The methodological dance: critical reflections on conducting a cross-cultural comparative research project on 'Sport for Development and Peace'
The methodological dance: critical reflections on conducting a cross-cultural comparative research project on 'Sport for Development and Peace'
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DOI：
10.1080/2159676x.2016.1206610
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
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4.9
通讯作者：
Darnell, Simon
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作者：
Collison, Holly;Giulianotti, Richard;Darnell, Simon
社会科学研究需要与特定部门和地区的个人、团体和/或组织接触。“为了一个更美好的世界而运动？”该项目旨在通过一个四人研究小组进行实地考察，研究多个国际地点的体育促进发展与和平(SDP)部门。本文讨论了这种方法论方法的优点和挑战，特别侧重于与个人和群体合作，如看门人、受骗的告密者、翻译人员和志愿者。反过来，我们描述了利益相关者合作伙伴期望的交流水平，并将其与背景联系起来，以及我们作为白人国际研究人员的身份的含义。总体而言，我们主张理解的重要性：跨国网络中当地行为者的机构和需求；历史和政治在多大程度上影响日常经验和当代研究接触；以及不平等的权力关系，特别是种族、阶级和地理上的不平等权力关系可能会影响数据收集和解释。我们还讨论了我们在实地谈判的各种方法战略，以及这些见解如何帮助我们理解SDP方案在不同地点运作的社会、政治和文化环境。
Social scientific research requires engagement with individuals, groups and or organisations embedded within specific sectors and locations. The 'Sport for a Better World?' project aimed to examine the Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) sector within multiple international locations through fieldwork conducted by a four-person research team. This paper discusses the methodological benefits and challenges of this methodological approach, with a particular focus on working with individuals and groups as gatekeepers, encultured informants, translators and volunteers. In turn, we describe and contextualise the levels of exchange expected by stakeholder partners as well as the implications of our identity as white, international researchers. Overall, we argue for the importance of understanding: the agency and needs of local actors amidst transnational networks; the extent to which history and politics inform everyday experiences and contemporary research encounters; and the likelihood that unequal power relations, particularly along lines of race, class and geography will affect data collection and interpretation. We also discuss various methodological strategies we negotiated in-the-field, and how these insights inform our understandings of the social, political and cultural environment in which SDP programmes operate in different locations.