A narrative inquiry into becoming attentive to relational ethics in recreation practice. Issue 5 (20th October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dubnewick, Michael; Lessard, Sean; Clandinin, D. Jean; McHugh, Tara-Leigh
• Is Part Of: Qualitative research in sport, exercise & health. Volume 11:Issue 5(2019)
• Page Start: 636
• Page End: 649
• Publication Date: 2019-10-20
• Subjects: Relational ethics -- ethical space -- non-indigenous and indigenous relations -- recreation programming -- narrative inquiry; Sports sciences -- Research -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Exercise -- Research -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Health -- Research -- Methodology -- Periodicals; 613.71
• DOI: 10.1080/2159676X.2019.1591494
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2159-676X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article narratively inquires into the experiences of the first author and two recreation practitioners he worked alongside as they became wakeful to their relations as non-Indigenous people living alongside Indigenous peoples in a community garden project. The experiences shared highlight how they negotiated notions of professional competence tied to outcomes of programming, and how such narrow stories silenced the relational aspects of their practice. By inquiring into the experiences of each recreation practitioner, the purpose of this inquiry is to show how they made sense of living ethically in the field as a relational practice and how that shifted their relations in a community garden project.