Can we make a difference? Examining the transformative potential of sport and active recreation

Watson, Rebecca; Tucker, Lee; Drury, Scarlett

doi:10.1080/17430437.2013.821258

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“…These studies have also challenged the simplistic idea that separate sports activities only reinforce bonding social capital, whereas mixed activity generates bridging social capital (Elling et al, 2001;Janssens & Verweel, 2014;Spaaij, 2012;Theeboom, Schaillée & Nols, 2012). Likewise, segregated athletic environments such as Muslim women-only sports experiences (Ahmad, 2011), adapted physical activities for people with disabilities (Ninot, Bilard & Delignières, 2005) or gay and lesbian sports clubs (Elling, De Knop & Knoppers, 2003;Watson, Tucker, L. & Drury, 2013) can provide safe spaces (Spaaij & Schulenkorf, 2014) for various groups to escape religious, sexist, homophobic and other forms of discrimination. At the same time, these practices can also become spaces for social resistance and sub-cultural celebration (Green & Chalip, 1998).…”

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De-sportizing physical activity: From sport-for-development to play-for-development

Sterchele

2015

European Journal for Sport and Society

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Although many initiatives use sport as a tool to blur boundaries and foster social mixing, the way physical activity is organized and displayed for such purposes suggests critical reflections about the potential of sport in terms of social inclusivity. When used for social purposes, mainstream sports often need to be adapted and partially de-structured by downplaying their competitive dimension, blurring categorizations through mixed-gender, mixed-age, mixed-ethnic, or mixed-ability teams, and reducing the distinction between players and spectators.Therefore, while the process of sportisation has re-shaped old forms of play and games, re-framing them as sports, when it comes to use physical activity to foster sociability the tendency seems to be the other way around, meaning that sports are re-shaped (or de-shaped) into mere games and even less structured forms of play.Drawing on both fieldwork carried out by the author and the main literature in the field, the paper provides a theoretical and analytical exploration of such a desportising trend.

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De-sportizing physical activity: From sport-for-development to play-for-development

Sterchele

2015

European Journal for Sport and Society

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“…Meanwhile, young people's engagement in dance and the gendered and gendering nature of this involvement intersects with social class, race, and sexuality (Ashley, 2009;Atencio and Wright;Polasek & Roper, 2011). I seek to contribute to understanding the ways in which gendered identities are embodied by individuals and are embedded in institutional and cultural practices and I frame this as thinking intersectionally (Watson & Ratna, 2011;Watson & Scraton, 2013;Watson, Drury & Tucker, 2013;Watson & Rodley, 2015;Watson 2017;Watson, 2018). As bodies are the sites and situations where the complexity of identity is played out, dance has the potential to contribute to mainstream debates on intersectionality.…”

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Young people doing dance doing gender: relational analysis and thinking intersectionally

Watson

2018

Sport, Education and Society

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Scraton (1992) asserts in her conclusion to 'Shaping up to Womanhood' that feminist analysis of PE (and sport and leisure more broadly) needs to engage more directly with masculinity as a means to understanding the 'dynamics of gender'. Focusing on young people's involvement in recreational dance, this paper demonstrates how some of those dynamics of gender are played out, reproduced and resisted by both boys and girls who participate at community based dance organisations. Selective data in the form of research frames are incorporated to illustrate how gender is constructed, enacted and embodied by young people engaged in recreational dance. Masculine and feminine hegemonies are highlighted and demonstrate that gender is both relational and intersectional. This contributes to ongoing analysis of masculinities and femininities as practices and processes imbued with complex power relations for young people.

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“…Este rechazo generalizado y evidente hacia gays y lesbianas en el deporte documentado en los trabajos anteriores, ha sido el que ha provocado que muchos de ellos antes de abandonar la práctica deportiva hayan buscando contextos más tolerantes y respetuosos donde sentirse más cómodos (WALTHER, 2006), como son los clubes, las ligas deportivas LGTB o los eventos internacionales como Gay Games o Outgames. En estos ambientes, los deportistas experimentan una sensación de mayor libertad, libres de prejuicios y discriminaciones (JARVIS, 2006, WATSON;TUCKER;DRURY, 2013, WELLARD, 2006, aunque se pueda caer fácilmente en la creación de guetos (SYMONS, 2007).…”

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Gays Y Lesbianas en El Deporte: Discurso De Jóvenes Universitarios Españoles en Torno a Su Aceptación

Piedra

2015

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A presença de gays e lésbicas no esporte tem sido cada vez mais notória. Estudos realizados em países ocidentais mostram panoramas diversos, desde uma certa normalização em determinadas sociedades até à persistência de um clima hostil à diversidade sexual. Considerando, a ausência de estudos sobre esta temática na Espanha, o objetivo do presente artigo é descrever o discurso de estudantes universitários espanhóis sobre a explicação da presença de gays e lésbicas no esporte. No âmbito da metodologia qualitativa foram realizados dois grupos focais de nove estudantes cada e aplicada a análise de conteúdo aos dados coletados. Os resultados sugerem uma certa normalização inicial de gays e lésbicas no esporte, mais clara no caso das mulheres, mas apontam para uma rejeição latente e sutil expressa em cada uma das três formas de homofobia (afetiva, cognitiva e comportamental). No esporte os estereótipos sobre a homossexualidade geram rejeição por parte da sociedade, principalmente demonstrada por meio de agressões verbais.

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Can we make a difference? Examining the transformative potential of sport and active recreation

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

De-sportizing physical activity: From sport-for-development to play-for-development

De-sportizing physical activity: From sport-for-development to play-for-development

Young people doing dance doing gender: relational analysis and thinking intersectionally

Gays Y Lesbianas en El Deporte: Discurso De Jóvenes Universitarios Españoles en Torno a Su Aceptación

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