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- Barker, Dean, 1977-, et al.
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Constructive readings of interactive episodes : Examining ethics in physical education from a social constructionist perspective
- 2013
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Ingår i: Sport, Education and Society. - : Routledge. - 1357-3322 .- 1470-1243. ; 18:4, s. 511-526
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper we illustrate how ways of thinking about ethics are tied up with sport and physical education practice and introduce an alternative approach that can help to develop ethical pedagogies. We begin by locating socio-moral education in physical education within historical and contemporary pedagogical scholarship. Our argument is that the work of today's physical educators is still shaped by claims that were made about school sport in the nineteenth century and that sport scholars have long had difficulties proving these claims empirically. Rather than search for data that can confirm or refute claims of moral learning, we examine how incidents related to moral behaviour occur during physical education lessons. To do this we draw on data from an ethnographic investigation of a school in North Western Switzerland. Specifically, we present three episodes of interaction in three different physical education lessons. To make sense of these episodes, we introduce a social constructionist perspective. The main assumptions of this perspective are: (1) meanings are created through dialogue and consensus and are context-relative; (2) interactions between people are joint accomplishments; and (3) contexts affect how people interact with one another. Equipped with a constructionist framework, we then inspect the interactive episodes more closely. We include brief discussions of how constructionist understandings might inform ethics pedagogies in the future, suggesting that practitioners should be cautious of universal understandings of ethics, consider pupils as members of communities that are held together by shared practices, provide space for pupils to position themselves differently during lessons and, finally, account for contextual factors when evaluating pupils' actions.
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- Barker, Dean, 1977-, et al.
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High performance sport and sustainability : a contradiction of terms?
- 2014
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Ingår i: Reflective Practice. - : Routledge. - 1462-3943 .- 1470-1103. ; 15:1, s. 1-11
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Success in high performance sport has always been highly valued. Today, lucrative contracts, sponsorship deals and opportunities for celebrity status are balanced against substantial time spent training and high chances of failure. With pressure mounting on athletes to make the most of their athletic 'investment', the temptation to compromise their future well-being by exploiting their bodies for short-term gain and/or by cheating is growing. The aim of this paper is to explore the utility of sustainability science for thinking about these types of issues. Sustainability science is an emerging field which seeks to preserve the well-being of the planet and those on it by exploring the potential of nature and culture without compromising the future resource base. It specializes in developing holistic perspectives, considering multiple time scales, optimizing current systems without compromising the carrying capacity of the Earth, but also questioning the values and principles that dominate current ways of producing and consuming. Sustainability science acknowledges that we live in a rapidly changing world characterized by high levels of complexity and uncertainty. The proposition developed in this paper is that an exploration of sustainability perspectives can be generative in re-thinking and re-orienting the principles of high level competitive sports.
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- Barker, Dean, 1977, et al.
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'Just do a little more': examining expertise in high performance sport from a sociocultural learning perspective
- 2014
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Ingår i: Reflective Practice. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1462-3943 .- 1470-1103. ; 15:1, s. 92-105
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Research suggests that extensive training is necessary for the development of sporting expertise. Research also suggests that extensive training can lead to overuse injuries. The aims of this paper are to: (1) expand the concept of expertise in high performance sport, and (2) contribute to the discussion of how high performance athletes move towards expert performance in sustainable ways. To achieve these aims, data from retrospective interviews with four Olympians from four different sports are presented. As a way of extending traditional approaches, a pedagogical framework focusing on dispositional learning is employed to examine athletic development. The notion of threshold concepts is used as a specific analytic tool for thinking about how athletes come to make sense of their sporting environments. Interpretations of the data provide insights into the nature of thresholds in high performance sport, factors that facilitate threshold crossing, and factors that may prevent athletes from making advances, all of which have implications for practitioners interested in developing expertise. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.
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- Barker, Dean, 1977-, et al.
