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Group fitness instructors and professional identity in transition. An ethnographic study

Groepsfitness instructeurs en professionele identiteit in transitie. Een etnografische studie
Start - End 
2021 - 2025 (stopped)
Type 
PhD research
Department(s) 
Department of Linguistics
Other institution(s) 
Linnaeus University
Malmö University
Research group(s) 
MULTIPLES - Research Centre for Multilingual Practices and Language Learning in Society
Research Focus 
Communication
Linguistics
Research Period 
Contemporary
Research Methodology 
Comparative
Field research
Language and text analysis
Quantitative
Surveys
Additional tags 
sport science
digital sociology

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Abstract

This project investigates how healthism, belonging, and empowerment are articulated and embodied by Les Mills instructors. The study also explores how current normative societal ideologies are mirrored, reproduced, and contested within the Les Mills trainer community.

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Supervisor(s)

Phd Student(s)

External(s)

Susanna Hedenborg

Malmö University

Jesper Andreasson

Linnaeus University
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