Facilitating inclusivity and broadening understandings of access at football clubs: the role of disabled supporter associations
| Autor: | Joanna Welford, Mads de Wolff, Brett Smith, Borja García |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Inclusion (disability rights)
business.industry Strategy and Management 05 social sciences 030229 sport sciences Football Supporter Public relations Power (social and political) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical Barrier Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management 0502 economics and business Ethnography Sociology business human activities Research question 050212 sport leisure & tourism Meaning (linguistics) |
| Zdroj: | European Sport Management Quarterly. 17:226-243 |
| ISSN: | 1746-031X 1618-4742 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/16184742.2016.1246584 |
| Popis: | Research question: To which extent do Disabled Supporter Associations (DSAs) contribute to improve access of fans with disabilities to football? This research question addresses two interrelated gaps: the lack of attention to supporters in European policies on inclusion in and through sport, and the excessive focus on physical barriers over other dimensions of access in both policy and research on disability and sport.Research methods: The study uses visual auto-ethnography. Seven disabled supporters, members of three different DSAs at football clubs in England, took part in the study. They were asked to take photographs of their life as a supporter over a period of eight weeks, and were interviewed at the end to discuss and clarify the meaning of the pictures.Results and findings: Attention to physical spaces is not enough to ensure inclusivity in the stands. Further dimensions need attention by clubs, including knowledge, relationships and participation, and power of advocacy. DSAs have the pote... |
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