دانلود رایگان مقاله اتونوگرافی خودکار به عنوان یک روش انتقادی در مدیریت ورزش: برنامه های کاربردی فعلی و جهت تحقیقات آینده

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the value of autoethnography as a qualitative methodology, document the current literature using autoethnographic approaches, and explore the possibilities for future research in the field of sport management. Using a critical lens to counter dominant ideologies that marginalize certain groups of people through the sustainment of existing power structures and inequities, we sought to address the following inquiries: What is autoethnography and how can it be applied to the critical study of sport management? In doing so, we will explore the benefits of the methodology to the field of sport management as well as the challenges and opportunities created in this form of reflexive study. We also offer suggestions for how to apply autoethnography to a variety of research purposes germane to the field of sport management.

4. Conclusions

The first goal for this paper was to examine autoethnography as a viable methodology for sport management research. There are several variations of the approach including the use of multiple participant/researcher voices, but the underlying intention of creating ‘‘research, writing, story, and method that connect the autobiographical and personal to the cultural, social, and political’’ remains consistent (Ellis, 2004, p. xix). Existing sport management autoethnographies offer a good start for seeing the value of the approach, but the challenge remains for autoethnographies to be developed and researched by those who experience the phenomenon firsthand. How can autoethnographies move beyond the former athlete-turnedacademic and include stories from a wider range of individuals who shape and have been shaped by sport? Scholars can encourage a facilitated approach (Grenier & Collins, 2016) to those who are unfamiliar with the process of examining the self in relation to experience and theory and/or draw from collaborative methods. In addition, academics can integrate autoethnographies into the curriculum. Through regular exposure to a methodology that values counter narratives and amplifies the voices at the margins emerging scholars and practitioners can gain new perspectives to inform their roles in the field.