“Sport for Development” in developing countries: The case of the<i>Vilas Olímpicas do Rio de Janeiro</i>

Reis, Arianne Carvalhedo; Vieira, Marcelo Carvalho; Sousa-Mast, Fabiana R

doi:10.1016/j.smr.2015.01.005

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“…I grew up in the UK, My quest for authenticity and legitimacy was all the more important given the history of some SDP initiatives. In recent years, critics have rightly sounded claxons against 'topdown', neo-colonial paradigms of sport-as-aid (Darnell & Hayhurst, 2011;Darnell, 2014;Reis, Vieira, & de Sousa-Mast, 2015), with development agents helicoptering in to wave the flag of Western progress and, by assuming a deficit perspective among locals, 'make a difference' to the 'plight' of those less fortunate. This is not to say that the Global South is free of social justice and under-development challenges: rather, the point here is that Western researchers have sometimes tended to (a) gloss over problems caused by the legacy of colonialism, and/or (b) proffer 'solutions' underpinned by neo-colonial attitudes (Spaaij & Jeanes, 2013).…”

Section: Learning By Doingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Sport and Intergroup Relations in Fiji: Guidance for Researchers Undertaking Short-Term Ethnography

Sugden

Adair

Schulenkorf

et al. 2019

Sociology of Sport Journal

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There is a key tension associated with ethnographic explorations into the lives of people in the Global South – ‘outsider’ researchers from the Global North who lack experience of the environments they are seeking to understand. A considered response, therefore, is for scholars to seek physical immersion in a field—to live among those they are trying to understand. Such ethnographic inquiries are optimal when researchers have the capacity to engage over long periods of time. However, in some circumstances, this may not feasible. Thus, questions arise about the veracity of field work investigations that are not only temporally brief but undertaken by scholars who lack local experience. This paper reflects on the experiences of a researcher who was faced with those challenges. It provides guidance as to how scholars might prepare for short-term ethnography (STE) in field work, along with the limitations and constraints of such an approach. The research centered on a sport for development and peace study into intergroup relations and ethnic separatism in Fijian sport.

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Section: Learning By Doingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Sport and Intergroup Relations in Fiji: Guidance for Researchers Undertaking Short-Term Ethnography

Sugden

Adair

Schulenkorf

et al. 2019

Sociology of Sport Journal

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“…The work by Arianne C. Reis, Marcelo CarvalhoVieira, Fabiana Rodrigues de Sousa-Mast studies sport in Brazil. The authors mention that financing of sport in the country, irrespective of its importance understanding, is restricted and it is the main problem for development achievement [8]. In the Russian Federation the problems of physical culture and sport financing are studied in the works of V.V.…”

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Studying Foreign Experience of Physical Culture and Sport Sphere Financing

Vishnevskaya¹,

Vishnevskiy²,

Steshenko³

2019

Proceedings of the First International Volga Region Conference on Economics, Humanities and Sports (FICEHS 2019)

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The article presents analysis of financing physical culture and sport sphere in the Russian Federation. It considers different mechanisms of sports sphere private financing in some foreign countries: homesteads expenditure and volunteership, subvention of public sector at a national, regional and local levels, national lotteries, income from mass media received by sports events organizers, sponsorship and patronship, gambling, endowment-fund and others. The authors studied scientific works of native and foreign scientists in the sphere of sport financing. On the basis of analyzing foreign experience authors offered the directions of financing mechanisms improvement in the sphere of physical culture and sport in the Russian Federation. The authors underline the necessity to reconsider the mechanism of financing physical culture and sport in terms of widening the tools of tax stimulation.

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“…Moreover, the notion that sport inevitably leads to positive outcomes in a wide range of social issues and individual development is observed in the assumptions and 'sport works' narrative of SfD programmes (e.g. Coalter, 2015;Coakley, 2016), often employed by government and transnational organisations (see Reis, Vieira and de Sousa-Mast, 2016). Since the 1990s, the SfD 'movement' has shifted from a marginalised to a significant strategy for governments and transnational organisations to achieve social development goals (Kidd, 2008;Reis et al, 2016).…”

Section: Sport-for-developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Coalter, 2015;Coakley, 2016), often employed by government and transnational organisations (see Reis, Vieira and de Sousa-Mast, 2016). Since the 1990s, the SfD 'movement' has shifted from a marginalised to a significant strategy for governments and transnational organisations to achieve social development goals (Kidd, 2008;Reis et al, 2016). In 2010 the United Nations reaffirmed the efficacy of sport in achieving its Millennium Development Goals because SfD promotes education and peace, and promotes cooperation, solidarity, health and social inclusion.…”

Section: Sport-for-developmentmentioning

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A Case Study of a Sport‐for‐Development Programme in Brazil

Hall

Reis

2018

Bull Latin American Res

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This article examines the ‘Sport Works’ narrative of sport‐for‐development practitioners of an inter‐organisational sport‐for‐development (SfD) programme utilising rugby to foster positive social transformation in Brazil. In doing so, we address an under‐representation of practitioners who are often seen as subjugated voices in SfD programmes. The paper also addresses an under‐representation of Brazil as a research site in SfD literature. Following several site visits and interviews with practitioners, our data concludes that despite a novel context of Brazil and the alternative values to football offered through the sport of rugby, practitioners and programme managers maintain dominant narratives of social transformation through sport without clear monitoring and evaluation.

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“Sport for Development” in developing countries: The case of theVilas Olímpicas do Rio de Janeiro

Cited by 24 publications

References 38 publications

Exploring Sport and Intergroup Relations in Fiji: Guidance for Researchers Undertaking Short-Term Ethnography

Exploring Sport and Intergroup Relations in Fiji: Guidance for Researchers Undertaking Short-Term Ethnography

Studying Foreign Experience of Physical Culture and Sport Sphere Financing

A Case Study of a Sport‐for‐Development Programme in Brazil

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