This book presents knowledge from Indigenous women who enact decolonization and wellbeing through physical activity. In sport, physical activity, and health disciplines, there is a significant need for Indigenous women’s theoretical and methodological perspectives. While much research is published from a Western perspective on Indigenous peoples’ health, sport, and physical activity, less is known from Indigenous feminist and community perspectives. The chapters therefore inform the broader sociology of sport and Indigenous feminist fields on Indigenous cultural perspectives of physical activity.
Author(s): Tricia McGuire-Adams
Series: New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 168
City: Cham
Artist Statement
Acknowledgements
Contents
1: Introduction
Locating Myself
Literature Review
Health Disparities
Race and Gender in the Sociology of Sport Field
Indigenous Peoples: Sport and Physical Activity
Settler Colonialism
Centring Decolonization
Physical Activity Used as Regeneration
Note on Theory
The Anishinaabeg Research Paradigm
References
2: Indigenous Feminist Theory and Embodied Settler Colonialism
The Development of Indigenous Feminist Theory
Connections to Land and Settler-Colonial Violence
Embodied Settler Colonialism
References
3: Relational Accountability to our Ancestors
Relationships
Sharing Circle
Settler-Colonial Grief: “Historical trauma … our blood remembers”
Healing Embodied Settler Colonialism: “It starts from within you”
Women’s Physical Strength: “It was just the way of life”
Centring Anishinaabeg Ancestral Stories
References
4: Women’s Stories of Decolonized Physical Activity
The Anishinaabeg Women
Storytelling
Anishinaabeg Protocols Used for the Research Process
Indigenized Thematic Analysis
The Stories
Personal Empowerment and Confidence
Well-Being for Self, Family, and Community Through Physical Activity
The Role of Group Mentorship
Embodying Gwekisidoon Gibimaadiziwin
Awakening Anishinaabeg Values of Physical Activity
References
5: Oshki-Michitweg or New Runners
Anishinaabekweg Runners
The Stories
Running as Ceremony and Healing
Running As a Group with Other Women
Running for Personal Goals and Health
Modern-Day Michitweg
Decolonization Through Physical Activity
References
6: Wiisokotaatiwin: Kettlebell Training, Critical Dialogue, and Creating Well-Being Through Physical Activity
Wiisokotaatiwin: Anishinaabe Knowledge Learned Through Language
Relationships
Objectives and Research Questions
Recruitment of Urban Indigenous Women
Analysis and Ethical Considerations
Results
The Start of the Circle: Colonial Displacement
The Circle Continued: Critical Consciousness of Marginalization
Closing the Circle: Restoring Wellness by Enacting Community
Indigenous Women Creating Community Through Physical Activity
Limitations
Indigenous-Led Research
References
7: Disciplined Physical Activity as an Ethic of Anishinaabeg Self-Discipline
Colonial Discipline Through Physical Activity
Foucault on Discipline
Indigenous Understandings of Self-Discipline
Summary of Lecture
Relational Well-Being
References
8: Conclusion
Summary of Chapters
Research Implications
Indigenous Health Research and Sociology of Sport
Theoretical Implications
Recommendations for Future Research
Concluding Thoughts
References
Glossary
Index
