Critical Friends, Dialogues of Discomfort, and Researcher Reflexivity in the Sociology of Sport

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 in...

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Published in:Sociology of sport journal 2023-12, Vol.40 (4), p.373-384
Main Authors: Ali, Adam Ehsan, Smith, Tavis, Dao, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary: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. Utilizing Wanda 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.
ISSN:0741-1235
1543-2785
DOI:10.1123/ssj.2023-0003