Barbara Humberstone
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 324111 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Barbara Humberstone |
| NOMBRES | Barbara |
| APELLIDO | Humberstone |
| FIRMA | HUMBERSTONE B |
| AFILIACIONES | Buckinghamshire New University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8732-7211 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 108 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1990 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Response to Sharma-Brymer, Mitra and Mitten paper
I wrote the 2000 paper for a number of reasons which I present below, in no particular order. The journal, at that point, had a greater focus on academic research. At that time, my critical reading...
Emerging themes and reflections from the 10th International Outdoor Education Research Conference, Japan
The International Outdoor Education Research Conference (IOERC) series connects outdoor educators across the globe and continues to progress in impact and reach. This paper aims to summarise key insights from the 10th IOERC and foster continued growth and collaboration with international outdoor education authors. IOERC 10 brought together 187 delegates from 24 countries, with 138 abstracts received from 19 countries. The themes emerged as (A-Z):…
Response to Wild, Treviño Gonzalez and Williams paper
Dan Barnfield had undertaken his final dissertation for his BA in Outdoor Education and Adventure Recreation degree gaining a 1st at Buckinghamshire New University. It drew attention to the lack of...
Ageing, agers and outdoor re-creation
COVID-19 is the greatest global crisis since WW11, infecting millions of people. Those amongst the worst affected have been in the older age range and largely have underlying health issues. The importance of maintaining wellbeing, being fit and healthy, and resisting neoliberal and normalizing discourses as we age becomes more crucial. This paper considers the entanglement of embodied, emplaced ageing, nature-based recreation and green and blue s…
Joint Recommendations on Reporting Empirical Research in Outdoor, Experiential, Environmental, and Adventure Education Journals
Background: Ongoing changes in academic publishing require periodic updates to research reporting standards in outdoor, experiential, environmental, and adventure education and recreation fields, to maintain quality and relevance. Purpose: This essay interprets recent statements by major educational and psychological associations and applies their guidelines for research reporting to the Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership (J…
Older women, embodiment and yoga practice
In this paper, we consider the ageing body and the ‘body techniques’ practised by older women within their yoga classes. The paper emphasises the importance of exploring alternative definitions of the human condition, how these are shaped and assembled through particular embodied practices which are realised personally and socially. Taking a contextualised phenomenological approach, older women's experiences are made visible through interview and…
A Pedagogy of Place
A Pedagogy of Place: Outdoor Education for a Changing World Author: Brian Wattchow and Mike Brown Publisher: Monash University Press, Melbourne 2011. 214 pp. ISBN: 978-0-9806512-4-9 (pb), 978-0-980
An ethnography of the outdoor classroom – how teachers manage risk in the outdoors
This article explores the approaches to risk that some teachers adopt when they are involved in facilitating outdoor activities. The research was carried out at a residential outdoor centre as part of a PhD study and a follow-up pilot project. The participants were primary school pupils, their teachers and the centre staff. For the purpose of this article, the term ‘teacher’ is used to refer to both visiting teachers accompanying the school group…
Health, (body) image, and primary schooling
This paper examines the findings from part of a larger project concerned with well-being and outdoor pedagogies. It considers data collected from interviews with primary teachers of 8- to 9-year-old pupils, who had recently attended a three-day residential at an outdoor education centre and these children's parents. It draws upon aspects of the data, which refer to ‘health related education’, body image and teachers’ and parents’ perceptions. The…
Embodiment and social and environmental action in nature-based sport
This paper explores the interrelationship of space, the elements and the embodied experiences of water-based physical activity. It draws upon alternative forms of research and representation to draw out the embodied nature of the experiences in exploring the practices of windsurfing amongst communities of windsurfers. It proposes that ethnography and autoethnography can provide for unique insights into the embodied experiences of the life-worlds …
Gender and race—what’s that to do with football studies?’ Contested ‘knowledges’ in sport and leisure curricula in HE
This paper explores the implications and affects of a level two compulsory module concerned with ‘gender, difference and leisure’ on a predominantly male student group studying for sports‐related degrees. Participant observation was undertaken by a male and female lecturer who were delivering the module. A cohort of male football students were interviewed as a group, and individual interviews were undertaken with female students. The opinions and…
Critical Space and Leisure Education in the 21 st Century Case Study—Outdoor Studies
This paper examines leisure education in the context of the expansion of Higher Education provision and the diversification of purpose and values of Higher Education in the UK. It draws attention to the contribution of critical frameworks of Basil Bernstein to understanding theory and practice in Higher Education leisure studies content and pedagogy and asks what are the principles underpinning knowledge creation and transmission? The paper consi…