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Moving out of sports : A sociocultural examination of olympic career transitions
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Ingår i: International journal of sports science & coaching. - : Sage Publications. - 1747-9541 .- 2048-397X. ; 9:2, s. 255-270
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article outlines sociocultural learning theory, shows how this theory can be used to examine end-of-career athletic transitions, and stimulates discussion on the implications of this framework for sport professionals. The central question addressed is how learning in elite sport affects participation in activities beyond sporting settings. Data from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with three former Olympians are presented. The interpretation suggests that: 1) movement to new social settings involves abandoning some elements of athletic dispositions and developing new elements, 2) transitions are affected by prior learning in sport and the characteristics of new settings, and 3) learning in sporting environments is often unintentional or implicit. The results encourage practitioners to acknowledge the effort involved in developing new dispositions in different settings. They support a case-specific view of transitions where 'success' is considered in contextual terms. Further, the data highlight a need for sport professionals to recognize tacit learning.
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- Barker, Dean, 1977, et al.
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Olympism as education: analysing the learning experiences of elite athletes
- 2012
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Ingår i: Educational Review. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0013-1911 .- 1465-3397. ; 64:3, s. 368-383
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Olympic athletes are potentially the most visible exponents of Olympic values. How athletes learn values, however, has not captured the attention of those responsible for Olympic documentation or pedagogues. This paper examines how aspects of Olympism became relevant for three former Olympians during their athletic careers. Interview material suggested that: (1) inconsistencies within official expressions of Olympism mirror tensions in athletic experiences; (2) some claims concerning sport made in the Olympic Charter are simplistic and translate poorly to Olympic experiences that are multidimensional and complex; and (3) universal ethical principles have limited influence on how athletes conduct themselves. The results imply that pedagogues working with elite athletes should make discursive discontinuities in sport explicit, reflect on traditional views of sport education while acknowledging implicit learning, and approach questions of ethics from a specific and practice-oriented standpoint rather than a universal and principle-based one.
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- Barker, Dean, 1977, et al.
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Swiss youths, migration and integrative sport: A critical constructive reading of popular discourse
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Ingår i: European Journal of Sport Sociology. - : Routledge. - 1613-8171 .- 2380-5919. ; 10:2, s. 143-160
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper critically interrogates widespread assumptions pertaining to the integrative function of sporting involvement in Switzerland. It focuses specifically on young people living in a culturally diverse area and how they make use of discursive variations of the integrative sport text. Interview material draws attention to four main sub-texts that frame sport as: a pedagogical tool, a site of interpersonal exchange, a method of catharsis, and as an apolitical activity without relevance to ethnicity. It is argued that these sub-texts: (1) are embedded within broader culturalist discourse and, (2) either support divisive social relations or do little to challenge them. Both instances suggest that changes are necessary to the way sport is ‘produced’ in discourse if it is to positively influence ethnic relations.
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- Barker, Dean, 1977, et al.
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Youths with migration backgrounds and their experiences of physical education: an examination of three cases
- 2014
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Ingår i: Sport, Education and Society. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1357-3322 .- 1470-1243. ; 19:2, s. 186-203
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- While understanding young people has never been easy, migration trends make it increasingly difficult. Many classrooms have become culturally heterogeneous and teachers are often faced with pupils with diverse linguistic and cultural heritages. Current scholarship suggests that as a discipline, physical education has not adapted to this diversity. In fact, commentators have suggested that physical education alienates pupils from minority groups and that traditional practices work to maintain cultural difference. The broad objective of this paper is to provide insights into how physical education intersects with biographies shaped by migration. Drawing from a case study investigation, this paper presents interview data from three youths with migration backgrounds living in a German-speaking region of Switzerland. The cases were selected because they highlight various ways in which physical education (PE) comes to make sense for adolescents. The key arguments that we develop are that ethnicity often works at an implicit level in PE, that young people experience the effects of migration backgrounds in diverse ways, and that migrants themselves support official educational discourses that work to disadvantage people with migration backgrounds. A key implication is that in a cultural milieu in which generalisations are normal and sometimes considered desirable, both researchers and practitioners need to be wary of racialising discourses. As an alternative, it is suggested that focusing on individual processes can improve the conceptualisation and implementation of physical education pedagogies.
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- Barker-Ruchti, Natalie, 1971-, et al.
