Racialized outdoor leisure identities
Socially constructed image of who participates in wilderness activities. It’s usually white people who we think of
examples of leisure
socialisation
Social process that takes place in the context of institutional roles, but is most directly developed in interaction with our immediate communities of family and friends.
Examples:
Black and Native American experiences of outdoor recreation
(Martin, 2004)
3 Findings of Martin (2004) study
- For each magazine, the percentage of white models in the great outdoors was higher than black models
- Percentage of white models shown engaging in outdoor leisure activities was higher than black models
- Percentage of ads classified asoutdoor ads were highest in Outside, Time and Ebony
- Evidence for a racialized outdoor leisure identity
3 Concequences of Martin (2004) study
- Stereotype becomes self fufilling
- Fear of discrimination
- Participating in “white” activities could create tension in one’s community
Intersectionality
Multiple systems of oppression
overlap/layer and, often, strengthen
oppression or increase disadvantage
privileges
of FA rock-climbing (Wigglesworth, 2022),
It’s hard to have the equipment or resources to climb. Many people aren’t able to do it
Problems with naming conventions
of FA
- Reinforce colonization
- Sexist names are common
- Certain people have more access to climbing
2 ways to decolonize
- Language
- Use folks or everyone
- Skills are interpersonal, not “soft”
- Not infantilising withboys or girls for men or women - Challenge colonizing assumptions
- Land is untouched
- Land can be posessed
- There is only one way of knowing land
- That one way of knowing land is better or more valuble than another
- History tells the whole story and is unbiased
Pic of equality,
Equality -> Everyone gets the same thing, barrier is still there
Equity -> Everyone gets what they need to see over the barrier
Social justice -> Remove the barrier
equity & social justice
