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Research interests
Sean Heath is Social Anthropologist specializing in the body, movement, the senses, and human-water interactions. He has conducted research with competitive swimmers in Canada and the UK which examined the sensory aspects of immersion in water and the sociality of club swimming and how these affect youths’ wellbeing. He has also examined the emplaced entanglements between the material, social, and emotional experiences of outdoor swimming in “natural” environments.
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Bodies in Water: Embodiment, Social Worlds, and Fluid Motion in Competitive Age-Group Swim Clubs, Simon Fraser University
Award Date: 14 Sept 2017
Bachelor, Bachelor of Arts, Simon Fraser University
Award Date: 8 Sept 2014
Keywords
- GN Anthropology
- Childhood and Youth
- Anthropology of Sport
- Embodiment
- Identity
- Swimming
- phenomenology
- the body
- water
- movement
- the senses
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Reflections on Covid: Sensing the Environment in Outdoor Swimming
Heath, S., 21 Jan 2022, Brighton, UK : Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics (University of Brighton).Research output: Other contribution
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Sensory ecologies: the refinement of movement and the senses in sport
Carter, T. F., Heath, S., Jacobs, S. & Rana, J., 6 Nov 2022, In: Senses and Society. 17, 3, p. 241-251 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Falling Short: Response to UKRI’s Phase 1 and Phase 2 Support for PhD researchers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Munro, E. & Heath, S., 2021, UK: Pandemic PGRs. 46 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
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Social Space on and off the Pool Deck: Storyslamming Anthropology
Heath, S., 18 Mar 2021. 7 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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The Ethics of Apprenticing with Youth Swimmers
Heath, S., 30 Mar 2021. 6 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Activities
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Ethics of body movements: Scrutinising ethics of sports, martial arts and dance research
Sean Heath (Organiser), Henrike Neuhaus (Organiser) & Benjamin Hildred (Organiser)
30 Mar 2021Activity: Events › Conference
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A BSA Postgraduate Forum Regional Event
Judith Romhild-Raviart (Organiser) & Sean Heath (Organiser)
18 Mar 2021Activity: Events › Conference
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Swim England South East Swimming Committee (External organisation)
Sean Heath (Member)
2020 → …Activity: External boards and professional/academic bodies › Personal board membership of professional/academic bodies
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Transforming Sport Podcast
Sean Heath (Organiser), Alex Channon (Organiser), Mark Doidge (Participant), Anastasiya Khomutova (Participant), Thomas Carter (Organiser) & Daniel Burdsey (Participant)
2020 → …Activity: Events › Outreach and Public Engagement
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Sport, Movement, and the Senses
Sean Heath (Organiser) & Thomas Carter (Organiser)
20 Nov 2019 → 24 Nov 2019Activity: Events › Conference