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Athlete learning in Olympic sport
- 2014
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Ingår i: Sports Coaching Review. - : Routledge. - 2164-0629 .- 2164-0637. ; 3:2, s. 162-178
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- High-performance sport impacts athletes beyond the physical. Coaches and coaching practice are particularly influential in shaping this learning and development. This article examines the learning identified through an inductive content analysis of eight former Olympic athletes’ career narratives. Three phases of learning could be identified across the cohort: ‘Growing into high-performance sport’, ‘Making sense of high-performance sport’, and ‘(Re)shaping high-performance sport’. A cultural perspective of learning, in particular the metaphor of ‘becoming’, is employed to interpret the Olympians’ learning experiences. The findings of this research indicate that athlete learning is bound by particular high-performance sporting contexts and career phases, yet impacted by the athletes’ individual backgrounds and dispositions. Further, data indicate that athletes’ personal development reflexively intertwines with athletic performance and performance enhancement. Implications for coaches are to: (1) involve athletes in co-constructing their sporting cultures and training contexts; and (2) provide possibilities and support for athletes to develop personally.
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- Barker-Ruchti, Natalie, 1971, et al.
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'One door closes, a next door opens up somewhere’: The learning of one Olympic synchronized swimmer
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Ingår i: Reflective Practice. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1462-3943 .- 1470-1103. ; 13:3, s. 373-385
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Although training in sport is necessary to reach Olympic status, a conditioned body is not the only outcome. Athletes also learn how to be Olympians. This learning involves taking on certain ways of acting, thinking and valuing. Such learning has implications beyond competition, as athletes eventually retire from elite sport and devote their time to other activities. This paper examines processes of learning and transition using the case of Amelia, a former Olympic synchronised swimmer. Through two in-depth interviews, empirical material was generated which focused on the learning that took place during this athlete’s career and after, during her transition to paid employment. A cultural view of learning was used as the theoretical frame to understand the athlete’s experiences. Our reading suggests that the athlete learned in various ways to be productive. Some of these ways of being were useful after retirement; others were less compatible. In fact, Amelia used a two-year period after retirement to reconstruct herself. Key to her eventual successful transition was to distance herself from the sport and to critically reflect upon her sporting experiences. We thus recommend that those involved with high-performance athletes foster a more balanced perspective that acknowledges and promotes ways of being beyond athletic involvement.
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- Barker-Ruchti, Natalie, 1971-, et al.
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Sport-'It's Just Healthy' : Locating Healthism within Discourses of Social Integration
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Ingår i: Journal of ethnic and migration studies. - : Routledge. - 1369-183X .- 1469-9451. ; 39:5, s. 759-772
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Immigration discourses in Switzerland have developed out of a fear of 'over-foreignisation'. Central to this development are discourses of difference in which Swiss culture is centred and foreign ones are marginalised. At present, Eastern and South-East European cultures are particularly affected. In this article, we challenge perceived cultural incommensurability by examining the socialisation of second-generation girls of immigrant background, through data generated from semi-structured interviews with them. The girls draw on a tightly defined discursive range of linguistic resources to construct the meanings of sport, health and the body. Specifically, the girls refer to healthism, within which sport is seen to provide a means to achieve good health and a slim and feminine body. These references reflect a set of knowledge and discourses important to Western cultures. Alternative discursive resources exist, yet were not utilised. We argue that the girls' adoption of healthist ideas is used to counter cultural narratives-such as the uncultured, and thus non-integrated, immigrant-and that this adoption supports and maintains white healthist ideas, 'othering' the (foreign) other.
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- Barker-Ruchti, Natalie, 1971-, et al.
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Techno-rational knowing and phronesis : the professional practice of one middle-distance running coach
- 2014
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Ingår i: Reflective Practice. - : Routledge. - 1462-3943 .- 1470-1103. ; 15:1, s. 53-65
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sport coaching has traditionally been seen as a techno-rational activity. In recent years, there has been a 'subjective turn'. Intuitive, as well as situation-specific interpretations are today perceived as necessary to handle complex, dynamic and often unpredictable sport environments. While a considerable body of research has attempted to understand coaching practice, research on intuitive and situation-dependent praxis is only emerging. Phronesis - mostly defined as practical wisdom or practical rationality - has been put forward as a useful theoretical concept to frame such coaching practice. In this contribution, we employ phronesis as part of sustainability science to consider the coaching of one top-level middle-distance running coach. Observations, informal talks and semi-structured interviews produced the empirical materials for this analysis. The results suggest that the coach's practice was guided by both techno-rational and phronetic knowledge. While techno-rational knowledge manifested itself in a focus on time and control, the latter was reflected in a concern for impact, focus on community, authenticity and modesty. From a phronetic perspective, these characteristics can be seen as morally just and important precursors for sustainable sport.
