Carless, David and Douglas, Kitrina (2024) Arts-based research and social justice in sport and leisure. In: Routledge Handbook of Sport, Leisure, and Social Justice. Routledge.

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Abstract

The importance of social justice research is well recognised in current times, in particular the need for innovative studies that intervene into the complex challenges faced within twenty-first century societies. Research that makes a difference. Research that works with, on and around the political, economic and sociocultural obstacles that can conspire to inhibit change where it is most badly needed. As the chapters in this Handbook demonstrate, the importance of social justice scholarship across the field of sport, leisure and physical activity is recognised. Here, too, researchers, scholars and activists work in ways that strive to make a positive difference.

In this chapter, we consider the utility of arts-based approaches to social justice research and reflect on examples of two film-based projects in sport, leisure and physical activity. We engage with public responses to these examples, demonstrating the personal, social and cultural meaning and impact of the work and showing how arts-based research can generate community, solidarity, and personal or social change. We propose that arts-based research offers a means to radically democratize social justice research and scholarship.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	Hospitality and tourism > Leisure Social sciences
Depositing User:	Marc Forster
Date Deposited:	03 Jul 2024 07:47
Last Modified:	03 Jul 2024 08:00
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/12133

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