KNES 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Culture Shock, Meritocracy
10 Dec 2018
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S27: adaptive athletes and crossfit: exploring (dis)ability amongst wounded veterans. Pa in disabled populations: health disparities are amplified. Approaches to pa in adaptive populations: ____: restoration of normality, _____: loss or limitation of opportunity. There are an additional set of barriers: loss of identity or purpose, finding employment, culture shock or relational challenges with civilians, geographically removed from social support network. If a soldier is hurt/disabled, these transitions come up all of the sudden. There is no plan, no preparation --> increased stress. Chaos narrative: quest narrative - try to make sense of this new experience, narratives are embodied: the social helps us make sense of the physical; physical experience shape social lives. Background: sports as rehab, embodiment of fitness culture, military inculcation, crossfit subculture. The study: wounded, ill, or injured veterans, 5 males, 6 months free crossfit at approved gym through va.
