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Browsing School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies by Subject "370403 Recreation and Leisure Studies"

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A Mountain Feeling: the Narrative Construction of Meaning and Self Through a Commitment to Mountaineering in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Davidson, Lee (Monash University, 2006)

Mountaineering is commonly associated with feats of daring in a landscape of extreme danger. Past theories of mountain climbing, and other adventurous leisure activities, have predominantly focused on uncovering the motives ...
Playing Rugby: The Emergence of Talent During the Primary and Secondary School Years

Hawkins, Helen Mary (Victoria University of Wellington, 2006)

This explorative study examines the lives of six young men with a talent for playing rugby in order to understand how that talent emerges. The young men involved in this study had all played rugby for a secondary school ...
Qualitative Research and Making Meaning of Adventure: a Case Study of Boys' Experiences of Outdoor Education at School

Davidson, Lee (Victoria University of Wellington, 2001)

This article details the process and analysis of a case study, conducted over a six-week period, involving an outdoor education class in an all-boys Catholic, New Zealand secondary school. The questions explored by the ...
The 'Spirit of the Hills': Mountaineering in Northwest Otago, New Zealand, 1882-1940.

Davidson, Lee (Victoria University of Wellington, 2002)

A defined geographical region and time period is used to examine the growing popularity of mountaineering in relation to its social and cultural context. The study draws on oral histories, diaries, autobiographies, articles ...