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- Barker-Ruchti, Natalie, 1971-, et al.
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Foucault in leotards : Corporeal discipline in women's artistic gymnastics
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Ingår i: Sociology of Sport Journal. - : Human Kinetics. - 0741-1235 .- 1543-2785. ; 27:3, s. 229-250
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- Women's artistic gymnastics is an Olympic sport that involves intricate acrobatic and rhythmic activities. This kinesthetic proficiency demands muscular strength and courage, which have been argued to serve its athletes as a source of empowerment. Various scholars question the positive effects of sport participation. This article builds on these doubts through a feminist Foucauldian study of WAG. An essayistic research story, compiled from data gained in an ethnographic study, serves as the basis for our analyses. The results demonstrate the complexity of WAG experiences and illustrate that gymnasts' athletic proficiency is only possible through an extensive and elaborate process of corporeal discipline.
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- Barker-Ruchti, Natalie, 1971-, et al.
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Moving towards inclusion : An analysis of photographs from the 1926 Women's Games in Gothenburg
- 2013
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Ingår i: International Journal of the History of Sport. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0952-3367 .- 1743-9035. ; 30:8, s. 871-891
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- The 1920s was characterised by a struggle over the social acceptance and inclusion of women's track and field disciplines into international organisations. The debate was particularly heated between Alice Milliat, the then president of the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale, and the members of the International Athletic Federation and International Olympic Committee. Underlying the debate were differing assumptions about gender ideals and the role of women in society. While Milliat's efforts have been crucial and recognised in developing women's track and field, little research has examined how visual representations of track and field athletes related to gender norms. In this paper, we examine a corpus of professional sports photographs taken during the 1926 Women's Games in Gothenburg to gain understanding of how female athletes' media representations were part of negotiations over gender ideals. Placing the material within the notion of gender dispositive, our analyses reveal a process of negotiation between the new woman ideal that included characteristics such as autonomy and self-control, as well as the mechanisation of women's bodies and traditional notions of femininity.
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- Barker-Ruchti, Natalie, 1971-, et al.
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Tracing the career paths of top-level women football coaches : turning points to understand and develop sport coaching careers
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Ingår i: Sports Coaching Review. - : Routledge. - 2164-0629 .- 2164-0637. ; 3:2, s. 117-131
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study examines how women football coaches reach top-level coaching positions. Semi-structured interviews and a biographical mapping grid gave a sample of 19 women coaches the opportunity to identify factors that impacted their coaching career paths. Hodkinson and Sparkes’ (1997) sociological theory ‘careership’, and in particular their metaphor of ‘turning points’ are employed to: (1) differentiate between the life events that shaped the women’s coaching career development; and (2) outline and conceptualize the career decisions and types of learning that followed these events. The results demonstrate that the women coaches did not necessarily consider coaching as a possible career pathway before and when entering the occupation, but that ‘structural’ turning points enabled them to start and progress a coaching career. Further, ‘forced’ and ‘self-initiated’ turning points significantly affected career development. A key implication is for women coaches to develop ‘coaching career visions’, which can be created and reinforced through strategic entry points and associated support systems.
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- Barker-Ruchti, Natalie, 1971
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Women's Artistic Gymnastics: An (auto-)Ethnographic Journey
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- Breathtaking circus-like performances and perfectly shaped bodies: The current ideal of women’s artistic gymnastics is narrow. Competitive success is only possible if gymnasts satisfy distinct bodily characteristics and produce particular gymnastics performances. How do present-day female gymnasts experience this sport? This book provides insight into gymnastics by demonstrating how a group of young high-performance gymnasts ‘live’ their sport.
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- Håman (née Eriksson), Linn, 1982-, et al.
