Jasmijn Rana Explores Cultural Norms in Running on 'Everyday Runners' Podcast

Published on 14 January 2025

Episodes 40 and 42 of the podcast Everyday Runners by Andy Fuller and Reading Sideways Press, feature a conversation with Jasmijn Rana, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Sociology of Development.

Inspired by Jasmijn’s article, "Gendered Enskilment: Becoming Women Through Recreational Running", the two forty-five-minute episodes Jasmijn and Andy reflect on their personal experiences as runners, the dynamics of interactions with fellow runners, and the social exchanges that occur at races. 

Their conversation spans a wide range of topics, such as the digital fitness tracking Strava, productivity, attire, Islamophobia, and neoliberal influences.

Everyday Runners is available for streaming. Listen to the episodes:

• "EDR #40: Jasmijn Rana: How Do We Move Our Bodies in Social-Cultural Worlds?"
• "EDR #42: I Think People Love Sifan Hassan Despite the Fact That She's Muslim."

 

Read Jasmijn’s article: 

• "Gendered Enskilment: Becoming Women Through Recreational Running" (2022, The Senses and Society, Vol. 17, No. 3)