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Sustaining SportColonial echoes in sport and the environment – time to decolonise and degrow?The convergence of sport, decoloniality, and the environment presents a labyrinth of intricate ideas, and as we delve into their interconnectedness, the complexity deepens.Joining us on this informative journey is Samuel Clevenger, an Assistant Professor at Towson University in the USA, who has been trying to unpack some of this intersection. We start with the radical concept of decoloniality—an evolution beyond mere decolonisation. Through philosophical references and anecdotes, we raise instances where sport has been wielded to perpetuate a Western-centric worldview, shaping notions of identity, imagery, and competition. Then, in contrast, we examine examples where We...2023-08-0954 min
Faculty Success: Higher Ed ConversationsTeaching and Learning Through PodcastsListening to learn. Samuel Clevenger, Department of Kinesiology Assistant Professor, talks about his experience incorporating podcasts for teaching, learning, and alternative assessment. Learn ways students interact with podcasts, lessons learned and getting started advice he shares for faculty.
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IdlingIdling Next to Lake ErieThe sounds of idling next to Lake Erie. Recorded on October 24, 2021 at Lakeside, Ohio.2021-10-2425 min
IdlingIdling Next to the Potomac RiverThe sounds of idling next to the Potomac River. Recorded at Widewater State Park in the U.S. state of Virginia. It was a cool, overcast October afternoon, a large group of ducks were floating in the river.2021-10-1012 min
IdlingIdling Next to Lake Erie and Inscription RockStanding and thinking next to Lake Erie and the beautiful Inscription Rock in Ohio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inscription_Rock_(Kelleys_Island,_Ohio)2021-09-2610 minIdlingIdling Next to Stony Run, On a Rainy Friday MorningStanding and thinking next to Stony Run, Baltimore, Maryland. It was a morning of drizzling rain, raindrops hitting the recorder.2021-09-1710 minIdlingIdling Next to the Anacostia River Again, On a Windy MorningSitting and thinking next to the Anacostia River again, near Washington, D.C. It was a windy, sunny morning.2021-09-0611 minIdlingIdling Next to the Anacostia RiverSitting and thinking next to the Anacostia River near Washington, D.C.2021-08-3111 minIdlingIdling Next to Sligo CreekStanding and thinking next to Sligo Creek in Takoma Park, Maryland. I think the guitarist John Fahey wrote a song about this creek, called "Sligo River Blues".2021-08-2511 minIdlingIdling Next to Buddy Attick LakeSitting and thinking next to Buddy Attick Lake in Greenbelt, Maryland. The lake was created by the federal greenbelt town program during FDR's "New Deal" Administration.2021-08-2110 min
IdlingSaturday Back YardThe sounds of a back yard on a Saturday in August, 2021.2021-08-0842 min
The Small Business SurgeonZach Clevenger: Trust, Product Development, and Duck HotelsIn this episode, I sit down with Zachary Clevenger as he delves into his past failures and how they helped shape his current business ventures. Zachary co-owns Duck Dens and runs the IDMS Podcast aimed at manufacturers. He talks about the entire manufacturing process from the conceptual phase, through the developmental process, and finally marketing and selling your product.2021-05-1740 min
Sport in HistoryBSSH Conference 2020 The Writing of HIstoryThe Writing of HIstory is the subject of the third panel from the BSSH’s 2020 Conference, chaired by Dr Nick Piercey, with a wide ranging discussion between scholars researching in a variety of fields.In A ‘better attendance than usual’: Deconstructing the History of Sport and Recreation at Port Sunlight Samuel Clevenger of Towson University questions the benevolence of model communities and whether workers engaged in organised recreation as much as is assumed by conventional narratives.Dr Alex Jackson, in The uses of nostalgia and reminiscence in English football writing during WW1, interrogates the way in which nostalgia and ‘reminuisance’ (!) is a pheno...2020-10-221h 29