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Jogging during the Lockdown: Changes in the Regimes of Kinesthetic Morality and Urban Emotional Geography in NW Italy

Fontefrancesco, Michele Filippo

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Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco



Abstract

Jogging is the most practiced physical activity in the west. This form of light running appears a solution to the health problems caused by the sedentary of contemporary dwelling and affirmed the role of the extensive use of urban space as a key to individual well-being and health. The COVID-19 pandemic and the imposition of lockdowns imposed a new form of kinesthetic morality based on domestic confinement; a morality that is in open contrast to that of jogging. The article explores this conflict and its consequences in terms of perception of the urban environment and the society among joggers. Based on case study research conducted in 2020 in Alessandria, NW Italy, this study delves into this abrupt change and explores how the urban spatiality changed for the joggers. In so doing, it asks what this event teaches us about the development of new, more effective, urban policies

Citation

Fontefrancesco, M. F. (2021). Jogging during the Lockdown: Changes in the Regimes of Kinesthetic Morality and Urban Emotional Geography in NW Italy. Societies, 11(4), Article 124. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc11040124

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 3, 2021
Online Publication Date Oct 9, 2021
Publication Date 2021
Deposit Date Oct 11, 2021
Publicly Available Date Dec 15, 2021
Journal Societies
Publisher MDPI
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Issue 4
Article Number 124
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/soc11040124
Related Public URLs https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/11/4/124

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