Refugees, Sport and Belonging: A Photovoice Inquiry

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dc.contributor.advisorNakamura, Yuka
dc.contributor.authorMozaffarian, Donna Raja
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-22T18:43:10Z
dc.date.available2019-11-22T18:43:10Z
dc.date.copyright2019-05
dc.date.issued2019-11-22
dc.date.updated2019-11-22T18:43:10Z
dc.degree.disciplineKinesiology & Health Science
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMSc - Master of Science
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the concept of sport as a vehicle for belonging and social inclusion amongst six Eritrean refugees participating in an ethno-specific soccer team located in the City of Toronto, and the ways in which settlement occurs through the sports environment. This study uses photovoice methodology and draws on Maxwell et al.s (2013) modified application of Baileys (2008) social inclusion framework, as well as Antonsich (2010) approach to belonging. Together, their work serves as the foundation upon which the study analyses participants ideas of inclusivity and belonging within a sport a context. Unlike the mainstream understanding of refugees as individuals who are displaced from their homeland and settle in a host country (Goodwin-Gill & McAdam, 2007), nearly all study participants had been born into a state of displacement, being children of parents who had fled or also born into displacement. This protracted and intergenerational state of displacement continued due to a lack of citizenship, status or rights for the participants in their birthplace. The study shows that the theme of intergenerational displacement was interwoven with the participants understanding of what it meant to belong. Though belonging presented itself in many aspects of their daily lives, such as social and group belonging, participants attributed status and citizenship to feelings of belonging in Canada. In addition, the spatial dimension of social inclusion (Maxwell et al., 2013) was contingent upon the type of sport being played, and facilitated by the ethnospecificity of the team. Soccer, being the sport played by the participants, was assumed to possess unique qualities that fostered sportsmanship and unity that other sports lacked. The shared experience of refugees from the same ethnic background, not only allowed them to exchange information in regard to their claimant process or other logistical settlement support services, but also provided them with a sense of group-belonging and comfort that participants felt were not present in more diverse teams.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/36703
dc.languageen
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dc.subjectSports management
dc.subject.keywordsRefugee
dc.subject.keywordsEritrean
dc.subject.keywordsSport Sociology
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Inclusion
dc.subject.keywordsBelonging
dc.subject.keywordsHealth Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsSport for Peace
dc.subject.keywordsSport for Development
dc.subject.keywordsKinesiology
dc.subject.keywordsHealth and Fitness Behaviour
dc.subject.keywordsSociological Perspectives on Health.
dc.titleRefugees, Sport and Belonging: A Photovoice Inquiry
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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