Ta(l)king sides
Ethical and methodological challenges in comparative fieldwork on avid football rivalries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12675615 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ramón Spaaij (0000-0002-1260-3111, La Trobe University, corresponding author), Matthijs Geilenkirchen (Erasmus University Rotterdam) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 633-651 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Soccer and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1466-0970 • E-ISSN: 1743-9590 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14660970.2011.599583 |
| OpenAlex | W2151864192 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 39 |
Previous research on football (soccer) fan cultures has documented the lived experiences of devoted football supporters. Few studies, however, have used participant observation and intensive interviewing to examine the deep-rooted inter-group oppositions that characterize avid football rivalries. Even fewer have done this involving both sides of a rivalry and in countries and cultures unknown or unfamiliar to the researcher. This essay examines the process of doing qualitative research in such settings. Fieldwork experiences in Italy, Spain, England and the Netherlands are used to report and reflect on the ethical and methodological challenges associated with comparative research into inter-group conflicts in the football context. There are specific dilemmas that relate directly to the task of studying multiple sides of a football rivalry. Accusations of partiality and ethical criticisms of the researcher’s betrayal of one side against the other are rife, particularly in situations where intra-group cleavages and a strong distrust of the police exist
Betrayal · Context (archaeology · Criminology · Distrust · Football · Interview · Media studies · Participant observation · Political science · Qualitative research · Rivalry · Social science · Sociology · History · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society
Language in Relation to a Unified Theory of the Structure of Human Behavior
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Stranger and friend
Street Corner Society
Distinction
The Rules of Disorder
Ethnography
Hit and tell
Passion, politics and violence
Fighting Fans
Distinction
Understanding Football Hooliganism
Club Cultures
Stress and Response in Fieldwork
Italian Ultras Today
Works and lives
Participant Observation and Research into Football Hooliganism
Researching youth culture and popular music
Getting close by staying distant
The disengagement process
Observing abuse
Avenues of contestation. Football hooligans running and ruling urban spaces
Whose Side Are We On
Researching Creations
Recruiting Transcultural Qualitative Research Participants
Bias as a Research Strategy in Participant Observation
Hanging out and hanging about
Settling Accounts with Hooligans
Using Focus Groups With Lower Socioeconomic Status Latina Women
Ethnographic Studies of Children and Youth
One Hundred Dollars and a Dead Man
Men Like Us, Boys Like Them
The Boys are Back in Town
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |