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Research was conducted with six leading professionals in the whitewater adventure sports industry to learn about the literacies of their vocations. Interviewees included Olympic and world champion athletes, international explorers, a safety expert, whitewater garment manufacturers, and whitewater outfitters. Findings reveal the interviewees’ formative experiences with outdoor exploration and literacy, literature that influenced their callings, and identification of essential print and multimedia literacies used in the industry, like guidebooks, websites, and business administration practices. Suggestions are made for adventure sports programs to incorporate these literacy practices in their curricula and for K-high school education to recognize outdoor experiential education and associated literacies in school curricula.
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Mogge, S.G. (2023). Print and Multimedia Literacies in Whitewater Adventure Sports: Disciplinary Research and Practice. In: Mogge, S.G., Huggins, S., Knutson, J., Lobel, E.E., Segal, P. (eds) Multiple Literacies for Dance, Physical Education and Sports. Springer Texts in Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20117-2_9
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