adventure Racing
Episode summary introduction: Through Dr. Scott’s research on Tough Mudder adventure racing, we consider what motivates people to put their bodies through pain for ‘fun’; we consider the increased participation in outdoor activities during lockdown; and the interconnection of body and mind in nature.
Topics discussed in this episode:
The ‘Cubicle-bound Masses’ – knowledge workers caught up in sedentary lifestyle, like battery chickens!
Escapism from monotony of modern, urban society
Extreme adventure races – the commercialised and more socially-acceptable version of Brad Pitt’s Fight Club!
Self-directed health & lifestyle changes
Resourceful Residents –making the most of natural, local landscapes & mountainscapes
“Experiential Resume/CV”
Putting one’s body on the line in the name of research… ethnographic immersion in Tough Mudder adventure races!
Body & Mind Dualism
Nature, natural habitats and water reviving our bodies & minds
The Artist’s Way
Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) and potential harmful effects of electromagnetic fields to our bodies
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Rebecca Scott, Julien Cayla, Bernard Cova, Selling Pain to the Saturated Self, Journal of Consumer Research, Volume 44, Issue 1, June 2017, Pg 22-43, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucw071
Adventure race: https://toughmudder.com/
Introduces French Anthropologist David Le Breton - pain as an agent for body metamorphosis: BRETON, D. L. (2000). Playing Symbolically with Death in Extreme Sports. Body & Society, 6(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034X00006001001
Anat Keinan, Ran Kivetz, Productivity Orientation and the Consumption of Collectable Experiences, Journal of Consumer Research, Volume 37, Issue 6, 1 April 2011, Pages 935–950, https://doi.org/10.1086/657163
Swimrun events: https://otilloswimrun.com/
The Wim Hof Method: https://www.wimhofmethod.com/
https://www.doterra.com/US/en/about-our-story
https://drjoedispenza.com/pages/about
https://www.abraham-hicks.com/
https://juliacameronlive.com/the-artists-way/
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