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Engaging participants in qualitative research: methodological reflections on studying active older lives in Scotland and Australia
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Tulle, E and Palmer, C, Engaging participants in qualitative research: methodological reflections on studying active older lives in Scotland and Australia, Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health pp. 1-15. ISSN 2159-676X (2020) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/2159676X.2020.1812700
Abstract
Deliberations on methodology in qualitative research have typically
offered guidance for increasing involvement by subjects or focus on the
reasons why people choose not to take part in the research. This paper
provides a different contribution to advancing knowledge and practice in
qualitative methodologies. It examines the reasons why people choose to
participate in qualitative research. Drawing together our reflections on
three research projects with older athletes in Australia and Scotland, the
paper examines: the importance of shared insider experience and physical
capital by the researchers and participants alike, participant empowerment and enthusiasm to share their passion as older athletes and; the
opportunity for the research to counter perceptions of invisibility – of
leisure interests, older people and active older women more particularly
as key factors in engaging participants in the research process.
Specifically, we link the sociological concept of capital and the notion of
the gambit to qualitative studies in sport, health and leisure. As
a sociological reflection on both the design and methods of qualitative
research and the subjective experiences of our participants, the research
has wider significance and application to critical qualitative methodologies more broadly and investigations of older people’s leisure experiences
more specifically.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | qualitative research, physical capital, cultural capital, recruitment strategies, social change |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Sociology |
Research Field: | Sociological methodology and research methods |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Sport, exercise and recreation |
Objective Field: | Organised sports |
UTAS Author: | Palmer, C (Professor Catherine Palmer) |
ID Code: | 140925 |
Year Published: | 2020 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 1 |
Deposited By: | Office of the School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2020-09-15 |
Last Modified: | 2020-10-29 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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