Abstract
This paper focuses on French sporting culture. In France, different approaches have been adopted to study it on a national scale: (1) a census of sports licenses issued by state-approved sports federations, (2) a national survey of French people living in metropolitan France and overseas departments. The aim here is to present the results of the national surveys on the physical and sporting practices of French people in 2020. However, given that climate change is a global societal and scientific issue, another section of the paper is devoted to the outdoor physical and sporting activities of the French. The aim is to examine these issues in the world of nature sports, which are a priori more exposed than other sporting universes (indoor sports, artificial sites, etc.). Consequently, we provide answers to the following questions. Does the 2020 survey establish a link between the results for outdoor activities and climate change ? Does it show an increase or decrease in physical and sporting activities ? What does this survey have to say about the relationship with nature of French people who say they are involved in this type of activity?
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Sporting Cultures and Identities
KEYWORDS
Sports culture, France, National survey
