Gerald Griggs
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 254048 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Gerald Griggs |
| NOMBRES | Gerald |
| APELLIDO | Griggs |
| FIRMA | GRIGGS G |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Wolverhampton |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0985-8244 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
“A Common Danger Unites”
The sudden transition of Higher Education (HE) from predominately face-to-face to online delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns placed many lecturers in unfamiliar situations. This study aimed to explore and represent the experiences of lecturers working in HE during this time. We used a storytelling approach to represent an amalgamation of experiences collated from lecturers. Data were collected using (i) a focus group interview, (ii) r…
It’s not football anymore’
This article draws on the responses of one hundred English Premier League Football fans and their perceptions of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) during the 2019/2020 season. A multi-sited ethnographic study was applied to capture fans opinions of VAR who were physically present at matches. Data was collected at pubs, fan areas, family zones, public areas, and online on Premier League Forums and Official Message Boards. Fans indicated various th…
Most People Hate Physical Education and Most Drop Out of Physical Activity
High quality Physical Education should instigate and support all learners to develop into a lifelong participant in a way which upkeeps their own health, fitness, and well-being. There are, however, an ever-increasing number of children who drop out of participating in physical activities at the earliest opportunity, leading to an increase in sedentary lifestyles and a rise in childhood obesity. It is evidence such as this which indicates Physica…
Introduction to Special Issue on Primary Physical Education
Primary Physical Education
Physical Education is widespread across the world, yet despite its cultural variation it remains remarkably similar. The ability of the subject to replicate its practices makes it a potential site for exploration from a memetic perspective. The purpose of this paper is to examine documentary evidence such as research papers, policy documents and inspection reports, and offer for consideration potential memes that are at work within the memeplex o…
Riding in the shadows
On 21 July 2013 Chris Froome became only the second British cyclist to win the Tour de France. This paper examines how the events surrounding Froome's victory in the 2013 Tour de France were reported in the British (London-based) print media the day after his victory. Data were collected from nine different daily newspapers on 22 July with a total of 52 pages of coverage devoted to the story. Thematic coding revealed that, despite a comprehensive…
Primary physical education
I Never Saw Him Play but We Were the Best of Friends for Years”
Football management games have long been a successful computer game genre combining the worlds of passionate and opinionated football fans and gamers obsessed with overachievements in quasi-reality environments. These types of games propel the consumer into a newfound intertextual “reality.” It is here that feelings of identification are played out and where pseudosocial relationships begin to develop. This article charts such relationships, as t…
Harry walks, Fabio runs
On 8 February 2012 Fabio Capello resigned from his position as manager of the England men's national association football (soccer) team. The date this decision became public coincided with the acquittal in court of Harry Redknapp following the Tottenham Hotspur FC manager being accused of tax evasion. As Redknapp was considered the media favourite to succeed Capello as England manager, press coverage of these two events proved an interesting case…
Quite possibly something that will never happen again!’
Global mega events such as the Olympic Games can be considered one of the major spectacles of media culture, providing entertainment, drama and a range of characters for the audience to identify with. The narratives and images consumed form the basis of a series of collective, shared memories within a society. Despite the power that collective memories may have, iconic sporting moments may also have private significance for an individual. In this…
The London 2012 Legacy for Primary Physical Education
Legacy rhetoric claiming to inspire a generation of young people has pervaded the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics from the initial bidding processes, through to post events discourses. On the eve of the closing ceremony David Cameron, published a statement on the Number 10 webpage stating a desire to put competitive sport at the heart of a new curriculum for primary Physical Education. This intention will impact upon a congested policy space…
A splendid effort!' Print media reporting of England's women's performance in the 2009 Cricket World Cup
The representation of female athletes by the British print media has been an area for close scrutiny since the mid-1990s. This article examines the representation of England's Women's performance at the 2009 Cricket World Cup. Using a qualitative content analysis of 29 articles from seven newspapers over the duration of the tournament, results show that the main themes emerging were: description of play, performance, celebration, media coverage a…
Why have alternative sports grown in popularity in the UK
In the United Kingdom, alternative sports have experienced unprecedented growth in participation and visibility. Alternative sports have become so central to the physical activity and cultural lifestyles of young people that for many they have challenged and replaced traditional team sports. However, despite the amount of interest that alternative sports have generated in the UK in recent years, insights have yet to be offered as to why this shif…
Just Watching It Again Now Still Gives Me Goose Bumps!”
