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Troubling gendered umbrellas: engaging complexity within legacies of leisure research

Pages 365-388 | Received 11 Jan 2018, Accepted 04 Dec 2018, Published online: 16 Jun 2019
 

ABSTRACT

What do umbrellas have to do with leisure research? Why do they need to be troubled? Throughout the course of this manuscript, we will unpack understandings of umbrella categories – specifically, gendered umbrella categories – and why it is relevant for leisure scholars to consider these categories within their research practices. Following a discussion of the complexity involved in projects of representation, leisure scholars will find a number of guiding principles and questions that highlight the importance of doing research in ways that are simultaneously aware of but also trouble the influence of taken for granted gendered umbrellas within research processes. By thoughtfully considering the way we as leisure researchers engage in research, we can open up space within our research for the legacies that do not fit neatly into binarized identity categorisations – as well as create more opportunities for doing leisure research in increasingly socially just ways.

RÉSUMÉ

Quel est le rapport entre les parapluies et la recherche sur les loisirs? Pourquoi doivent-ils être troublés? Tout au long de ce manuscrit, nous présenterons en détail les catégories de parapluies (en particulier, celle des parapluies sexospécifiques) et expliquerons en quoi elles sont pertinentes et doivent être prises en compte par les chercheurs en loisirs. Après une discussion sur la complexit#xE9; des projets de représentation, les spécialistes du loisir découvriront un certain nombre de principes directeurs et de questions qui soulignent l’importance de la conduite de recherches tenant compte de l’existence des parapluies sexospécifiques, mais également le risque lié au fait de les considérer comme immuables dans les processus de recherche. En examinant la manière dont les chercheurs en loisirs s’impliquent dans la recherche, nous ouvrons un espace dans nos recherches aux conclusions qui ne correspondent pas parfaitement aux catégorisations identitaires binarisées, mais #xE9;galement créer davantage d’occasions de recherche sur les loisirs d’une manière généralement plus juste sur le plan social

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the RBC Retirement Research Centre under the 2013 Ontario Teachers’ Retirement Village Seed Grant.

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