Seeing Olympic effects through the eyes of marginally housed youth: changing places and the gentrification of East London

Kennelly, Jacqueline; Watt, Paul

doi:10.1080/1472586x.2012.677496

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“…An exception to this is the study by Kennelly and Watt (2012) that aimed to shift the lens through which the Olympics is examined by using photo-elicitation methods for local youth populations in East London. Although not beyond the physical locality of London the study does allow us to gain insights into the voices and perspectives of local marginalised youth rather than imposing representations onto them.…”

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“…]...Because it's in the East End of London, it's in their home town...Since we got the bid, I've found a lot more children are now becoming more involved in sport" (Nora, mother, East End of London, cited in Davidson and Power, 2007;29) This contrast between geographical proximity to the main London 2012 site will be explored in more detail in the findings section of the paper. However, it does start to give a voice to some of the counter narratives that other researchers have called for (Girginov and Hills, 2008;Kennelly and Watt, 2012;Morpeth and Hylton, 2012).…”

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A qualitative study of the impact of the London 2012 Olympics on families in the East Midlands of England: lessons for sports development policy and practice

Mackintosh

Darko

Rutherford

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Sport, Education and Society

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The dynamics and culture of families are central to individual and community sport and physical activity participation. This research project examined the lived experiences and dayto-day realities of the London 2012 Olympics from the perspectives of five families in the East Midlands region of England. The aims of the project were to assess the influence the Games had on shaping family sports participation, influencing social and health relationships within the families through sports and reactions to the 2012 Olympics. The study was conducted through the generation of rich qualitative data from pre and post Games interviews as well as production of video diary data by the families and young people themselves to gather micro level information on the realities of 'legacy' for families. Findings from this research project illustrate that prior parental socialisation into sport shaped current attitudes to legacy and children and mothers and fathers had mixed reactions to the actual presence of legacy. There are also clear sports development challenges around accessibility, cost, project design, the non family-friendly nature of some schemes present during the potential consumption of legacy that have consequences for future research in this embryonic area.Implications from the study include the need to locate the family as a more central concern for policy makers in sports development practice. The study has questioned the assumed virtuous legacy of the London 2012 Games from the perspective of families on a day-to-day micro level. Instead, a far more complex and diverse picture from the perspective of the family has been presented that requires further critical research on this little explored topic of policy and practice in sports development.

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A qualitative study of the impact of the London 2012 Olympics on families in the East Midlands of England: lessons for sports development policy and practice

Mackintosh

Darko

Rutherford

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Sport, Education and Society

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“…Visual images (moving or still) can encourage participants to discuss the multiple meanings they attach to their subjective experiences and describe the structures, spaces and processes that shape these meanings (Bates 2015). Researchers examining the London 2012 Games support the value of these methods and have used them in different ways (Kennelly & Watts 2012;Würfel 2012).…”

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“…The use of the visual as part of a qualitative study can empower the participants in the research process (Pink 2013), particularly when they feel disempowered in their access to the Games (Kennelly &Watts 2012). Power relations between the researcher and the researched can be renegotiated when participants represent their lives through photography or video (Holliday 2004, Pink 2013.…”

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‘Don’t you feel bad watching the Olympics, watching us?’ A qualitative analysis of London 2012 Olympics influence on family sports participation and physical activity

Darko

Mackintosh

2015

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

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This paper examines the use of video diaries (VDs) and their value as supplementary methods in qualitative research examining the influence of the London 2012 Olympics, from the perspectives of five families in the East Midlands of England.The aims of the project were to assess their reaction to the Games, the influence it had on family attitudes, opinions and perceptions towards sports participation and physical activity (PA). We present qualitative interview data from pre and post Games interviews and VD data to gather micro realities of the influence of the Games. We draw on Erving Goffman's (1959) dramaturgical perspective to explore the perspectives of families regarding the impact of the Olympics on their everyday lives. It has yielded the following themes: access, motivation, inspiration, apathy and reflection on methodological use of VDs .The benefits and challenges of VD use alongside Goffman's framework are discussed in the context of assessing the impact of the Games on these families. Our evidence suggests that these methods are an invaluable tool for accessing the families' immediate responses to megaevents during the period in which they are hosted. However, the feasibility and complexities of utilising VDs are presented, as we consider whether these methods assist researchers to examine the uptake of sports participation, or simply encourage the researchers to become voyeurs watching the participants, watch the Olympics. The implications for using these methods as part of qualitative methods for analysis of the sports participation legacy and the impact of future mega events are discussed.

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“…On the other hand, London's struggling multi-ethnic, working classes have been lingering in the Godot-esque queue for social housing for many years with limited mainstream media attention; the numbers on London's local authority waiting lists went up by over 80% from 1997-2006 to 331,000 or 10% of all households (Watt 2009a, 223). It is also the children of the city's multiethnic working classes who are the most likely to wind up homeless and in temporary accommodation (Kennelly and Watt 2012).…”

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Seeing Olympic effects through the eyes of marginally housed youth: changing places and the gentrification of East London

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A qualitative study of the impact of the London 2012 Olympics on families in the East Midlands of England: lessons for sports development policy and practice

A qualitative study of the impact of the London 2012 Olympics on families in the East Midlands of England: lessons for sports development policy and practice

‘Don’t you feel bad watching the Olympics, watching us?’ A qualitative analysis of London 2012 Olympics influence on family sports participation and physical activity

London's housing crisis and its activisms

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