Michael Crawley
@mphcrawley.bsky.social
Writer and social anthropologist at Durham University, thinking about energy, endurance and increasingly performance enhancement.
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Congratulations to all of our brilliant authors for being shortlisted for The Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards 2025! @sportsbookawards.bsky.social
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April 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Congratulations to all of our brilliant authors for being shortlisted for The Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards 2025! @sportsbookawards.bsky.social
@iaincartergolf.bsky.social @lauralaker.bsky.social @maddyorr.bsky.social @mphcrawley.bsky.social
@iaincartergolf.bsky.social @lauralaker.bsky.social @maddyorr.bsky.social @mphcrawley.bsky.social
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Durham Anthropology would like to invite you to this years Layton Dialogue!
This year’s theme is ‘Multispecies ethnography as a forum for dialogue in anthropology’ and will feature Prof Marianne Lien and Dr Kerry Dore with Dr Simona Capisani as discussant! 📚🎓
This year’s theme is ‘Multispecies ethnography as a forum for dialogue in anthropology’ and will feature Prof Marianne Lien and Dr Kerry Dore with Dr Simona Capisani as discussant! 📚🎓
December 6, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Durham Anthropology would like to invite you to this years Layton Dialogue!
This year’s theme is ‘Multispecies ethnography as a forum for dialogue in anthropology’ and will feature Prof Marianne Lien and Dr Kerry Dore with Dr Simona Capisani as discussant! 📚🎓
This year’s theme is ‘Multispecies ethnography as a forum for dialogue in anthropology’ and will feature Prof Marianne Lien and Dr Kerry Dore with Dr Simona Capisani as discussant! 📚🎓
New paper out in Africa, alongside some other great writing on trust and competition in Africa. I explore the paradox that whilst Ethiopian runners often say 'there is no trust' between athletes, they embody trusting relations by training together. A short thread:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
‘If there is trust there is no need for words’: embodying trust in a competitive environment | Africa | Cambridge Core
‘If there is trust there is no need for words’: embodying trust in a competitive environment - Volume 94 Issue 3
www.cambridge.org
December 5, 2024 at 3:19 PM
New paper out in Africa, alongside some other great writing on trust and competition in Africa. I explore the paradox that whilst Ethiopian runners often say 'there is no trust' between athletes, they embody trusting relations by training together. A short thread:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This looks like a fascinating PhD project for someone:
🔊Funded PhD Opportunity!🔊
Ulster University is offering a FUNDED PhD project studying the history and evolution of online fitness influencers. Please do share widely and get in touch if you have any questions!
Ulster University is offering a FUNDED PhD project studying the history and evolution of online fitness influencers. Please do share widely and get in touch if you have any questions!
December 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
This looks like a fascinating PhD project for someone:
Enjoyed recording this for the Everyday Runners podcast with Andy Fuller, who asked some really great questions:
open.spotify.com/episode/7xHb...
open.spotify.com/episode/7xHb...
EDR #37: On doing running ethnography in Ethiopia and how to think better about East African running cultures - interview with Michael Crawley
Everyday Runners · Episode
open.spotify.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Enjoyed recording this for the Everyday Runners podcast with Andy Fuller, who asked some really great questions:
open.spotify.com/episode/7xHb...
open.spotify.com/episode/7xHb...
Cavendish wouldn't have made it as a pro rider today because he didn't 'hit the numbers.'
Reminds me of what Tao Geoghegan Hart told me:
'Our emotions and our experiences as humans - we aren't robots - actually determine far more of our performance than anything else'
shorturl.at/chbr3
Reminds me of what Tao Geoghegan Hart told me:
'Our emotions and our experiences as humans - we aren't robots - actually determine far more of our performance than anything else'
shorturl.at/chbr3
Mark Cavendish says 'I wouldn't make it as a professional now'
Mark Cavendish says that he would be unlikely to be a professional cyclist if he was starting his career now.
shorturl.at
November 18, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Cavendish wouldn't have made it as a pro rider today because he didn't 'hit the numbers.'
Reminds me of what Tao Geoghegan Hart told me:
'Our emotions and our experiences as humans - we aren't robots - actually determine far more of our performance than anything else'
shorturl.at/chbr3
Reminds me of what Tao Geoghegan Hart told me:
'Our emotions and our experiences as humans - we aren't robots - actually determine far more of our performance than anything else'
shorturl.at/chbr3