Critical Event Studies: Approaches to Research

320 Pages·2016·6.595 MB·English

by  Ian R Lamond, Louise Platt (eds.)

LEISURE
STUDIES
Critical
IN A
GLOBAL
Event
ERA
Studies
Approaches to Research
Edited by
IAN R LAMOND
AND LOUISE PLATT
Leisure Studies in a Global Era
Series Editors:
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Ian R  Lamond • Louise P latt
Editors
Critical Event Studies
Approaches to
Research
Editors
Ian R Lamond Louise Platt
School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Hollings Faculty
Leeds Beckett University Manchester Metropolitan University
Leeds , United Kingdom Manchester , United Kingdom
Leisure Studies in a Global Era
ISBN 978-1-137-52384-6 ISBN 978-1-137-52386-0 (eBook)
DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-52386-0
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Contents
1 Introduction 1
Ian R. Lamond and Louise Platt
Part I Critical Considerations 15
2 Problems of Involvement and Detachment: A Critical
Approach to Researching Live Event Experiences 17
Daniel Turner and Elliot Pirie
3 A Qualitative Case Study of the 2010 Football World Cup
in South Africa: Practical Considerations and Personal
Dilemmas 37
Suzanne Dowse
4 Creating Critical Festival Discourse Th rough Flexible
Mixed Methodological Research Design 59
Allan Jepson and Alan Clarke
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Part II Discursive, Historical, and Ideological Perspectives 85
5 Th e Rewards and Risks of Historical Events Studies
Research 87
Matthew L. McDowell and Fiona Skillen
6 Space and Memory in the Huashan Event 109
Dominique Ying-Chih Liao
7 CDA, Critical Events and Critical Event Studies:
How to Make Sense of Critical Events in a Society
of Radical Change 131
Nicolina Montesano Montessori
8 Using a Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies (CADS)
Approach to Investigate Constructions of Identities
in Media Reporting Surrounding Mega Sports Events:
Th e Case of the London Olympics 2012 149
Sylvia Jaworska
9 Examining Parasport Events Th rough the Lens of 
Critical Disability Studies 175
Laura Misener , David McGillivray , Gayle McPherson ,
and David Legg
Part III Encountering the Event 193
10 Participatory Research: Case Study of a Community
Event 195
Rebecca Finkel and Kate Sang
11 Researching from the Inside: Autoethnography and 
Critical Event Studies 213
Katherine Dashper
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12 An Ethnographic Approach to the Taking Place of 
the Event 231
Andrea Pavoni and Sebastiano Citroni
13 Experience Sampling Methods in Critical Event Studies:
Th eory and Practice 253
Jonathan Moss
14 Th e Strength of Festival Ties: Social Network Analysis
and the 2014 Edinburgh International Science Festival 277
David Jarman
Index 309

About the Authors
Sebastiano   Citroni is currently a post-doctoral researcher in the
Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Milano-
Bicocca. He is adjunct professor in Analysis of Temporary Inhabitants
in the Public Spaces at the University Politecnico di Milano. His main
researches and interests focus on ethnography, urban studies, public
space, group styles, pragmatism and local mobilisations. His last book is
‘Inclusive Togetherness’. A Comparative Ethnography of Cultural Associations
Making Milan Sociable , edited by LaScuola, Brescia. He is also a con-
sultant for private and public organisations on non-profi t organisations,
social needs, local projects, and social inclusion.
Alan   Clarke i s a Docens in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the
University of Pannonia, Hungary. He has been part of the research team
undertaking a year-long review and evaluation of the festivals and events
in Veszprém for the Tourism Destination Management Organisation and
is currently working on new off ers, such as the Auer Festival. Previously
he was the Assistant Dean in the Business School, and in the School of
Tourism and Hospitality at the University of Derby, UK. He chaired
the Derby Tourism Challenge Team, was Vice-Chair of the Derbyshire
Tourism Partnership and was the founding chair of the Derbyshire and
Peak District Sustainable Partnership.
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