Especially in Western Europe, a growing number of people choose not to be affiliated with organised religion. But does it mean that they reject everything religious? And does sport have something to offer for spiritual life, at least for some? Dr Teemu Pauha visited the podcast to share his thoughts on these issues. Although myContinue reading “Dr Teemu Pauha: Understanding Religion and (New) Spiritualities in Sport”
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Prof. Emmanuelle Tulle: Understanding Careers in Veteran Running and Women’s Mountaineering
Professor Emmanuelle Tulle from Glasgow Caledonian University is one of the leading scholars in theorising how older sports people make sense of and manage the process of bodily ageing. She visited the Meaningful Sport podcast to share insights from her research in two movement subcultures, Veteran/Masters running and mountaineering. Emmanuelle’s work often uses a lifeContinue reading “Prof. Emmanuelle Tulle: Understanding Careers in Veteran Running and Women’s Mountaineering”
Dr Ross Wadey: Telling Stories of Adversity in Sport
Adversity is something most people will inevitably encounter in sport and life. Yet, the way we give meaning to these experiences through storytelling can be very different for different people. Dr Ross Wadey visited the Meaningful Sport podcast to share his exciting work on stories of sport injury and adversity. What are the consequences ofContinue reading “Dr Ross Wadey: Telling Stories of Adversity in Sport”
Dr Francesca Champ: Working with Talented Youth Athletes in a Football Academy
Working as an applied sport psychology practitioner in professional football is a challenging task. Dr Francesca Champ shared her stories from working as a practitioner-researcher and how she has found ways to support youth players in developing a broader identity not exclusively tied to sporting success. In the UK and elsewhere, becoming a professional footballerContinue reading “Dr Francesca Champ: Working with Talented Youth Athletes in a Football Academy”
Sam Jarman: Losing and Finding our Love for Sport
Many of us start playing sport because we just fall in love with it. However, many athletes who progress to a higher level of competition lose the joy of sport on the way and their sport-life becomes filled with worry and anxiety. This is a phenomenon Sam Jarman has encountered in many athletes he hasContinue reading “Sam Jarman: Losing and Finding our Love for Sport”
Dr Anna Kavoura (Pt2) | Gender Discourses | Women’s Martial Arts | Identity
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/kavoura2/ This is the second part of our discussion with Dr Anna Kavoura on how gender informs meaning in sport. In the first part, we explored Anna’s work on intersecting identities in women’s martial arts, as well as her current research project titled “Transforming Gender Boundaries in Sport: An Ethnographic and Participatory Action Research StudyContinue reading “Dr Anna Kavoura (Pt2) | Gender Discourses | Women’s Martial Arts | Identity”
Dr Colum Cronin (Pt2) | Care | Sport Coaching | Feminist Sociology | Phenomenology
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/cronin2/ “Coaches have a duty of care that moves beyond protection and involves the development of caring relationships with athletes”. This is the position advanced by Dr Colum Cronin whose recent work has advanced care theory and research in sport coaching. But what do caring relationships look like and is it realistic to expect thatContinue reading “Dr Colum Cronin (Pt2) | Care | Sport Coaching | Feminist Sociology | Phenomenology”
Dr Anna Kavoura (Pt1) | Gender | Discourse | Femininity | Non-binary Athletes | Alternative Meanings
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/kavoura/ Sport is a very gendered institution. Although there has been a lot of effort to tackle gender-based inequalities in the past few decades, a lot of work remains to be done. This episode explores how gender informs meaning in sport. How does gender identity intersect with athletic identity? What discourses are dominant in sportingContinue reading “Dr Anna Kavoura (Pt1) | Gender | Discourse | Femininity | Non-binary Athletes | Alternative Meanings”
Dr Michael McDougall (Pt2) | Meaningful Work | Sport Organisations | Culture Change | Management of Meaning
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/mcdougall2/ The second part of our episode with Dr Michael McDougall focuses on culture, meaningful work and management of meaning. While it is very intuitive to think that aiming to create more meaningful work (or sport) is a worthy goal in organisations, so-called ‘management of meaning’ can be problematic in many levels. Our guest willContinue reading “Dr Michael McDougall (Pt2) | Meaningful Work | Sport Organisations | Culture Change | Management of Meaning”
Sport, Happiness, Meaning and ‘the Good Life’
Philosophers throughout history have sought to understand what constitutes a good life. Two candidates often rise above the others: happiness and meaning. Happiness can be understood in many different ways. Psychologists have recently taken interest in the philosophical debates on the difference between hedonia and eudaimonia, that are often understood as two different conceptions ofContinue reading “Sport, Happiness, Meaning and ‘the Good Life’”
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