In a highly mediated world, iconic sporting moments are repeatedly relived, with their significance reinforced by a series of media montages. These narratives form the basis of a series of collective, shared memories within a society. Despite the power that collective memories may have, iconic sporting moments may also have private significance for an individual. In this paper, we examine these, what might be termed “mental postcards.” The study …
A vision of London in the twenty-first century or just terrifying monsters
Almost every Olympic city has some form of legacy and while most commonly the types of legacies discussed concern physical facilities and their continuing utility, many of the most valuable legacies are ‘psychological or social in nature’. As part of the enduring legacy of any Olympic Games, the importance of the mascot as a live symbol of such an event must not be underestimated. In designing an effective mascot, the difficulty lies in creating …
‘Carlsberg don’t make football teams… but if they did’
This essay examines the British media’s reporting of German football club FC St Pauli’s promotion to the Bundesliga. Analysis of the articles reveals a utopian view of what FC St Pauli represents within the culture of football, and this is explained through identified themes of ‘nostalgic idealism’ and ‘resistant identity’. The article also draws attention to the underplaying of evidence of investment and development in a bid to highlight the foo…
Ethnographic Study of Alternative Sports by Alternative Means
Increased usage and accessibility of the Internet has led to the rapid growth of cyber communities; typical of groups that have embraced this idea are those who participate in what have been termed alternative or lifestyle sports. Thus far, this online world has received little attention from ethnographers, but the potential for obtaining rich data in this area is huge, most notably through the practice of researching messages sent to Internet-ba…
Theresa Bennett is 42 … but what's new
In 1978, a 12‐year‐old girl, Theresa Bennett, legally challenged the Football Association (FA) for a right to play in an under‐12s team. Her original challenge was successful but then revoked on appeal six weeks later. Since 1978, there have been significant changes in the social landscape and structure of women's football in Britain. This article analyses the reporting of the Bennett case in the context of these recent changes. We conclude by ac…
Just a sport made up in a car park
Consideration of the sporting landscape within which an activity takes place is an aspect that is often taken for granted but close inspection can reveal a wealth of information that is easily found, waiting to be decoded (Cosgrove 1989). Such information is important because it allows the values ascribed to the landscape to become more clearly visible (Lewis 1979). This study examines the sport of Ultimate Frisbee and uses a modified framework d…
Calypso to Collapso
Between 1974 and 1991, the West Indies cricket team reigned supreme. Between these years, the West Indies set many records including the longest unbeaten run in test history (27 matches 1982 to 1984) and managed a period of 15 years without losing a test series. Since then, a rapid decline has occurred. The purpose of this study is to examine the reasons as to why the West Indies cricket team has appeared to decline and has done so at such a rapi…
Just a sport made up in a car park
Consideration of the sporting landscape within which an activity takes place is an aspect that is often taken for granted but close inspection can reveal a wealth of information that is easily found, waiting to be decoded (Cosgrove 1989). Such information is important because it allows the values ascribed to the landscape to become more clearly visible (Lewis 1979). This study examines the sport of Ultimate Frisbee and uses a modified framework d…
A splendid effort!' Print media reporting of England's women's performance in the 2009 Cricket World Cup
The representation of female athletes by the British print media has been an area for close scrutiny since the mid-1990s. This article examines the representation of England's Women's performance at the 2009 Cricket World Cup. Using a qualitative content analysis of 29 articles from seven newspapers over the duration of the tournament, results show that the main themes emerging were: description of play, performance, celebration, media coverage a…
Primary Physical Education
Physical Education is widespread across the world, yet despite its cultural variation it remains remarkably similar. The ability of the subject to replicate its practices makes it a potential site for exploration from a memetic perspective. The purpose of this paper is to examine documentary evidence such as research papers, policy documents and inspection reports, and offer for consideration potential memes that are at work within the memeplex o…
Harry walks, Fabio runs
On 8 February 2012 Fabio Capello resigned from his position as manager of the England men's national association football (soccer) team. The date this decision became public coincided with the acquittal in court of Harry Redknapp following the Tottenham Hotspur FC manager being accused of tax evasion. As Redknapp was considered the media favourite to succeed Capello as England manager, press coverage of these two events proved an interesting case…
Ethnographic Study of Alternative Sports by Alternative Means
Increased usage and accessibility of the Internet has led to the rapid growth of cyber communities; typical of groups that have embraced this idea are those who participate in what have been termed alternative or lifestyle sports. Thus far, this online world has received little attention from ethnographers, but the potential for obtaining rich data in this area is huge, most notably through the practice of researching messages sent to Internet-ba…
Riding in the shadows
On 21 July 2013 Chris Froome became only the second British cyclist to win the Tour de France. This paper examines how the events surrounding Froome's victory in the 2013 Tour de France were reported in the British (London-based) print media the day after his victory. Data were collected from nine different daily newspapers on 22 July with a total of 52 pages of coverage devoted to the story. Thematic coding revealed that, despite a comprehensive…
Why have alternative sports grown in popularity in the UK
In the United Kingdom, alternative sports have experienced unprecedented growth in participation and visibility. Alternative sports have become so central to the physical activity and cultural lifestyles of young people that for many they have challenged and replaced traditional team sports. However, despite the amount of interest that alternative sports have generated in the UK in recent years, insights have yet to be offered as to why this shif…
Just Watching It Again Now Still Gives Me Goose Bumps!”
