Diversifying (and Politicizing) Sport Psychology through Cultural Studies: A Promising Perspective

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslee A. Fisher ◽  
Ted M. Butryn ◽  
Emily A. Roper
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Social Difference ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Distribution Of Power ◽  
Promising Perspective ◽  
Central Purpose

The central purpose of this paper is to speculate on the ways that sport psychology researchers, educators, and practitioners can use a cultural studies perspective to enhance their research and applied work. At base, cultural studies critiques and challenges existing norms and practices and examines how these practices affect people in their everyday lives (Hall, 1996a). Although cultural studies has been notoriously difficult to define (see Storey, 1996), most cultural studies projects deal with the interrelated issues of (a) social difference, (b) the distribution of power, and (c) social justice. In this paper, cultural studies is first defined, incorporating sport-related examples wherever possible. Next, key concepts in cultural studies including power, privilege, and praxis are explored. We then discuss how sport psychology scholars and practitioners might promote an “athletes-as-citizens” (Sage, 1993) model of service provision in the applied setting.

People, planet, power: toward a new social settlement

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Coote
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Equal Distribution ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Social Settlement ◽  
Distribution Of Power ◽  
And Control

Anna Coote’s recommendations cover three overlapping areas: social justice; environmental sustainability and a more equal distribution of power. A key unifying theme is that the distribution and care of resources should be directed towards the needs and potential of all members of society and not, as is currently the case, disproportionately to the few. To pursue this equality people should ‘be able to influence and control decisions that affect their everyday lives’. In several key, participatory, egalitarian and environmentally –sustainable respects, Coote’s proposition for a society-wide ‘social settlement’ resembles the systemic changes advocated by Ted Benton’s Red-Green programme, in chapter 3.

ІНТЕРВАЛЬНИЙ МЕТОД У МЕТОДОЛОГІЇ КУЛЬТУРОЛОГІЇ

2020 ◽  
pp. 43-47
Author(s):  
Admink Admink ◽  
Тетяна Уварова
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Interval Method ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
Post Modernism ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
The Subject

Дослідження присвячено розкриттю сутності інтервального методу та введенню його як дослідницького інструменту культурології. Об’єктом дослідження постає методологія культурології, предметом – інтервальний метод, що сформувався у постмодерністській методології. Здійснено спробу експлікації ключових принципів інтервального методу та обґрунтовування необхідності його використання для дослідження культури. Наукова новизна полягає у введенні інтервального методу у методологічний інструментарій культурології. Зроблено висновок щодо можливості введення інтервального методу у методологію культурології як інструменту багатовимірного аналізу культури. The research aims to disclose the essence of an interval method and its introduction as a research tool for the methodology of cultural studies. The object of research is the methodology of culture, the subject of research is the interval method formed in the methodology of post-modernism. In the article, the author attempts to explicate key concepts of the interval method and justifies the necessity of its use in cultural research. Scientific novelty consists in introduction of the interval method into the methodology of cultural studies. The conclusion is made considering the possibility of introduction of the interval method in the methodology of cultural studies as a tool for multidimensional analysis of culture.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and the calls of humanistic social work: Exploring the developmental-clinical social work concerns of the pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 002087282110079
Author(s):  
Robert K Chigangaidze
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Clinical Social Work ◽  
Health Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face

Any health outbreak is beyond the biomedical approach. The COVID-19 pandemic exposes a calamitous need to address social inequalities prevalent in the global health community. Au fait with this, the impetus of this article is to explore the calls of humanistic social work in the face of the pandemic. It calls for the pursuit of social justice during the pandemic and after. It also calls for a holistic service provision, technological innovation and stewardship. Wrapping up, it challenges the global community to rethink their priorities – egotism or altruism. It emphasizes the ultimate way forward of addressing the social inequalities.

