Discourse and sports policy

Wed Dec 7 10:48:17 UTC 2005

Hi Jo

I assume you are familiar with the work of David Kirk, recently of Deakin U and possibly still there?
 A couple of references i have are :-

Kirk, D. (1994) 'Making the present strange?': Sources of the current crisis in physical education. Discourse  15.1 pp46-63

Kirk, D., D. Macdonald & R. Tinning. (1997) The social construction of pedagogic discourse in physical education teacher education in Australia. The Curriculum Journal 8.2. pp. 271-298

He also has a 1992 book Defining physical education: the social construction of a school subject in post-war Britain. London: Falmer Press.

As you can see he is about teacher education, but his approach is discursive constructionist, and you may find some useful parallels to NZ sports discourse.

Best

Simon Gieve

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Simon Gieve
School of Education
University of Leicester
U.K.

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Hi there, and nice to hear from you all,

Veronika, my understanding of German is limited to ... well, ok, it's non-existent!

Thanks for the references though, I shall certainly have a look at these, as metaphor plays such a large part in the construction of New Zeland sport policy. This seems to be the case in both New Zealand and increasingly around the 'western' world - the homogenising of sport policy discourse. There is resistance to these corporatist centred discourses however, and this makes it quite fascinating to research.

Donald, cheers for that, and we shall keep in touch. It would be great to have some discussion about this!

Regards
Joe

Hi Joe,

This sounds really important research in the New Zealand context - though
I'm sure elsewhere too. Seems to me that most of the versions of national
identity available in sport and sports policy here are in urgent need of
critique. If you're ever in Christchurch, you're warmly welcome to come
along to the Christchurch discourse research group - to present a paper if
you're interested.

To others on this list - there's an open invitation to discourse researchers
who find their way to this part of New Zealand to join us.

Donald

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On 12/6/05 4:32 PM, "jpiggin at UNITEC.AC.NZ"
<DISCOURS at listserv.linguistlist.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> My name is Joe Piggin. I am half-way through* my PhD study from Otago
> University (New Zealand), and have switched to part time since beginning
> lecturing here at Unitec in Auckland this year.
>
> My research is heavily influenced by Foucault. I am researching how different
> discourses about sport, such as 'nationalism', 'fitness' and 'social
> cohesion', find their way into public policy. Along with this, I have been
> looking at how ideas about sport are contested and resisted through public
> debate and protest.
>
> One paper from my thesis involves Bakhtin's idea of heteroglossia (or multiple
> discourses within a text) to look at how competing ways of thinking and
> talking influence debate and resistance to governmental policy.
>
> Related to discourse, I find lecturing in sport management / sport marketing
> is a unique place to at once teach how to use a particular discourse
> ('management speak'), while also bringing to the fore the potential negative
> and harmful effects of doing so!
>
> Regards
> Joe Piggin
>
> *I've been half-way through for a while now!
>
> Joe Piggin
> Lecturer
> School of Sport
> Unitec, Auckland
> 09 815 4321 Ext 8012
> Cell: 021 472 888

Joe Piggin
Lecturer
School of Sport
Unitec, Auckland
09 815 4321 Ext 8012
Cell: 021 472 888