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The Never Ending Saga - An Anthropological Portrait of CrossFitters

Nyberg, Ella LU (2025) SANK03 20251
Social Anthropology
Abstract
This thesis explores how sports contexts contribute to people's lives. Using CrossFit in southern Sweden as context, it draws anthropological conclusions on how life inside 'The Box' (the CrossFit gym) differs from other parts of the informants' lives. Followingly, it explains why and how individuals engage in the CrossFit context. Concludingly, it aims to illustrate what life features CrossFitters bring outside The Box. The study consists of a month-long fieldwork including participant observation, 14 semistructured interviews, many daily interactions, and photography at The Box of study. The thesis also engages with previous ethnographic literature on CrossFitters. The theoretical perspectives used in the analysis originate from Victor... (More)
This thesis explores how sports contexts contribute to people's lives. Using CrossFit in southern Sweden as context, it draws anthropological conclusions on how life inside 'The Box' (the CrossFit gym) differs from other parts of the informants' lives. Followingly, it explains why and how individuals engage in the CrossFit context. Concludingly, it aims to illustrate what life features CrossFitters bring outside The Box. The study consists of a month-long fieldwork including participant observation, 14 semistructured interviews, many daily interactions, and photography at The Box of study. The thesis also engages with previous ethnographic literature on CrossFitters. The theoretical perspectives used in the analysis originate from Victor Turner, Johan Huizinga, Zygmunt Bauman, Mihaly Csikszentmihaly, Marcel Mauss, Andrew D. Spiegel, and J. Clyde Mitchell. (Less)
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author
Nyberg, Ella LU
supervisor
organization
course
SANK03 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Social Anthropology, Sports, CrossFit, Play, Liminality
language
English
id
9193417
date added to LUP
2025-06-05 12:08:16
date last changed
2025-06-05 12:08:16
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  abstract     = {{This thesis explores how sports contexts contribute to people's lives. Using CrossFit in southern Sweden as context, it draws anthropological conclusions on how life inside 'The Box' (the CrossFit gym) differs from other parts of the informants' lives. Followingly, it explains why and how individuals engage in the CrossFit context. Concludingly, it aims to illustrate what life features CrossFitters bring outside The Box. The study consists of a month-long fieldwork including participant observation, 14 semistructured interviews, many daily interactions, and photography at The Box of study. The thesis also engages with previous ethnographic literature on CrossFitters. The theoretical perspectives used in the analysis originate from Victor Turner, Johan Huizinga, Zygmunt Bauman, Mihaly Csikszentmihaly, Marcel Mauss, Andrew D. Spiegel, and J. Clyde Mitchell.}},
  author       = {{Nyberg, Ella}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Never Ending Saga - An Anthropological Portrait of CrossFitters}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}