(Un)imaginable (Para-)athletes: A Discourse Analysis of Athletics Websites in Canada

• Danielle Peers ^[1] ; Timothy Konoval ^[1] ; Rebecca Marsh Naturkach ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Alberta

     University of Alberta

     Canadá

     
• Localización: Adapted physical activity quaterly, ISSN 0736-5829, Vol. 37, Nº. 1, 2020, págs. 112-128
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This Foucauldian discourse analysis engages DePauw’s theory of disability and visibility to examine the construction of para-athletes within the websites of Canada’s “fully integrated” athletics sport system. The authors found that para-athletes remain largely unimaginable within most athletics websites. When present, para-athletes are often only imagined as marginal participants, or marginalized through medical and charitable discourses. The authors offer examples of para-athletes being reimagined primarily as athletes, and some examples where (para-)athletics was reimagined by identifying and removing barriers to full participation. The authors close with some learning points that may enable sport practitioners to change how they discursively construct para-athletes and thus contribute to a less marginalizing and exclusionary sport system