Exploring careership in outdoor education and the lives of women outdoor educators
The last decade has seen significant interest in research associated with outdoor education and outdoor learning in the UK. However, there has been little research into the perspectives of those staff, particularly women, who make available outdoor experiences to various groups in different situations and locations. The importance of understanding the lives of educators for understanding their professional development has been much discussed in r…
Men's Talk
Building on previous discourse analytic studies in the context of male athletic cultures and subcultures, this article uses pro-feminist perspectives to analyse the talk of male university football (soccer) players in the UK. The (re)production of hegemonic masculinity in men's football has largely been taken for granted in sociology of sport, with very little literature producing actual empirical research to support the claim. The study presents…
Contested knowledges’ and leisure studies provision
This paper discusses an initial exploration of some of the processes of leisure education. Focusing upon a level 2 module titled Gender, Difference and Leisure (GDL), which is concerned not only with developing knowledge but also critical reflection, it examines a number of interrelated emergent issues. These issues are concerned with formal and informal affects/outcomes of the provision of a module concerned with ‘contested knowledges’. The rese…
Gender, Class and Outdoor Traditions in the UK and Norway
This paper exams the largely under-researched spheres of educational and adventurous activities occurring in 'nature' in the UK and Norway. Whilst the broad areas of outdoor adventure education, friluftsliv (Norwegian open air life/life in nature) and nature-based sports are, to varying degrees, considered to be culturally, socially and environmentally significant in these respective countries, limited analyses have been undertaken from socio-his…
Re-Creation and Connections in and With Nature
This article explores the politics of nature and sport. Despite the impact of feminisms on sociology of sport discourses, feminist perspectives have been all but silent on environmental issues, drawing attention to nature merely as signifier but rarely as substance. In view of the environmental crisis, this article critiques feminist approaches to sport for disregarding ecological feminist discourses and argues that only a synthesis of ecological…
Gender, Change and Adventure Education
A central concern of feminist research of schooling is the ways in which schooling transmits and reinforces inequalities between the sexes. Girls in mixed‐sex classrooms where boys dominate are marginalised, their abilities underrated and they may be ‘turned‐off’ certain subjects. Is this girl ‘unfriendliness’ a feature of all aspects of mixed schooling or are there contexts in which girls are brought more fully into the learning process? What mi…
Embodiment and social and environmental action in nature-based sport
This paper explores the interrelationship of space, the elements and the embodied experiences of water-based physical activity. It draws upon alternative forms of research and representation to draw out the embodied nature of the experiences in exploring the practices of windsurfing amongst communities of windsurfers. It proposes that ethnography and autoethnography can provide for unique insights into the embodied experiences of the life-worlds …
A Pedagogy of Place
A Pedagogy of Place: Outdoor Education for a Changing World Author: Brian Wattchow and Mike Brown Publisher: Monash University Press, Melbourne 2011. 214 pp. ISBN: 978-0-9806512-4-9 (pb), 978-0-980
Men's Talk
Building on previous discourse analytic studies in the context of male athletic cultures and subcultures, this article uses pro-feminist perspectives to analyse the talk of male university football (soccer) players in the UK. The (re)production of hegemonic masculinity in men's football has largely been taken for granted in sociology of sport, with very little literature producing actual empirical research to support the claim. The study presents…
Re-Creation and Connections in and With Nature
This article explores the politics of nature and sport. Despite the impact of feminisms on sociology of sport discourses, feminist perspectives have been all but silent on environmental issues, drawing attention to nature merely as signifier but rarely as substance. In view of the environmental crisis, this article critiques feminist approaches to sport for disregarding ecological feminist discourses and argues that only a synthesis of ecological…
Gender and race—what’s that to do with football studies?’ Contested ‘knowledges’ in sport and leisure curricula in HE
This paper explores the implications and affects of a level two compulsory module concerned with ‘gender, difference and leisure’ on a predominantly male student group studying for sports‐related degrees. Participant observation was undertaken by a male and female lecturer who were delivering the module. A cohort of male football students were interviewed as a group, and individual interviews were undertaken with female students. The opinions and…
Older women, embodiment and yoga practice
In this paper, we consider the ageing body and the ‘body techniques’ practised by older women within their yoga classes. The paper emphasises the importance of exploring alternative definitions of the human condition, how these are shaped and assembled through particular embodied practices which are realised personally and socially. Taking a contextualised phenomenological approach, older women's experiences are made visible through interview and…
Exploring careership in outdoor education and the lives of women outdoor educators