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Disordered eating outside the sport setting : Contextualizing representations of orthorexia nervosa in Swedish daily newspapers
- 2014
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In the late 1990s, Bratman coined the term orthorexia nervosa to mean an unhealthy obsession of only eating healthy foods (Bratman & Knight, 2000). The research is limited and orthorexia has rarely been researched in sport settings (e.g. Eriksson et al., 2008; Segura-García et al., 2012). At this stage, this concept is considered under establishment and negotiation – a process of formation where it is not clear what orthorexia is. How orthorexia is contextualized and represented influences the establishment and understanding of the condition and concept. The aim of this study is to analyze representations of orthorexia in articles printed in Swedish newspapers, with a special view on how the articles refer to sport as a social setting. Notions of healthy and disordered eating are influenced by cultural ideas in society. The language is central in this process as it creates and organizes beliefs about social reality. Perceptions and knowledge about orthorexia are created through, for example, newspaper texts. The material included in this study was limited to national, regional and local Swedish daily newspaper articles published between January 2004 and June 2011. A total of 102 articles were included as they explicitly dealt with orthorexia. The articles were analyzed using a discourse analytical approach through a qualitative content analysis. The articles represented orthorexia in different ways: a) (un)controlled and obsessive patterns of behavior; b) sacrificing social situations; c) an eating disorder in new clothes; d) a painful existence; and e) an invisible problem. Within the last category, the way orthorexia is represented in relation to sport points to how different norms and values apply in and outside this setting. Orthorexia is only considered as disordered eating in non-sport settings. In sport, orthorexic behaviours are considered standard practice. These findings thus further problematize disordered eating in and outside sport settings.
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- Håman (née Eriksson), Linn, 1982-, et al.
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Research ethics within the study : Fitness professionals’ talk of health and orthorexia nervosa
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Ingår i: 4<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Qualitative Research in Sport & Exercise. ; , s. 37-37
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Fitness center activities have gained popularity. One central role fitness staff members have is to help participants to become or maintain health and fitness. In recent years, a new phenomenon – orthorexia nervosa, which M.D. Bratman coined in the late 1990s – has emerged. He termed orthorexia as "a fixation on eating healthy food". Research has mentioned that participants in sports and fitness activities may be at higher risk of becoming orthorexic. Since the late 1990s, orthorexia has been noticed, also in Swedish newspaper articles. In so doing, the 'condition' has evolved to include fanatic exercise and eating behaviours. Fitness professionals might thus work with individuals that are considered to suffering from orthorexia. The purpose of this presentation is to elucidate and problematize ethical issues that are raised during the research that deals with personal trainers and group fitness instructors talk of health and orthorexia. The material will consist of four focus groups with 18 fitness professionals that work in Swedish fitness centers. It will be carried out as a qualitative study. This study raises ethical issues, including for instance: a) by focusing and giving attention to orthorexia, the study may contribute to categorizing "the problem", as well as enlarge it. This paradoxical situation as the aim is to contribute scientific knowledge that can problematize orthorexia; b) the challenge to manage and balance a critical approach without causing harm (e.g. introduce orthorexia to fitness professionals who might have an erroneous perspective of and/or have little knowledge about orthorexia) (cf. Halse & Honey, 2005).
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- Kerr, Roslyn, et al.
