Outdoor Recreation and the Environment

Ravenscroft, Neil; Gilchrist, Paul

doi:10.1057/9780230299979_4

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“…Ravenscroft and Gilchrist (2010) note how UK legislation, known as the 'Right to Roam', restricts recreational and leisure access to many rural spaces, for example, including for activities such as walking. A sense of exclusion is often exaggerated for people accompanied by animals, as many public spaces for example shops, restaurants, parks and public fields outright exclude dogs (excluding assistance dogs) and other companion animals.…”

Section: New Walking Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

(Just) a walk with the dog? Animal geographies and negotiating walking spaces

Fletcher

Platt

2016

Social & Cultural Geography

133

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In this paper we present findings from interviews conducted with people who walk with dogs. Drawing on new walking studies and animal geographies as our theoretical framework, we adopt the view that walking is more than just walking; it is often a highly sensual and complex activity. We argue that walking with dogs represents a potentially important cultural space for making sense of human-animal relations. We show how the personalities of both dog and walker can shape not only walking practices, but also the human-animal bond. We contend that the walk is a significant arena where relations of power between animal and human are consciously mediated. We also provide evidence which indicates the contested nature of walking practices and spaces. We conclude that the dog walk is a useful practice through which to examine human-animal relations and thus to contribute to the field of animal geographies.

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Section: New Walking Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

(Just) a walk with the dog? Animal geographies and negotiating walking spaces

Fletcher

Platt

2016

Social & Cultural Geography

133

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“…The material signboard bears explicit messages about territoriality and ownership, alerting users to the presence of jurisdictional regimes as rights of property ownership are asserted. Canoeists and kayakers, walkers and mountain bikers, all have shared examples of access signs that display the need for written consent, or the processes of negotiation with landowners in order to enter space (Parker, 2007;Ravenscroft and Gilchrist, 2010;Layard, 2010). For other recreational users, particularly anglers and hunters, the 'no access' sign is a resource mobilised to affirm a hegemonic position vis-a-vis other recreational users, furthering claims to exclusive use in evolving contests over rights to enjoy natural resources (Church et al, 2007).…”

Section: Signs and The Politics Of Lifestyle Sportmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, advisory notices emerged in the Lake District National Park Authority as part of user-led, non-statutory, authority-approved management of mixed recreational use between walkers, mountain bikers and off-road drivers. The Authority in this case were reluctant to seek recourse to bans, instead using signs to indicate a hierarchy of trail routes that set out obligations for motorised users -giving them opportunities to demonstrate responsible behaviours toward the Park and the environment in general (Wilson and Robinson, 2005;Ravenscroft and Gilchrist, 2010). Signs have also been employed as costeffective measures to manage recreational conflicts in coastal spaces.…”

Section: Signs and The Politics Of Lifestyle Sportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lifestyle Sports and Public Policy

Turner¹,

Carnicelli²

2017

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“…The second area is concerned with traditional public rights of recreational access to land in the form of footpaths, national parks and beaches in Britain (e.g. Curry, 2000;Ravenscroft & Gilchrist, 2011) and Scandinavia (e.g. Campion & Stephenson, 2014).…”

Section: Sociology Leisure Studies and The Neglect Of Human Rightsmentioning

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Human rights, leisure and leisure studies

Veal

2015

World Leisure Journal

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, endorsed by the United Nations in 1948, includes the right to leisure time, to cultural participation and to travel. While the idea of human rights permeates many aspects of national and international life, it appears not to have permeated the field of leisure studies to any great extent, unlike some cognate areas, such as sport and tourism studies. The purpose of this paper is not to remedy this situation but to argue that this neglect is unjustified and to suggest that leisure researchers might incorporate the idea of human rights and leisure rights into their work. The paper is divided into six main parts. First it considers the parallels between the neglect of human rights in sociology up until the 1990s and the continuing neglect in the field of leisure studies. Second, it considers the basis of human rights in general. Third, it examines the nature of the leisure rights declared in the Universal Declaration. Fourth, the place of leisure in general critiques of economic, social and cultural rights is assessed. Fifth, the relationship between human rights and a number of themes in leisure studies is briefly explored, including: the work/leisure divide; the individual versus society; freedom; gender; globalization; and policy. Finally some suggestions are made for a research agenda on human rights and leisure.

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Outdoor Recreation and the Environment

Cited by 5 publications

References 27 publications

(Just) a walk with the dog? Animal geographies and negotiating walking spaces

(Just) a walk with the dog? Animal geographies and negotiating walking spaces

Lifestyle Sports and Public Policy

Human rights, leisure and leisure studies

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