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.

Fontefrancesco, M. F., Jogging during the lockdown: Changes in the regimes of kinesthetic morality and urban emotional geography in nw italy, <<SOCIETIES>>, 2021; 11 (4): 1-15. [doi:10.3390/soc11040124] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/272184]

Jogging during the lockdown: Changes in the regimes of kinesthetic morality and urban emotional geography in nw italy

Fontefrancesco, Michele Filippo
2021

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.
2021
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Fontefrancesco, M. F., Jogging during the lockdown: Changes in the regimes of kinesthetic morality and urban emotional geography in nw italy, <<SOCIETIES>>, 2021; 11 (4): 1-15. [doi:10.3390/soc11040124] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/272184]
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