Muslim women's sporting spatialities: navigating culture, religion and moving bodies in Aotearoa New Zealand

Thorpe, Holly; Ahmad, Nida; Marfell, Amy; Richards, Justin

doi:10.1080/0966369x.2020.1855123

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“…Similarly, recruitment of a small number of individuals identifying as gender diverse meant they were excluded from analyses. In addition, other socio-demographic characteristics known to impact physical activity participation among New Zealanders, such as religiosity and sexual orientation, were not assessed [36,37]. In light of the differences we identified for the socio-demographics included in the analyses, it is worth considering what additional characteristics could be assessed and included in future research.…”

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Differences in physical activity participation among young adults in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Background The purpose of this study was to examine socio-demographic differences in physical activity (aerobic and muscle-strengthening) among young adults (18–24 years). Methods Data collected between 2017–2019 as a part of Sport New Zealand’s Active NZ survey were examined using logistic regression analyses to determine the odds of participants meeting aerobic, muscle-strengthening and combined physical activity recommendations. Gender, ethnicity, employment/student status, disability status, and socio-economic deprivation were included as explanatory variables in analyses. Results The proportion of young adults meeting recommendations varied according to physical activity type (aerobic:63.2%; strength:40.1%; combined:37.2%). Young adults not employed/studying had lower odds of meeting recommendations than those full-time employed (OR = 0.43 [0.34–0.54]). Physical activity levels differ according to gender and this intersects with ethnicity, employment/student status, and social deprivation. For example, the odds of Pasifika young adults meeting combined physical activity recommendations compared to Europeans were not different (OR = 0.95 [0.76–1.19]), but when stratified by gender the odds were significantly higher for men (OR = 1.55 [1.11–2.16]) and significantly lower for women (OR = 0.64 [0.47–0.89]. Similarly, young adults in high deprivation areas had lower odds of meeting combined physical activity recommendations than those in low deprivation areas (OR = 0.81 [0.68–0.95]), but this was mainly due to the difference among women (OR = 0.68 [0.54–0.85]) as there was no difference among men (OR = 0.97 [0.76–1.25]). Conclusions Intersections between socio-demographic characteristics should be considered when promoting physical activity among young adults in Aotearoa New Zealand, particularly young adults not employed/studying, and young women who live in deprived areas or identify as Asian or Pasifika. Tailored approaches according to activity type for each of these groups are required.

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“…It became evident that participation in sport activities at school context not resolve full tensions about diverse cultural ideologies, discourses and traditions, it can sometimes even aggravate them if intercultural approaches are not used. The mere application of foreign cultural ideals about the body and movement can generate anthropological, sociological, gender-related, and theological tensions ( Lenneis and Pfister, 2017 ; Thorpe et al, 2022 ). Some of this was evident at the beginning of SCSP programs.…”

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“…To prevent this, a specific intercultural pedagogy is essential to compliment the possibilities for intercultural understanding and cooperation that both schooling and sport offer. In this sense, different authors ( Shea and Beausoleil, 2012 ; McSweeney and Hakiza, 2022 ; Thorpe et al, 2022 ; Truskewycz et al, 2022 ) raise the need to analyze how the body representations of immigrant and native groups are limited by dominant cultural traditions and institutions, for this reason overcoming cultural stereotypes in relation to sport and movement, especially those that segregate girls, requires a deep understanding of these cultural systems in order to succeed in this task, otherwise resistance from members of these cultures is likely to be encountered.…”

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After-school sports programmes and social inclusion processes in culturally diverse contexts: Results of an international multicase study

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This research aimed to understand the role of after-school sports programs in social inclusion processes in culturally diverse contexts through a multicase study within two locations. The first location was in Spain where immigrant and Spanish students were enrolled, and the other was in Chile with Mapuche-Huilliche students, immigrant and Chilean students. The implemented programs at both sites were similar in their educational focus on socio-educational values, and teaching models (hybridization of teaching games for understanding and cooperative learning) that enhance social inclusion. Using individual and group interviews with teachers, sports coordinators, parents, and students, a qualitative approach was used to identify the factors that facilitate or hinder the social inclusion processes. In addition, the researchers used qualitative observations of the programs over six months using “notes logbook” to record their impressions during the observation process. Results indicated that the implemented sports programs successfully facilitated social inclusion processes, enabling the development of interpersonal skills and relationships between students from different cultural backgrounds. The previous training and experiences of teachers in culturally diverse contexts, and incorporation of traditional sporting games from all cultures, seems to be an important facilitator factor for the inclusion potential of the implemented programs.

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“…Contemporary running geographies are also marked by developments in theoretical and methodological approaches. While Tuan informed Bale's seminal writing, recent studies—as elaborated below—have drawn upon and extended more lively, corporeal and embodied approaches such non‐representational geography (Barnfield, 2016; Larsen, 2019), feminist geography (Burghardt, 2022; Little, 2017; Thorpe et al., 2022), affect theory (Cai et al., 2021; Latham & McCormack, 2017); Ingold's notion of taskscape (Howe & Morris, 2009), as well as rhythmanalysis (Edensor et al., 2018; Edensor & Larsen, 2018; Larsen, 2022). Despite their differences, they focus on the lived, learned, corporeal, mediated, sensuous, emplaced and sometimes hard‐to‐verbalise sensations and rhythms of running with others and in specific places and weather‐worlds.…”

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Geographies of running cultures and practices

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2022

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Running is inherently geographical, with spaces, places, movement and bodies central to the practice. Running has captured the geographical imagination over the last decade and this paper reaches across such work to provide a state‐of‐the‐art synthesis of the geographies of running. The review is structured around six key themes that characterise contemporary running geographies and demonstrate the value geography and running bring to each other: (1) different running practices; (2) theorising and researching running; (3) senses, experiences and embodiment; (4) running, space and place; (5) events; and (6) technologies and objects. The paper concludes by considering what is next for running geographies by highlighting three new avenues: (1) further engagement with digital geographies; (2) the runnability of places; and (3) diversifying who does running geography and who it studies.

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Muslim women's sporting spatialities: navigating culture, religion and moving bodies in Aotearoa New Zealand

Cited by 20 publications

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Differences in physical activity participation among young adults in Aotearoa New Zealand

Differences in physical activity participation among young adults in Aotearoa New Zealand

After-school sports programmes and social inclusion processes in culturally diverse contexts: Results of an international multicase study

Geographies of running cultures and practices

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