Sociologist, critical thinker, social justice advocate. Interests: inclusive practice, public management, social capital, health promotion, leisure studies
Adelaide
Joined January 2013
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💫Call for EOIs💫
Are you ready to showcase your institution and become the proud #host of the #ANZALS conference in 2025?
📢EOIs are now open!
📅 Submissions due: 20th August 23, at midnight (NZT)
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Leisure and Everyday Life with Dementia: Book Launch (hosted by ANZALS)
Coming 5 July!
Sign up for this FREE webinar here: leisurestudies.org/news/anza…
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This is my first article but also a call for action.
There are ways to live healthier and more fulfilling lives while building a more socially just society that respects planetary boundaries.
What role could sport/physical activity play in this effort?tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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📢 New paper exploring Indigenous peoples deep connection with land & how it impacts health.
Our team made up of @pemgali, @ayashadhana, @DrBrett_Biles, @EMunrha & I have spent years exploring this topic that ensured a comprehensive & collaborative piece: doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/978…
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Vol. 47 Issue 1 is available online! "Engaging struggle: The deconstruction of the academy in leisure studies" creates space for leisure researchers to post questions and challenge the status quo in our field. @CanadianCals @tandfsport tandfonline.com/toc/rloi20/4…
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Call For Papers
Special Issue on Leisure, Sustainability and Power
edited by @tommylangseth, @Heidista, Haukland & Giulianotti
250-word abstracts due 15 February 2023
More details: doi.org/10.1080/11745398.202…
@ANZALSonline @tandfsport @WorldLeisureOrg @Leisure_Studies
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Latest Article: Everyone is welcome under the big top: a multiple case study on circus arts instruction in physical education. #PESP
Authors Marco Bortoleto et al.
@tandfsport. @afPE_PE.
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A new review from @LionAlexis & colleagues found no evidence supporting an effect of elite sport in ⬆️ physical activity or sport participation in the general population. Attn policy makers: promotion of elite sport alone is not enough!
@AnneVuillemin @florian_leon @AurelieHoye
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Special episode of the #Disability #Sport Info show provides a foundational view of grassroots sport:
bit.ly/3b9wDKd
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🇦🇺 @simon_darcy - Enablers & barriers
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In our new *open access* book, we discuss dominant constructions of students as: citizens; learners & hard-workers; in transition; future workers; stressed; and as threats & objects of criticism
@SurreySociology @policypress policy.bristoluniversitypres…
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It’s cheaper to poach health workers from other countries than it is to train more ourselves and from a neoliberal perspective this is a good “business model”. It is another sign of how we have abandoned our own young people to casual, insecure work. theguardian.com/society/2022…
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Transgender cyclist Veronica Ivy has criticised a recent decision by the world swimming body to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women's competition.
Read more here: bit.ly/3xQCtHY
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Put in your diaries:
ANZALS 2023 Conference will be hosted by Auckland University of Technology @AUTuni in Auckland, New Zealand 6- 8 December, 2023.
Conference Theme: "Leisure: For Life"
@AnnalsLeisRes @Leisure_Studies @CanadianCals @cauthe1 @SMAANZBoard
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Thank you Noah! Great report for those wanting to better understand the history of trans health in Australia
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Drawing data: I make art from the bodily experience of long-distance running theconversation.com/drawing-… via @ConversationEDU
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This might be interesting for some #LSA @TALS_tweets @ANZALSonline with super editors @narrowboat_paul @JRLovesCycling Physical Activity and Wellbeing Across the Lifespan mdpi.com/si/121419 #mdpiijerph via @IJERPH_MDPI
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Some excellent women sociologists to follow: @GKBhambra @barbour_rose @F_A_Stevenson @princessjack @cj_pope @redrumlisa @melb4886 @SashaScambler @criminographer @ProfAliceS @_rachel_brooks @YasminGun @gletherby @DALupton @FranCollyer @KA_Garthwaite @ProfImogenTyler