Participatory Research in Sport and Physical Activity

1. Introduction

Kyle A. Rich, Robyn Smith and Audrey R. Giles 

Part I: Research Design 

2. Partnership Work in Participatory Action Research: “Trust Doesn’t Happen on a Timeline”

Robyn Smith, Madison Danford, Simon Darnell, Braeden Doane, Maria Joaquina Lima Larrazabal, Danielle Dinunzio, Sabrina Brathwaite and Chantelle Jane Soropia 

3. Layering Reflexivity into Participatory Research

Thierry R. F. Middleton 

4. Love and Community-Based Participatory Research

Nancy L.I. Spencer and Shanon K. Phelan 

5. Participatory Evaluation as a Cultural Insider in Sport and Physical Activity Research

Michael S. Dao 

6. Secondary Traumatic Stress and Community-Based Participatory Research in Sport and Physical Activity

Audrey R. Giles, Robyn Smith, Jackie Oncescu, Talia Ritondo and Britta Peterson 

Part II: Data Collection 

7. Ethical Issues Surrounding Data Collection in Participatory Action Research in Sport for Development

Carla Luguetti, Rebecca Giglia and Ramon Spaaij 

8. Photo-Elicitation Approaches: Exploring Uses and Applications

Erin Pearson and Laura Misener 

9. Social Media Post-Elicitation in Participatory Research

Nikolaus A. Dean and Andrea Bundon 

10. Biographical Mapping Interviews

Astrid Schubring 

11. Go-Along Interviews

Kelsey Harvey 

Part III: Data Analysis 

12. Community Members’ Participation in Data Analysis and Co-Authorship: Challenging Practices

Umerdad Khudadad, Britta Peterson, Talia Ritondo and Audrey R. Giles 

13. Collective Memory Work in Sport and Physical Activity

Bryan C. Clift, Stephanie Merchant and Jessica Francombe-Webb 

14. Analysing Data in Community-Based Research with Indigenous Communities: Indigenous and Settler Researchers’ Perspectives on “Unlocking” the Next Level

Audrey R. Giles, Rochelle Stewart-Withers, Jeremy Hapeta and Steven Rynne 

Part IV: Knowledge Mobilization and Translation 

15. Participatory Digital Knowledge Translation Considerations from a Bicycles for Development Project

Jessica Nachman, Lyndsay M.C. Hayhurst and Mitchell McSweeney 

16. Podcasting as a Knowledge Translation Tool for Sport and Physical Activity Research 

Samuel M. Clevenger, Oliver J.C. Rick, Emilio J. Weber and Robyn Smith 

17. Reviewing Participatory Research: Guiding Principles and Considerations

Kyle Rich and Kerry R. McGannon 

18.Conclusion: Reflections, Learnings, and Future Directions for Participatory Research in Sport and Physical Activity

Kyle A. Rich, Robyn Smith and Audrey R. Giles

Biography

Kyle A. Rich is Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies at Brock University, Canada. Kyle uses participatory research methodologies and examines the impacts of policy, community, and inclusion/exclusion on experiences in sport, recreation, and physical activity programming. This research has examined a variety of local, regional, and national programs and how they are implemented in both urban and rural contexts.

Robyn Smith is Lecturer in Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences at Brunel University London, UK. Her research focuses on the relationship between community sport, leisure, and wellbeing among young people from equity-owed communities. She is passionate about using participatory methodologies to examine the lived experiences and wellbeing of young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, in and through sport.

Audrey R. Giles is Full Professor in the School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa, Canada. An applied cultural anthropologist, she uses participatory approaches to examine the intersections of gender, culture, and place as they relate to sport and injury prevention. She has conducted most of her Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)-funded and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)-funded research with Indigenous peoples in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic.