Simon Beames
beamingsimon.bsky.social
Simon Beames
@beamingsimon.bsky.social
Wannabe carpenter, sociologist, musician.  Pro napper.  Interested in outdoor adventure, learning outside the classroom, and friluftsliv.
"Self-directed practice in outdoor education: Irresponsible activity or pedagogy with great learning potential?"

Article located within debates around unaccompanied activities in OE programs.

@nih-sport-sciences.bsky.social @bergfrua.bsky.social

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Selvstyrt øving i friluftslivsutdanning – uansvarlig virksomhet, eller pedagogisk arbeidsform med stort læringspotensial?
Det finns en stor debatt inom skolpedagogiken om hur man ska se på undervisning som inte är lärarledd – är det ens undervisning? I den här featureartikeln resonerar Jørgen Weidemann Eriksen och kolleg...
idrottsforum.org
October 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
NEW RESEARCH ARTICLE
This study critically examined how five major Norwegian friluftsliv organizations use Instagram to represent women; Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC); and people with disabilities, using a netnographic and visual case study approach.
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Norwegian Friluftsliv Organizations and Social Media: Equity, Representation, and Influence
This study critically examined how five major Norwegian friluftsliv organizations use Instagram to represent women; Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC); and people with disabilities. Using a n...
idrottsforum.org
September 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The great reveal: Ella Nilsson's fantastic IOERC11 logo, inspired by Oslo's motto of "the blue and the green and the city in between".

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#ioerc11
September 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
To the 350 people who joined the @takemeoutside.bsky.social and @outdoorlearningjd.bsky.social webinar on Outdoor learning across the curriculum: Miigwech, Merci, Thank-you, Takk!

Recording: youtu.be/94990mP7r2w

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April 28, 2025 at 5:54 AM
April 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Two PhD positions in the Netherlands with a project called "Diversity Outdoors: Embodied Ethnoracial Inequalities and Outdoor Recreation in Europe". @drheidismith.bsky.social @bethchristie.bsky.social @rltauritz.bsky.social @aylward-tomas.bsky.social

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
Two PhD Positions in Cultural Anthropology in project
Two PhD Positions in Cultural Anthropology in project “Diversity Outdoors”The Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology invites applications for two fully funded four year full-time...
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March 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
For all you outdoor therapy people out there, this looks good!

@kayerichards.bsky.social @outdoor-learning.bsky.social
Association for Outdoor Therapy (AOT) Conference:
‘Sharing practices and building perspectives’ in #OutdoorTherapy
8-9th Nov 2025 @PlasyBrenin North Wales
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March 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Congrats to Gill Pomfret, @adeledoran.bsky.social and Carl Cater with the publication of the Routledge International Handbook of Adventure Tourism.

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Handbooks are expensive, but the eBook version is reasonably priced....
Routledge International Handbook of Adventure Tourism
This handbook presents the latest research, industry trends, developments and initiatives in adventure tourism. It explores conceptualisations of adventure tourism, historical and intellectual develop...
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March 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
‪New paper on nature-based programs and youth mental health. Trying to find my way into this crucial field of practice and research!

Awesome collaborating with Marte Bentzen, Solfrid Bratland-sanda, Nevin Harper and @kayerichards.bsky.social

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Nature-based Programs and Youth Mental Health: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know? | Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership
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February 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Canada's Outdoor Learning School & Store works with a vast network of partners. I'm just getting to know them and very impressed with all the professional learning courses on offer.

@outdoorlearningjd.bsky.social

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Partner Events - Outdoor Learning School & Store
Our Outdoor Learning Partners offer exceptional professional learning opportunities: Feb 7 – 14: #NatureForAll Love Fest with NatureForAll Feb 13, Virtual: Elementary (Gr 3-8) Challenge Info Session w...
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February 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
For those interested in friluftsliv and how it ideas around it were shaped by certain powerful actors, this is paper is outstanding. It's by Cleng Andersen Eikje at the Univ. of Southern Norway. I can send it to you if you can't access it...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Discourses on friluftsliv and environmental awareness in Norway, 1960–2000
This article analyses how the cultural practice of Norwegian friluftsliv (outdoor recreation) came to be represented as a particularly effective way of cultivating environmental awareness from the ...
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February 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Jack Reed strikes again! (we're just riding on his coat tails)

Important and fascinating findings from Jack's PhD.

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Excited to share my latest research, exploring how platforms like Instagram, TikTok & Minecraft shape young people's perceptions of nature and their in-person interactions with it.

Huge thanks to co-authors @beamingsimon.bsky.social and Gale Macleod.

Paper available here: doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
Young people's networked constructions of nature: Evidence from a qualitative multiple case study in the United Kingdom
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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January 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM