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This webinar explores the possibilities of podcasting and digital audio production within research about sports and movement cultures. It discusses multiple ways that podcasting and digital audio can be incorporated into research praxis: as a vehicle for public-facing dissemination of research-informed knowledge; as a mode for representing experiences of sport and movement; and as an arts-based or participatory research method. The presentations also reflect on the cultural politics of podcasting with attention to the social divisions that shape access to podcast production, as well as the contested ideological function of podcasts within and beyond sports.
Speakers
Dr. Samuel M. Clevenger
Dr. Clevenger is Assistant Professor of Sport Management at Towson University. His research centers on the history of sport and physical culture and the possibilities in podcasting, digital audio, and music as arts-based research methods. He is currently completing book manuscripts on the significance of physical culture in the history of the international garden city town planning movement, and the colonial and cultural politics of narratives of invention in sport history.
Dr. Robyn Smith
Dr. Smith is a social scientist with a background in sports sociology and migration studies. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Loughborough University, funded through the Economic and Social Research Council and a member of the editorial board for Annals of Leisure Research. Her research primarily focuses on understanding the relationship between community sport, leisure, and well-being among young people from equity-owed communities. Robyn’s research is embedded within social justice and she is passionate about working in collaboration with communities and using participatory, and often digital approaches, to critically examine lived experiences and co-create meaningful and usable knowledge. Robyn has expertise in using podcasting within participatory research as a data collection method and knowledge translation strategy, in addition to as a pedagogical tool within Higher Education.
This event was moderated by Dr. Marta Mack (University of Kentucky) with opening remarks from Dr. Mary McDonald and Dr. Matt Ventresca (Georgia Tech).
The Possibilities of Podcasting webinar aims to expand disciplinary knowledge of the podcast medium as a mode of communication and research tool. This online event is open to all researchers, artists, and practitioners interested in how podcasts can enhance scholarship, teaching, and knowledge mobilization practices. This can include those new to podcasts and podcasting, as well as more experienced podcast consumers and producers. Dr. Clevenger and Dr. Smith’s presentations will be followed by audience questions and further conversation about podcasting’s potential within sports studies.