Publication: Working Out in “Sunlight Happiness Gym”: Fitness, Well-Being, and Temporal Rhythms in the Contemporary Tibetan City
Working Out in “Sunlight Happiness Gym”: Fitness, Well-Being, and Temporal Rhythms in the Contemporary Tibetan City
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Kukuczka, A. (2023). Working Out in “Sunlight Happiness Gym”: Fitness, Well-Being, and Temporal Rhythms in the Contemporary Tibetan City. Himalaya, 43(1), 71–88. https://doi.org/10.2218/himalaya.2023.8881
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What might it mean to strive for well-being and a viable life in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR)? What are the temporal rhythms of urban life for government-employed Tibetan women in their mid-twenties? This article engages with these questions by foregrounding seemingly mundane activities related to fitness and sport as they are experienced by Yangkyi and Tselha, two highly educated government workers in their mid-20s. It draws on seven months of ethnographic research, followed up by communication on social me
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Kukuczka, A. (2023). Working Out in “Sunlight Happiness Gym”: Fitness, Well-Being, and Temporal Rhythms in the Contemporary Tibetan City. Himalaya, 43(1), 71–88. https://doi.org/10.2218/himalaya.2023.8881
