Co-creating knowledge on bicycling: a decolonial feminist participatory action research approach to arts-based methods

dc.contributor.authorNachman, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorHayhurst, Lyndsay
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-31T21:54:04Z
dc.date.available2023-10-31T21:54:04Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-28
dc.descriptionThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health on 28 Aug 2023, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2023.2243955.
dc.description.abstractDecolonial scholars have warned against the colonizing tendencies of Western research, in which the deliberate misrepresentation of Indigenous and racialized bodies justifies the exploitation and violence towards these communities (Tuck & Yang, 2012; Smith, 2022). Within the field of qualitative sport research, there is a need for research methodologies that relinquish power from the researcher, into the hands of the research communities (Spaaij et al., 2018). This paper aims to demonstrate the utility of a decolonial feminist participatory action research (PAR) approach to arts-based methods for sport research through an exploration of fieldwork with a Toronto-based bicycle organization. A combination of data collection methods were used, including: 1) arts-based methods; 2) semi-structured interviews; and 3) reflexive journal notes. The results of this project demonstrated that a decolonial feminist PAR approach to arts-based methods can: 1) illuminate the non-human actors within art and bicycling; 2) help research colleagues critique systems of oppression; and 3) facilitate research colleague agency. Taken together, these findings demonstrate the importance of co-creating knowledge within sport scholarship to illuminate the diverse knowledges of those vulnerable to systemic oppression and erasure. This is a novel direction for challenging power relations within sport research and within sociological research more broadly
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research paper was funded by a MITACS Accelerate grant with contributions from The Bike Brigade, and the SSHRC insight grant titled ‘Wheels of Change? Exploring 'Bicycles for Development' for Women and Girls in the (Post-)Pandemic Contexts of Canada, Uganda and Nicaragua’ (2021-2026. PI: Lyndsay Hayhurst, York University. Co-Is: Mitch McSweeney, University of Minnesota; Brian Wilson, University of British Columbia; Francine Darroch, Carleton University; Cathy van Ingen, Brock University; Brad Millington, Brock University).
dc.identifier.citationNachman, J. R., Hayhurst, L. M. C., McSweeney, M., & Wang, R. (2023). Co-creating knowledge on bicycling: a decolonial feminist participatory action research approach to arts-based methods. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. DOI: 10.1080/2159676X.2023.2243955
dc.identifier.issn2159-6778
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2023.2243955
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/41492
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherQualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectBicycles
dc.subjectCo-creating knowledge
dc.subjectParticipatory action research
dc.subjectDecolonial feminist theory
dc.subjectArts-based methods
dc.titleCo-creating knowledge on bicycling: a decolonial feminist participatory action research approach to arts-based methods
dc.typeArticle

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