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THE PRODUCTION OF THE ADULT GYMNAST: TOWARDS BEST PRACTICE IN WOMEN’S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
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Ingår i: AIESEP World Congress, 10-13 February 2014, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Since the performances of famous gymnasts such as Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci in the 1970s, women's artistic gymnastics has been characterised as a problematic child sport (Barker-Ruchti, 2009; Kerr, 2006). Numerous studies have identified medical and psychological issues associated with competing at a high level at a young age, such as stunted growth, bone deformity and distorted body image (see for example, Caine et. al., 2001; Daly, Bass & Finch, 2001; Dresler et. al., 1997; Lindholm, Hagenfeldt & Hagmann, 1995; Mellercowicz, et. al., 2000; Tofler et. al., 1996). However, recently there have been several gymnasts appearing at the highest international level of considerably older age, the most famous being Oksana Chusovitina who has competed at six Olympic Games including London at age 37. To date, there has been no research examining older gymnasts and the effects of seeing 'older' bodies on the gymnastics competition floor. This presentation will discuss findings from an interview study examining the experiences of older gymnasts and the factors that have led to the prolonging of their careers, together with an examination of how the existence of older gymnasts affects the perception of the sport. The findings will be analysed through identifying childhood and adulthood as social constructions. For example, in the Western world, childhood is positioned as a place for ‘play’ and adulthood for ‘paid work’ neither of which fit easily with gymnastics training which usually entails long hours of unpaid work for both children and adults. Gymnastics remains an amateur sport, with no professional leagues that allow gymnasts to be paid for their work and only limited prize money. This presentation will shed light on how participants’ understandings of what constitutes childhood and adulthood have influenced their choices to participate in gymnastics into adulthood. References Barker-Ruchti, N. (2009). Ballerinas and pixies: A genealogy of the changing gymnastics body. International Journal of the History of Sport, 26, 43-61. Caine, D., Lewis, R., O’Connor, P., Howe, W., & Bass, S. (2001). Does gymnastics training inhibit growth of females? Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 11, 260-270. Daly, R.M., Bass, S.L. & Finch, C.F. (2001). Balancing the risk of injury to gymnasts: how effective are the counter measures? British Journal of Sports Medicine, 35, 8-19. Dresler, C. M., Forbes, K., O'Connor, P. J., Lewis, R. D., Glueck, M. A., Tofler, I. R., et al. (1997). Physical and emotional problems of elite female gymnasts. New England Journal of Medicine, 336, 140 - 142. Kerr, R. (2006). The Impact of Nadia Comaneci on the sport of Women’s Artistic Gymnastics, Sporting Traditions, 23(1) November 2006, pp. 87 – 102. Lindholm, C., Hagenfeldt, K., & Hagmann, U. (1995). A nutrition study in juvenile elite gymnasts. Acta Paediatrica, 84, 273-277. Mellerowicz, H., Matussek, S., Leier, T., & Asamoah, V. (2000). Sportverletzungen und Sportschäden im Kindes- und Jugendalter - eine Übersicht. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin, 51(3), 78-84.
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- Lindgren, Eva-Carin M, et al.
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The mapping grid as a tool to develop and deepened interviews.
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Ingår i: Winther, H. (2014). Closer to the body through poetic kairos narratives?. Abstract from International Conference on Qualitative Research in Sport & Exercise, Loughborough, United Kingdom.. ; , s. 39-40, s. 39-40
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- Weber, Julia, et al.
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Bending, flirting, floating, flying : A critical analysis of female figures in 1970s gymnastics photographs
- 2012
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Ingår i: Sociology of Sport Journal. - : Human Kinetics. - 0741-1235 .- 1543-2785. ; 29:1, s. 22-41
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- During the 1970s, a new corporal and aesthetic standard emerged in women's artistic gymnastics. No longer was grace and elegance the main feature, but acrobatic and somewhat robotic performances. These exercises were increasingly performed by highly trained and sexually immature girls. The Western audience was fascinated by the athletic and innocent-looking gymnasts. The emerging corporality and performance trend combined youthfulness und slimness with physical fitness and muscular tone, a combination that reflected the idealized woman of the 1970s. Sports photographs played a key role in distributing the "new" ideal of femininity. In this article, we consider how gymnasts' performances of the 1970s were visualized by examining a sample of professional sports photographs. We demonstrate how sports photographs construct and establish gender and body standards through their visual construction of gendered and de-gendered gymnastics performances.
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- Weber, Julia, et al.
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Bending, floating, flirting, flying: A critical analysis of 1970s gymnastics photographs
- 2012
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Ingår i: Sociology of Sport Journal. - 0741-1235 .- 1543-2785. ; 29:1, s. 22-41
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- During the 1970s, a new corporal and aesthetic standard emerged in women’s artistic gymnastics. No longer was grace and elegance the main feature, but acrobatic and somewhat robotic performances. These exercises were increasingly performed by highly trained and sexually immature girls. The Western audience was fascinated by the athletic and innocent-looking gymnasts. The emerging corporality and performance trend combined youthfulness und slimness with physical fitness and muscular tone, a combination that reflected the idealized woman of the 1970s. Sports photographs played a key role in distributing the “new” ideal of femininity. In this article, we consider how gymnasts’ performances of the 1970s were visualized by examining a sample of professional sports photographs. We demonstrate how sports photographs construct and establish gender and body standards through their visual construction of gendered and de-gendered gymnastics performances.
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