In a highly mediated world, iconic sporting moments are repeatedly relived, with their significance reinforced by a series of media montages. These narratives form the basis of a series of collective, shared memories within a society. Despite the power that collective memories may have, iconic sporting moments may also have private significance for an individual. In this paper, we examine these, what might be termed “mental postcards.” The study …
It’s not football anymore’
This article draws on the responses of one hundred English Premier League Football fans and their perceptions of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) during the 2019/2020 season. A multi-sited ethnographic study was applied to capture fans opinions of VAR who were physically present at matches. Data was collected at pubs, fan areas, family zones, public areas, and online on Premier League Forums and Official Message Boards. Fans indicated various th…
Quite possibly something that will never happen again!’
Global mega events such as the Olympic Games can be considered one of the major spectacles of media culture, providing entertainment, drama and a range of characters for the audience to identify with. The narratives and images consumed form the basis of a series of collective, shared memories within a society. Despite the power that collective memories may have, iconic sporting moments may also have private significance for an individual. In this…
A vision of London in the twenty-first century or just terrifying monsters
Almost every Olympic city has some form of legacy and while most commonly the types of legacies discussed concern physical facilities and their continuing utility, many of the most valuable legacies are ‘psychological or social in nature’. As part of the enduring legacy of any Olympic Games, the importance of the mascot as a live symbol of such an event must not be underestimated. In designing an effective mascot, the difficulty lies in creating …
Calypso to Collapso
Between 1974 and 1991, the West Indies cricket team reigned supreme. Between these years, the West Indies set many records including the longest unbeaten run in test history (27 matches 1982 to 1984) and managed a period of 15 years without losing a test series. Since then, a rapid decline has occurred. The purpose of this study is to examine the reasons as to why the West Indies cricket team has appeared to decline and has done so at such a rapi…
Calypso to Collapso
Between 1974 and 1991, the West Indies cricket team reigned supreme. Between these years, the West Indies set many records including the longest unbeaten run in test history (27 matches 1982 to 1984) and managed a period of 15 years without losing a test series. Since then, a rapid decline has occurred. The purpose of this study is to examine the reasons as to why the West Indies cricket team has appeared to decline and has done so at such a rapi…
Just a sport made up in a car park
Consideration of the sporting landscape within which an activity takes place is an aspect that is often taken for granted but close inspection can reveal a wealth of information that is easily found, waiting to be decoded (Cosgrove 1989). Such information is important because it allows the values ascribed to the landscape to become more clearly visible (Lewis 1979). This study examines the sport of Ultimate Frisbee and uses a modified framework d…
Theresa Bennett is 42 … but what's new
In 1978, a 12‐year‐old girl, Theresa Bennett, legally challenged the Football Association (FA) for a right to play in an under‐12s team. Her original challenge was successful but then revoked on appeal six weeks later. Since 1978, there have been significant changes in the social landscape and structure of women's football in Britain. This article analyses the reporting of the Bennett case in the context of these recent changes. We conclude by ac…
‘Carlsberg don’t make football teams… but if they did’
This essay examines the British media’s reporting of German football club FC St Pauli’s promotion to the Bundesliga. Analysis of the articles reveals a utopian view of what FC St Pauli represents within the culture of football, and this is explained through identified themes of ‘nostalgic idealism’ and ‘resistant identity’. The article also draws attention to the underplaying of evidence of investment and development in a bid to highlight the foo…
Ethnographic Study of Alternative Sports by Alternative Means
Increased usage and accessibility of the Internet has led to the rapid growth of cyber communities; typical of groups that have embraced this idea are those who participate in what have been termed alternative or lifestyle sports. Thus far, this online world has received little attention from ethnographers, but the potential for obtaining rich data in this area is huge, most notably through the practice of researching messages sent to Internet-ba…
Why have alternative sports grown in popularity in the UK
In the United Kingdom, alternative sports have experienced unprecedented growth in participation and visibility. Alternative sports have become so central to the physical activity and cultural lifestyles of young people that for many they have challenged and replaced traditional team sports. However, despite the amount of interest that alternative sports have generated in the UK in recent years, insights have yet to be offered as to why this shif…
Just Watching It Again Now Still Gives Me Goose Bumps!”