Evaluating Sport Psychology Service Delivery for Elite USA Track and Field Athletes: Findings and Recommendations

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Lennie Waite ◽  
Chris Stanley ◽  
Brian Zuleger ◽  
Anne Shadle
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Common Core ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Track And Field ◽  
Delivery Mode ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Psychology Service ◽  
Managing Stress ◽  
And Training

In preparation for the 2020–2024 Olympic cycle, members of the USA Track and Field sport psychology (SP) subcommittee investigated the SP service provision needs and preferences of 88 elite Olympic-level athletes. A mixed-methods needs analysis was employed, which consisted of surveys, interviews, and a focus group, to help understand current SP usage and shape future SP services for USA Track and Field. Findings highlighted a lack of knowledge and exposure to SP services and a desire for increased contact with SP professionals among athletes, exposing gaps and room for improvement in service delivery. Athletes cited flexibility in terms of service delivery mode and shared common core preferences for mental training, including help managing stress, pressure, emotions, and other challenges of competition and training. The results are discussed in relation to strengthening the effectiveness of service provision through increasing visibility, accessibility, and education regarding the benefits of SP services.

scholarly journals Trailing back from quasi decentralisation to centralisation. Municipal reform in Hungary

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 117-137
Author(s):  
László Kákai
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Municipal Reform ◽  
Distribution Of Power ◽  
State Organization ◽  
Centralization And Decentralization

Trailing back from quasi decentralisation to centralisation. Municipal reform in Hungary It is very difficult to group countries and state structures according to the extent of their decentralization or the model they follow in the spatial distribution of power. The bounds of responsibility of local government and the state, the distribution of the roles and tasks between the two stakeholders and the question of centralization and decentralization are issues regularly debated in recent years and today. This topic is not merely a public administration, financial or state organization issue since these decisions have a direct impact on citizens’ lives through public services. In my study I wish to introduce this process via Hungary’s example. I also examine how and what those concerned by the financial and political changes, i.e. the population perceived of this most important structural transformation of the period since the transition in 1989. Can it be verified from the consumers’ point of view that the transformation of the local municipal system improves the quality of service provision?

Laws and How They Affect the Everyday Lives of People with Disabilities

2021 ◽  
pp. 55-73
Author(s):  
Rhoda Olkin
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Distributive Justice ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Disability Laws ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
The Impact

For persons who are minorities, the impact of laws can be very directly experienced in day-to-day life. The myriad laws related to disability are scattered across many laws and throughout many agencies and can be hard to locate. Some of the laws, rules and regulations help, but some also hinder, the daily lives of the disabled. How the labyrinth of laws places a burden on people with disabilities is highlighted. There are four activities in this chapter. The first has students focus on laws that affect their everyday lives. In the second activity the concept of ‘separate but not equal’ is the focus. A third activity entails a comparison of social justice versus distributive justice as it applies to disability. In the fourth activity a game of ‘Eye Spy’ concentrates on the application of disability laws.

A Social Justice Framework for Teachers: Key Concepts and Applications

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
David Shriberg ◽  
Blair A. Baker ◽  
Heather Edl Ormiston
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Key Concepts

More than being against it: Anti-racism and anti-oppression in mental health services

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Corneau ◽  
Vicky Stergiopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Alternative Healing ◽  
Health And Social Services ◽  
Alliance Building

Anti-racism and anti-oppression frameworks of practice are being increasingly advocated for in efforts to address racism and oppression embedded in mental health and social services, and to help reduce their impact on mental health and clinical outcomes. This literature review summarizes how these two philosophies of practice are conceptualized and the strategies used within these frameworks as they are applied to service provision toward racialized groups. The strategies identified can be grouped in seven main categories: empowerment, education, alliance building, language, alternative healing strategies, advocacy, social justice/activism, and fostering reflexivity. Although anti-racism and anti-oppression frameworks have limitations, they may offer useful approaches to service delivery and would benefit from further study.

scholarly journals Constrained Bodies: Dance, Social Justice, and Choreographic Agency

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey Prickett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Mass Incarceration ◽  
The United States ◽  
First Century ◽  
Presidential Candidate ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Key Concepts

The first part of the twenty-first century has been marked by particularly fraught social and racial tensions in the United States, brought to awareness internationally by the Black Lives Matter protest movement that started in 2014 and the vitriol espoused by the 2016 Republican presidential candidate. Randy Martin's work offers paradigms for interrogating the relationships between dance and its sociopolitical contexts that are highly relevant at this historical juncture. Drawing on some of Martin's key concepts, this article explores choreographic agency and creative strategies in dances that respond to issues of social injustice, mass incarceration, and racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Works by Joanna Haigood (Zaccho Dance Theatre), Amie S. Dowling, filmmaker Justin Forbord, and Kyle Abraham (Abraham.In.Motion) focus on narratives of oppression and disenfranchisement yet also inspire resistance and hope.

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