Resumen de Collaborative self-ethnography: : Navigating self-reflexivity in a sport management context
The main goal of our paper is to encourage personal reflection within the field of sport management as a tool to strengthen methodological approaches in our research. We explore and discuss the utility of collaborative self-ethnography as one way to acknowledge personal identities through a reflexive account of our experiences as sport fans and sport researchers with this methodology. We draw upon the study of our experiences as sport fans (Hoeber & Kerwin, 2013) to illustrate techniques, downfalls, and benefits of studying one’s experiences in a collaborative methodological approach. Our objectives are twofold. First, we hope to encourage sport management researchers to acknowledge and reflect upon their personal identities related to sport, such as being a fan, coach, volunteer, or former participant, in their research. Second, we aim to demonstrate the utility of collaborative self-ethnography as one way to incorporate reflexivity in sport management research and theory development.
