Creativity manifestations in Lithuanian recreational sports: a case of the subculture of runners

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Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Creativity manifestations in Lithuanian recreational sports: a case of the subculture of runners
In the Journal:
Creativity studies. 2024, Vol. 17, no. 2, p. 646-659
Summary / Abstract:

ENThe paper analyzes manifestations of creativity in Lithuanian recreational runners’ leisure subculture in the latter 21st century’s decades. In this research, qualitative research methods: ethnography (observation, participant observation, visual data collection, research diaries), approach of socio-cultural anthropology have been employed. Empirical data, collected since mid-2015 up to the summer of 2023. Results demonstrate that contemporary recreational runners’ identities represent aesthetic visual and verbal (self)expression, creative strategies towards running-related practices, values of solitude, and community in parallel. Keywords: aesthetics, creativity, identity, running, sports, subculture, values. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.3846/cs.2024.20947
ISSN:
2345-0487; 2345-0479
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2025-02-03 19:01:25
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