Widening the aperture : Using visual methods to broaden our understanding of gender in the outdoor profession

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Gray, Tonia, Allen-Craig, Sandra, Mitten, Denise and Charles, Rylie. (2022). Widening the aperture : Using visual methods to broaden our understanding of gender in the outdoor profession. Annals of Leisure Research. 25(3), pp. 314-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2021.1899831
AuthorsGray, Tonia, Allen-Craig, Sandra, Mitten, Denise and Charles, Rylie
Abstract

Embedding a gender-aware and social-responsive culture is one of the many challenges which confronts the outdoor profession. Creative methodologies and feminist research has the potential to unlock new insights and knowledges about outdoor embodiment and embolden change. This paper offers a fresh research approach to interrogate the lived experiences and prevailing injustices encountered by outdoor women. To address issues of hegemony and asymmetrical power imbalance, the authors chose visual arts-based methods to widen their research aperture. Arts-based research disrupts the common use of language and allows participants to creatively communicate thoughts and feelings. Data was gathered from a purposive convenience sample of outdoor leadership professionals at conference workshops and emergent themes analysed. We conclude as a reflective research method, visual-arts provided alternative perspectives beyond the dominant discourse to illuminate blindspots in the outdoor professions.

Keywordsvisual arts-based methods; gender; lived experiences; feminist research; hegemony; outdoor embodiment
Year2022
JournalAnnals of Leisure Research
Journal citation25 (3), pp. 314-334
PublisherRoutledge
ISSN1174-5398
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2021.1899831
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85104006939
Page range314-334
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