How Surfing Creates an Ecosystem? An Investigation about Surfers in Madagascar

Lilia Khelifi (1)

1 SU - Sorbonne Université

As a part of my research, I am investigating what surfing means to individuals who define themselves as surfers. The qualitative survey I led a month in Madagascar allowed to grasp the complexity of a surfer’s identity construction and the ways individuals appropriate a globalised practice. Cultural geography and maritime anthropology are the research fields I focused on to apprehend the interactions between the respondents and their environments, and also with themselves.

Mots clés: Surfing; Madagascar; Individual; Ocean; Identity; Movement; Feel; Experience; Body

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace

Lilia Khelifi. How Surfing Creates an Ecosystem? An Investigation about Surfers in Madagascar. Proceedings of the 4th International Congress on Ambiances, Alloaesthesia: Senses, Inventions, Worlds, Réseau International Ambiances, Dec 2020, e-conference, France. pp. 178-183, ⟨10.48537/hal-03220347⟩. ⟨hal-03220347⟩