Blog
This page is a work in progress, as are the blogs that appear here. Please take the time to contact me if you have any questions or comments on the material I post here.
-
A report on the Ball 2023 project exploring the ways pedagogy in football can be mobilized to engender sustainability, climate change, gender equality and fair play. Background In 2023, Spirit of Football launched their ‘The Ball’ campiagn to bring awareness to and promote to promote gender equality alongside climate action with the aim of being able to contribute to reduced…
-
Wellness in a Go-Go World: Nordic Spas, Nature, and Self-Care Over the December holidays, while taking a break in Canada from my research on human-water relationships in arctic Norway, I read a CBC article titled “Nordic Spas Booming Amid ‘Unlimited’ Consumer Appetite for Wellness“ which caught my attention. The article highlights a growing trend: the…
-
HUMOR I’m thrilled to announce the publication of my latest academic article, Banter as Transformative Practice: Linguistic Play and Joking Relationships in a UK Swimming Club, now available in the journal HUMOR through De Gruyter Mouton. This study explores how banter operates as both an inclusive and exclusionary practice among competitive youth swimmers in Southeast…
Sean Heath, Ph.D. 