The last decade has seen significant interest in research associated with outdoor education and outdoor learning in the UK. However, there has been little research into the perspectives of those staff, particularly women, who make available outdoor experiences to various groups in different situations and locations. The importance of understanding the lives of educators for understanding their professional development has been much discussed in r…
Ageing, agers and outdoor re-creation
COVID-19 is the greatest global crisis since WW11, infecting millions of people. Those amongst the worst affected have been in the older age range and largely have underlying health issues. The importance of maintaining wellbeing, being fit and healthy, and resisting neoliberal and normalizing discourses as we age becomes more crucial. This paper considers the entanglement of embodied, emplaced ageing, nature-based recreation and green and blue s…
An ethnography of the outdoor classroom – how teachers manage risk in the outdoors
This article explores the approaches to risk that some teachers adopt when they are involved in facilitating outdoor activities. The research was carried out at a residential outdoor centre as part of a PhD study and a follow-up pilot project. The participants were primary school pupils, their teachers and the centre staff. For the purpose of this article, the term ‘teacher’ is used to refer to both visiting teachers accompanying the school group…
Gender, Class and Outdoor Traditions in the UK and Norway
This paper exams the largely under-researched spheres of educational and adventurous activities occurring in 'nature' in the UK and Norway. Whilst the broad areas of outdoor adventure education, friluftsliv (Norwegian open air life/life in nature) and nature-based sports are, to varying degrees, considered to be culturally, socially and environmentally significant in these respective countries, limited analyses have been undertaken from socio-his…
Gender, Change and Adventure Education
A central concern of feminist research of schooling is the ways in which schooling transmits and reinforces inequalities between the sexes. Girls in mixed‐sex classrooms where boys dominate are marginalised, their abilities underrated and they may be ‘turned‐off’ certain subjects. Is this girl ‘unfriendliness’ a feature of all aspects of mixed schooling or are there contexts in which girls are brought more fully into the learning process? What mi…
Health, (body) image, and primary schooling
This paper examines the findings from part of a larger project concerned with well-being and outdoor pedagogies. It considers data collected from interviews with primary teachers of 8- to 9-year-old pupils, who had recently attended a three-day residential at an outdoor education centre and these children's parents. It draws upon aspects of the data, which refer to ‘health related education’, body image and teachers’ and parents’ perceptions. The…
Contested knowledges’ and leisure studies provision
This paper discusses an initial exploration of some of the processes of leisure education. Focusing upon a level 2 module titled Gender, Difference and Leisure (GDL), which is concerned not only with developing knowledge but also critical reflection, it examines a number of interrelated emergent issues. These issues are concerned with formal and informal affects/outcomes of the provision of a module concerned with ‘contested knowledges’. The rese…
Gender, Change and Adventure Education
A central concern of feminist research of schooling is the ways in which schooling transmits and reinforces inequalities between the sexes. Girls in mixed‐sex classrooms where boys dominate are marginalised, their abilities underrated and they may be ‘turned‐off’ certain subjects. Is this girl ‘unfriendliness’ a feature of all aspects of mixed schooling or are there contexts in which girls are brought more fully into the learning process? What mi…
Re-Creation and Connections in and With Nature
This article explores the politics of nature and sport. Despite the impact of feminisms on sociology of sport discourses, feminist perspectives have been all but silent on environmental issues, drawing attention to nature merely as signifier but rarely as substance. In view of the environmental crisis, this article critiques feminist approaches to sport for disregarding ecological feminist discourses and argues that only a synthesis of ecological…
Gender, Class and Outdoor Traditions in the UK and Norway
This paper exams the largely under-researched spheres of educational and adventurous activities occurring in 'nature' in the UK and Norway. Whilst the broad areas of outdoor adventure education, friluftsliv (Norwegian open air life/life in nature) and nature-based sports are, to varying degrees, considered to be culturally, socially and environmentally significant in these respective countries, limited analyses have been undertaken from socio-his…
Contested knowledges’ and leisure studies provision
This paper discusses an initial exploration of some of the processes of leisure education. Focusing upon a level 2 module titled Gender, Difference and Leisure (GDL), which is concerned not only with developing knowledge but also critical reflection, it examines a number of interrelated emergent issues. These issues are concerned with formal and informal affects/outcomes of the provision of a module concerned with ‘contested knowledges’. The rese…
Exploring careership in outdoor education and the lives of women outdoor educators
The last decade has seen significant interest in research associated with outdoor education and outdoor learning in the UK. However, there has been little research into the perspectives of those staff, particularly women, who make available outdoor experiences to various groups in different situations and locations. The importance of understanding the lives of educators for understanding their professional development has been much discussed in r…
Men's Talk
