Critical Friends, Dialogues of Discomfort, and Researcher Reflexivity in the Sociology of Sport
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Sociology of Sport Journal
Volume
40
Issue
4
DOI
10.1123/ssj.2023-0003
First Page
373
Last Page
384
Abstract
In this special issue, which calls for a "more radical sociology of sport and physical culture,"the purpose of this paper is to address how practices of reflexivity might be mobilized among critical sport scholars toward changing the intersectional, fragmented, and complex communities we inhabit inside and outside the academy. We begin by conducting a literature review of researcher reflexivity and positionality in Sociology of Sport Journal from 2000 to 2022. UtilizingWanda Pillow's "reflexivities of discomfort,"we interrogate our own research by engaging in a reflexive dialogue as "critical friends."Through this work, we try to make sense of the potential of these dialogues for shaping our ethical, political, and personal approaches to research, writing, methodology, and knowledge production.
Department
Kinesiology
Recommended Citation
Adam Ehsan Ali, Tavis Smith, and Michael Dao. "Critical Friends, Dialogues of Discomfort, and Researcher Reflexivity in the Sociology of Sport" Sociology of Sport Journal (2023): 373-384. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2023-0003
