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Michael Crawley

@mphcrawley.bsky.social
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Writer and social anthropologist at Durham University, thinking about energy, endurance and increasingly performance enhancement.

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Bloomsbury Sport @bloomsburysport.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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
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Hannah Brown @mamatommy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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! 📚🎓
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Michael Crawley @mphcrawley.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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...
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‘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
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Michael Crawley @mphcrawley.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
This looks like a fascinating PhD project for someone:
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Michael Crawley @mphcrawley.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Enjoyed recording this for the Everyday Runners podcast with Andy Fuller, who asked some really great questions: open.spotify.com/episode/7xHb...
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EDR #37: On doing running ethnography in Ethiopia and how to think better about East African running cultures - interview with Michael Crawley
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Michael Crawley @mphcrawley.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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
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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.
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