karla a. henderson north carolina state university leisure studies association july 17, 2012
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JUSTICE IN SPORT AND
LEISURE: HAVE THE EASY
QUESTIONS BEEN
ANSWERED?Karla A. Henderson
North Carolina State University
Leisure Studies Association
July 17, 2012
PREMISES OF MY PRESENTATION Many of the EASY questions have been
answered because inequities have been identified
The next set of questions may be more complex because further critique and action are required
ORGANIZATION OF THIS PRESENTATIONShare issues raised in North America
Use gender justice as an example of the potential for justice research
Offer challenges to consider into the future
COMMONALITIES OF JUSTICE Social Environmental Economic Socioenvironmental Ecojustice Gender Distributive Reciprocal …..
Fairness and doing what is right
Distribution of resources is equitable
People are physically and psychologically safe and secure
Responsibility toward and with others and for society as a whole
Opportunities and behaviors where people believe they make a difference
Focus on disparity of power historically that must be transformed to assure fairness
A basis for action
NEW WINE IN OLD BOTTLES?
SPEAKING UP AND SPEAKING OUT: WORKING FOR SOCIAL
AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THROUGH PARKS, RECREATION,
TOURISM AND LEISURE
May 2012
Salt Lake City, UT
SYMPOSIUM THEMES Positive and Negative Associations
between Social and Environmental Justice
The Inclusion of Previously Un(der)researched Groups
Internal Critiques
Justice and Health
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
How conservation
compromises social justice
Ecofeminism Tourism and
injustice Ecotourism and
justice Just sustainability Ecojustice
INCLUDING UN(DER)RESEARCHED GROUPS
Growth of multi-racial people
Queering space
Contesting homelessness
INTERNAL CRITIQUES OF PRACTICE RELATED TO LEISURE
Color bias of the academyUsing experiential educationCritical Thinking for Justice (for Students)
JUSTICE AND HEALTHGreen access for health
Social justice and social media
Slow food movement
Spirituality
GENDER JUSTICE
FEMINIST PHASE THEORY:STAGES OF GENDER/JUSTICE RESEARCH?
Invisible (Women)Add (Women) and Stir(Sex/Gender) Differences(Women)-only(Gender) Justice Explanations
FEMINIST RESEARCH AS BASIS FOR JUSTICE RESEARCH
a. Serves as a critique of existing research
b. Corrects biases that have existed
c. Serves as the ground work for the transformation of social science and society (e.g., through future research, policies, and practice).
EXPANDING FEMINIST PHASE THEORY TO JUSTICE
IntersectionalitySocial-cultural Nexus
FEMINIST CONTRIBUTIONS TO JUSTICE RESEARCH
Epistemology and Methodology
Breadth of Feminism—Call for Intersectionality
Gender Justice Equity, and Social Change
ROLE OF ACADEMICS/KEYNOTERS
THE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS… In what ways can justice
research be done? Is justice central to leisure
studies research? If not, why not? Should it be?
How does positionality influence what research is undertaken? How is positionality useful? How might it be a problem?
THE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS… How can justice research influence a
greater understanding of leisure? How can justice research regarding
leisure make life better for people? What might be the implications for policy, practice, and everyday living?
What would research look like if we really wanted to create a just society?
Have the easy questions been answered?
DR. SEUSS, THE LORAX
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
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