Abstract Gyms that at the same time offer an environment for individualized training and social encounters are today attractive to a broad and culturally diverse group of people. The figuration sociological approach of ‘established’ and ‘outsiders’ and the ethnographic field work of this study show that in a gym, cultural differences play out in both exclusionary, rejecting behaviours and a gym-specific habitual principle of mutual help in sport activities that binds members and transcends cultural differences. Gym attendance and participation can enable intercultural interaction, strengthen mutual acceptance and support adaptation processes. Nevertheless, the potential of this interaction depends on gym-goers’ personal motives, their training habits and a gym’s active cultural diversity management.

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健身房作为跨文化交汇点？健身房互动中的绑定效果和边界

摘要 健身房同时为个性化训练和社交活动提供环境，如今对广泛且文化多元的人群具有吸引力。“既定的”和“局外人”的形象化社会学方法以及本研究的民族志田野工作表明，在体育馆中，文化差异在排斥、拒绝行为和体育活动中互助的体育馆特定习惯性原则中发挥作用。结合成员并超越文化差异。参加和参与健身房可以促进跨文化互动，加强相互接受并支持适应过程。然而，这种互动的潜力取决于去健身房的人的个人动机、他们的训练习惯和健身房积极的文化多样性管理。