Paul Gilchrist
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Research

My research focuses on the geographies of sport and leisure. I am strongly interdisciplinary, drawing on insights from human geography, cultural politics, sociology, media studies and history. My research has examined: recreational access to the countryside; countercultural  sports and the regulation of leisure space; British cultures of adventure and the heroic masculinities associated with climbing and mountaineering; new media and lifestyle sport; heritage tourism and blue space; allotment gardening, community supported agriculture and food cultures; and, literary cultures of labouring-class poets. I continue to pursue research interests in these  areas and would love to hear from anyone who is interested in finding out more.

current projects


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Other Everests

Other Everests: Commemoration, Memory and Meaning and the British Everest Expedition Centenaries 2021-2024 is a new research network, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), UK. 
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Celebrity Embodiment and Climbing Mount Everest

I have longstanding research interests in the relationships between mountaineering, gender, heroism, fame and the media. This project looks explicitly at the phenomenon of celebrities on Everest, particularly the ideologies, meanings and affecting qualities that are attached to the bodies of these erstwhile adventurers. 
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The Future of Outdoor Informal Leisure Spaces

This is a collaborative project with Dr Katherine King (Bournemouth University) and Prof Andrew Church (University of Bedfordshire) which is investigating the practices of youth participation and access to nearby nature spaces for informal leisure and sport. It seeks to inform understandings of the democratic management of public space and the contribution of informal cultures of youth environmental citizenship to the making of space.
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Bard of Tyneside

This project relates to the literary recovery of my poet ancestor,  Robert Gilchrist (1797-1844). I have written a couple of essays on aspects of his life and I am currently writing a biography that explores his life, times and compositions.
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