‘As relevant as banning polo in Greenland’: the absence of ethnographic insight into country sports in the UK
The article argues for the reinvigoration of sociological and ethnographic interest in the rural. It makes this case in three stages. First, Newby’s work is used to demonstrate early ethnographic insight into the rural. The second stage then critiques the missed ethnographic opportunities in contemp...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1468794107071422 2024-10-13T14:07:43+00:00 ‘As relevant as banning polo in Greenland’: the absence of ethnographic insight into country sports in the UK Hillyard, Sam 2007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468794107071422 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1468794107071422 en eng SAGE Publications https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Qualitative Research volume 7, issue 1, page 83-101 ISSN 1468-7941 1741-3109 journal-article 2007 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794107071422 2024-10-01T04:06:53Z The article argues for the reinvigoration of sociological and ethnographic interest in the rural. It makes this case in three stages. First, Newby’s work is used to demonstrate early ethnographic insight into the rural. The second stage then critiques the missed ethnographic opportunities in contemporary qualitative studies of country sports. Finally, new empirical visual research findings on gamekeeping in the UK are introduced to demonstrate what an ethnographic approach can bring to rural studies. It concludes with the argument that the contested and differentiated nature of the British countryside warrants greater sociological interest, and that ethnographic research is well positioned to offer rich insights. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland SAGE Publications Greenland Polo ENVELOPE(28.967,28.967,65.600,65.600) Qualitative Research 7 1 83 101 |
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The article argues for the reinvigoration of sociological and ethnographic interest in the rural. It makes this case in three stages. First, Newby’s work is used to demonstrate early ethnographic insight into the rural. The second stage then critiques the missed ethnographic opportunities in contemporary qualitative studies of country sports. Finally, new empirical visual research findings on gamekeeping in the UK are introduced to demonstrate what an ethnographic approach can bring to rural studies. It concludes with the argument that the contested and differentiated nature of the British countryside warrants greater sociological interest, and that ethnographic research is well positioned to offer rich insights. |
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