Building on previous discourse analytic studies in the context of male athletic cultures and subcultures, this article uses pro-feminist perspectives to analyse the talk of male university football (soccer) players in the UK. The (re)production of hegemonic masculinity in men's football has largely been taken for granted in sociology of sport, with very little literature producing actual empirical research to support the claim. The study presents…
Gender and race—what’s that to do with football studies?’ Contested ‘knowledges’ in sport and leisure curricula in HE
This paper explores the implications and affects of a level two compulsory module concerned with ‘gender, difference and leisure’ on a predominantly male student group studying for sports‐related degrees. Participant observation was undertaken by a male and female lecturer who were delivering the module. A cohort of male football students were interviewed as a group, and individual interviews were undertaken with female students. The opinions and…
Critical Space and Leisure Education in the 21 st Century Case Study—Outdoor Studies
This paper examines leisure education in the context of the expansion of Higher Education provision and the diversification of purpose and values of Higher Education in the UK. It draws attention to the contribution of critical frameworks of Basil Bernstein to understanding theory and practice in Higher Education leisure studies content and pedagogy and asks what are the principles underpinning knowledge creation and transmission? The paper consi…
An ethnography of the outdoor classroom – how teachers manage risk in the outdoors
This article explores the approaches to risk that some teachers adopt when they are involved in facilitating outdoor activities. The research was carried out at a residential outdoor centre as part of a PhD study and a follow-up pilot project. The participants were primary school pupils, their teachers and the centre staff. For the purpose of this article, the term ‘teacher’ is used to refer to both visiting teachers accompanying the school group…
Health, (body) image, and primary schooling
This paper examines the findings from part of a larger project concerned with well-being and outdoor pedagogies. It considers data collected from interviews with primary teachers of 8- to 9-year-old pupils, who had recently attended a three-day residential at an outdoor education centre and these children's parents. It draws upon aspects of the data, which refer to ‘health related education’, body image and teachers’ and parents’ perceptions. The…
Embodiment and social and environmental action in nature-based sport
This paper explores the interrelationship of space, the elements and the embodied experiences of water-based physical activity. It draws upon alternative forms of research and representation to draw out the embodied nature of the experiences in exploring the practices of windsurfing amongst communities of windsurfers. It proposes that ethnography and autoethnography can provide for unique insights into the embodied experiences of the life-worlds …
A Pedagogy of Place
A Pedagogy of Place: Outdoor Education for a Changing World Author: Brian Wattchow and Mike Brown Publisher: Monash University Press, Melbourne 2011. 214 pp. ISBN: 978-0-9806512-4-9 (pb), 978-0-980
Older women, embodiment and yoga practice
In this paper, we consider the ageing body and the ‘body techniques’ practised by older women within their yoga classes. The paper emphasises the importance of exploring alternative definitions of the human condition, how these are shaped and assembled through particular embodied practices which are realised personally and socially. Taking a contextualised phenomenological approach, older women's experiences are made visible through interview and…
Joint Recommendations on Reporting Empirical Research in Outdoor, Experiential, Environmental, and Adventure Education Journals
Background: Ongoing changes in academic publishing require periodic updates to research reporting standards in outdoor, experiential, environmental, and adventure education and recreation fields, to maintain quality and relevance. Purpose: This essay interprets recent statements by major educational and psychological associations and applies their guidelines for research reporting to the Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership (J…
Ageing, agers and outdoor re-creation
COVID-19 is the greatest global crisis since WW11, infecting millions of people. Those amongst the worst affected have been in the older age range and largely have underlying health issues. The importance of maintaining wellbeing, being fit and healthy, and resisting neoliberal and normalizing discourses as we age becomes more crucial. This paper considers the entanglement of embodied, emplaced ageing, nature-based recreation and green and blue s…
Response to Sharma-Brymer, Mitra and Mitten paper
I wrote the 2000 paper for a number of reasons which I present below, in no particular order. The journal, at that point, had a greater focus on academic research. At that time, my critical reading...
Emerging themes and reflections from the 10th International Outdoor Education Research Conference, Japan
The International Outdoor Education Research Conference (IOERC) series connects outdoor educators across the globe and continues to progress in impact and reach. This paper aims to summarise key insights from the 10th IOERC and foster continued growth and collaboration with international outdoor education authors. IOERC 10 brought together 187 delegates from 24 countries, with 138 abstracts received from 19 countries. The themes emerged as (A-Z):…
Response to Wild, Treviño Gonzalez and Williams paper
Dan Barnfield had undertaken his final dissertation for his BA in Outdoor Education and Adventure Recreation degree gaining a 1st at Buckinghamshire New University. It drew attention to the lack of...
Sociology (11 obras) · Outdoor and Experiential Education (9 obras) · Gender Studies (8 obras) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (7 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Social science (7 obras) · Outdoor education (6 obras) · Gender Studies (5 obras) · Pedagogy (5 obras)