{"id":239,"date":"2022-06-01T13:27:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T18:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/coughlin\/?p=239"},"modified":"2022-06-01T22:14:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T03:14:42","slug":"interviewed-about-friluftsliv-in-the-star-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/coughlin\/2022\/06\/01\/interviewed-about-friluftsliv-in-the-star-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Friluftsliv&#8221; in the Star Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/yuen-how-the-norwegian-concept-of-friluftsliv-can-get-us-through-the-dark-time\/600136951\/\">In January, I had the pleasure of talking with Laura Yuen of the Star Tribune about the Norwegian concept of &#8220;friluftsliv.&#8221;<\/a> Although I examine Norwegian views of nature from a scholarly perspective in my research, in my personal life I have genuinely felt the benefits of this pragmatic attitude that emphasizes the benefits of incorporating outdoor experiences into your everyday life. Rather than being a practice for the ultra tough or well-resourced, &#8220;friluftsliv&#8221; emphasizes the small ways that frequent encounters with the more-than-human world can enhance both individual well-being and social relationships.<\/p>\n<p>What I felt was missing in the article were the ways that Norwegian social structures support &#8220;friluftsliv&#8221;: A shorter work week, long vacations, universal health care so that ankle you twisted while out hiking doesn&#8217;t land you in a pile of medical debt, and even the fact that most businesses are closed on Sunday, making outdoor activities one of the best recreational options on the weekend. Not to mention <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitnorway.com\/plan-your-trip\/travel-tips-a-z\/right-of-access\/\">&#8220;allemannsretten,&#8221; or the Right to Roam<\/a>, which allows people not to have to worry about trespassing on private property and also educates people from an early age about their responsibility to enjoy nature respectfully.<\/p>\n<p>While it appeals to many people in the United States, &#8220;friluftsliv&#8221; isn&#8217;t a practice that is easily translated to the US American context.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January, I had the pleasure of talking with Laura Yuen of the Star Tribune about the Norwegian concept of &#8220;friluftsliv.&#8221; Although I examine Norwegian views of nature from a scholarly perspective in my research, in my personal life I have genuinely felt the benefits of this pragmatic attitude that emphasizes the benefits of incorporating outdoor experiences into your everyday life. Rather than being a practice for the ultra tough or well-resourced, &#8220;friluftsliv&#8221; emphasizes the small ways that frequent encounters&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/coughlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/coughlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/coughlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/coughlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/coughlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/coughlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/coughlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/coughlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/coughlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/coughlin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}