(Re)engaging marginalized groups through sport: The Homeless World Cup

Sherry, Emma

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“…Many of these stem from a wider social studies or community development context; interestingly, the two frameworks most often used are positive youth development (e.g., Agans & Geldhof, 2012;Holt, Sehn, Spence, Newton & Ball, 2012) and social capital theory (e.g., Schulenkorf, Thomson, & Schlenker, 2011;Sherry, 2010). The latter has often been praised as highly productive and "successful"; however, it has also been criticized as an ambiguous "last resort" for studies that do not seem to find or apply any better framework.…”

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“…A significant focus has been placed on initiatives aimed at creating social cohesion (e.g., Sherry, 2010) and providing opportunities for education (e.g., Burnett, 2010), often for members of disadvantaged communities (e.g., Sherry & Strybosch, 2012;Welty-Peachy, Cohen, Borland & Lyras, 2013). However, our findings also revealed that to establish a strong evidence base for SFD, more research is needed particularly in the areas of disability, gender equality, and livelihoods.…”

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Sport for Development: An Integrated Literature Review

Schulenkorf

Sherry²,

Rowe

2016

Journal of Sport Management

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Despite the significant increase of published research in sport-for-development (SFD), to date there have been no attempts to rigorously review and synthesize scholarly contributions in this area. To address this issue, we conducted an integrative review of SFD literature to portray an overarching and holistic picture of the field. Through a comprehensive literature analysis following Whittemore and Knafl's (2005) five-step process, we provide evidence of the status quo of current SFD research foci, authorship, geographical contexts, theoretical frameworks, sport activity, level of development, methodologies, methods, and key research findings. Our study shows an increasing trend of journal publications since 2000, with a strong focus on social and educational outcomes related to youth sport and with football (soccer) as the most common activity. A large majority of SFD research has been conducted at the community level, where qualitative approaches are dominant. The geographical contexts of authorship and study location present an interesting paradox: Although the majority of SFD projects are carried out in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, 90% of SFD authors are based in North America, Europe, and Australia. We conclude our study by providing new perspectives on key issues in SFD and by outlining current research and theoretical gaps that provide the basis for future scholarly inquiry.Keywords: Sport for development, development through sport, comparative research Over the past decade, the field of sport-for-development (SFD) has received significant attention from nongovernmental organizations, government agencies, sport practitioners, and sport academics around the world. Sport-for-development has been defined as "the use of sport to exert a positive influence on public health, the socialisation of children, youths and adults, the social inclusion of the disadvantaged, the economic development of regions and states, and on fostering intercultural exchange and conflict resolution" (Lyras & Welty Peachey, 2011, p. 311). As a consequence of growing political and institutional support, the number of sport-based projects aimed at contributing to positive development in these areas has been constantly increasing (Coalter, 2007(Coalter, , 2013 Levermore & Beacom, 2009; Schulenkorf & Adair, 2014). The popularity of SFD stems from its ability to capture or "hook" a large number of people-particularly those interested in sport and physical activity-and use the momentum in and around sport as a strategic vehicle to communicate, implement, and achieve nonsport development goals.In the academic domain, the continued growth of SFD projects has led to an influx of theoretical and empirical studies across numerous disciplines of sport, including management (Hayhurst & Frisby, 2010; Parent & Harvey, 2008), sociology (Coalter, 2013;Darnell, 2012), health (Crabbe, 2000;Eime, Payne, & Harvey, 2008), public policy (Giulianotti, 2011), gender studies (Meier & Saavedra, 2009;Pedersen & Seidman, 2004), education (Burnett, 2013;Je...

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Sport for Development: An Integrated Literature Review

Schulenkorf

Sherry²,

Rowe

2016

Journal of Sport Management

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“…Several studies have explored the contribution of sports events in shaping social identities and intercultural relations, overcoming social boundaries, downplaying interpersonal and intergroup discriminations. Such events have been analysed for their potential to influence national and ethnic belonging (Dallaire & Denis, 2005), integrate marginalised groups (Krowel, Boonstra, Duyvendak, & Veldboer, 2006;Sherry, 2010), promote gender equality (Elling, De Knop, & Knoppers, 2003), and reconcile divided communities (Gasser & Levinsen, 2004;Schulenkorf, 2010;Sorek, 2003;Sterchele, 2007;Sugden, 2006).…”

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Keeping it liminal. The Mondiali Antirazzisti (Anti-racist World Cup) as a multifocal interaction ritual

Sterchele

Saint-Blancat

2013

Leisure Studies

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This paper examines how social mixing and celebration of diversity can be enabled through sports festivals marked by their carnivalesque atmosphere. Our analysis draws on a longitudinal ethnographic study of the Mondiali Antirazzisti (Antiracist World Cup), a non-competitive football tournament and intercultural festival featuring the yearly participation of hardcore football fans (ultras), migrant groups, third-sector associations and other informal groups. We consider how the multifocal ritual form of the event helps to create a liminal space in which discrimination and stereotypes can be temporarily challenged. The sources of collective effervescence are multiplied by placing sport games within a wider range of other leisure and cultural activities, thus promoting internal diversity and the inclusion of outsiders. Additionally, social boundaries are also blurred by not emphasising the competitive dimension of the sporting activities, making sporting categorizations more fluid, and breaking down the separation between protagonists and spectators. Nonetheless, considering the transient character of liminality, we also investigate problems and limitations implied by the pursuit of these objectives. It is concluded that, despite a certain degree of selfreferentiality, the festival fosters the spreading of anti-discriminatory cultures by enhancing the participants' reflexivity and feeding their commitment in generating spin-off activities in different local contexts.

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“…Besides providing enthusiasm and enjoyment, the striving for a goal and the desire for achievement nurtured by the competitive dimension of sports activities can also play an important role in motivating individuals and groups to recover from different conditions of social isolation re-awakening active and positive attitudes (Carless, Peacock, McKenna & Cooke, 2013;Richards, 1997;Sherry, 2010).…”

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De-sportizing physical activity: From sport-for-development to play-for-development

Sterchele

2015

European Journal for Sport and Society

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Although many initiatives use sport as a tool to blur boundaries and foster social mixing, the way physical activity is organized and displayed for such purposes suggests critical reflections about the potential of sport in terms of social inclusivity. When used for social purposes, mainstream sports often need to be adapted and partially de-structured by downplaying their competitive dimension, blurring categorizations through mixed-gender, mixed-age, mixed-ethnic, or mixed-ability teams, and reducing the distinction between players and spectators.Therefore, while the process of sportisation has re-shaped old forms of play and games, re-framing them as sports, when it comes to use physical activity to foster sociability the tendency seems to be the other way around, meaning that sports are re-shaped (or de-shaped) into mere games and even less structured forms of play.Drawing on both fieldwork carried out by the author and the main literature in the field, the paper provides a theoretical and analytical exploration of such a desportising trend.

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(Re)engaging marginalized groups through sport: The Homeless World Cup

Cited by 108 publications

References 31 publications

Sport for Development: An Integrated Literature Review

Sport for Development: An Integrated Literature Review

Keeping it liminal. The Mondiali Antirazzisti (Anti-racist World Cup) as a multifocal interaction ritual

De-sportizing physical activity: From sport-for-development to play-for-development

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