In a highly mediated world, iconic sporting moments are repeatedly relived, with their significance reinforced by a series of media montages. These narratives form the basis of a series of collective, shared memories within a society. Despite the power that collective memories may have, iconic sporting moments may also have private significance for an individual. In this paper, we examine these, what might be termed “mental postcards.” The study …
A vision of London in the twenty-first century or just terrifying monsters
Almost every Olympic city has some form of legacy and while most commonly the types of legacies discussed concern physical facilities and their continuing utility, many of the most valuable legacies are ‘psychological or social in nature’. As part of the enduring legacy of any Olympic Games, the importance of the mascot as a live symbol of such an event must not be underestimated. In designing an effective mascot, the difficulty lies in creating …
Quite possibly something that will never happen again!’
Global mega events such as the Olympic Games can be considered one of the major spectacles of media culture, providing entertainment, drama and a range of characters for the audience to identify with. The narratives and images consumed form the basis of a series of collective, shared memories within a society. Despite the power that collective memories may have, iconic sporting moments may also have private significance for an individual. In this…
The London 2012 Legacy for Primary Physical Education
Legacy rhetoric claiming to inspire a generation of young people has pervaded the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics from the initial bidding processes, through to post events discourses. On the eve of the closing ceremony David Cameron, published a statement on the Number 10 webpage stating a desire to put competitive sport at the heart of a new curriculum for primary Physical Education. This intention will impact upon a congested policy space…
A splendid effort!' Print media reporting of England's women's performance in the 2009 Cricket World Cup
The representation of female athletes by the British print media has been an area for close scrutiny since the mid-1990s. This article examines the representation of England's Women's performance at the 2009 Cricket World Cup. Using a qualitative content analysis of 29 articles from seven newspapers over the duration of the tournament, results show that the main themes emerging were: description of play, performance, celebration, media coverage a…
I Never Saw Him Play but We Were the Best of Friends for Years”
Football management games have long been a successful computer game genre combining the worlds of passionate and opinionated football fans and gamers obsessed with overachievements in quasi-reality environments. These types of games propel the consumer into a newfound intertextual “reality.” It is here that feelings of identification are played out and where pseudosocial relationships begin to develop. This article charts such relationships, as t…
Harry walks, Fabio runs
On 8 February 2012 Fabio Capello resigned from his position as manager of the England men's national association football (soccer) team. The date this decision became public coincided with the acquittal in court of Harry Redknapp following the Tottenham Hotspur FC manager being accused of tax evasion. As Redknapp was considered the media favourite to succeed Capello as England manager, press coverage of these two events proved an interesting case…
Primary physical education
Riding in the shadows
On 21 July 2013 Chris Froome became only the second British cyclist to win the Tour de France. This paper examines how the events surrounding Froome's victory in the 2013 Tour de France were reported in the British (London-based) print media the day after his victory. Data were collected from nine different daily newspapers on 22 July with a total of 52 pages of coverage devoted to the story. Thematic coding revealed that, despite a comprehensive…
Introduction to Special Issue on Primary Physical Education
Primary Physical Education
Physical Education is widespread across the world, yet despite its cultural variation it remains remarkably similar. The ability of the subject to replicate its practices makes it a potential site for exploration from a memetic perspective. The purpose of this paper is to examine documentary evidence such as research papers, policy documents and inspection reports, and offer for consideration potential memes that are at work within the memeplex o…
Most People Hate Physical Education and Most Drop Out of Physical Activity
High quality Physical Education should instigate and support all learners to develop into a lifelong participant in a way which upkeeps their own health, fitness, and well-being. There are, however, an ever-increasing number of children who drop out of participating in physical activities at the earliest opportunity, leading to an increase in sedentary lifestyles and a rise in childhood obesity. It is evidence such as this which indicates Physica…
It’s not football anymore’
This article draws on the responses of one hundred English Premier League Football fans and their perceptions of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) during the 2019/2020 season. A multi-sited ethnographic study was applied to capture fans opinions of VAR who were physically present at matches. Data was collected at pubs, fan areas, family zones, public areas, and online on Premier League Forums and Official Message Boards. Fans indicated various th…
“A Common Danger Unites”
The sudden transition of Higher Education (HE) from predominately face-to-face to online delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns placed many lecturers in unfamiliar situations. This study aimed to explore and represent the experiences of lecturers working in HE during this time. We used a storytelling approach to represent an amalgamation of experiences collated from lecturers. Data were collected using (i) a focus group interview, (ii) r…
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