Eric Knee
Biographic Data
| ID | 1266759 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric Knee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric |
| FAMILY NAME | Knee |
| SIGNATURE | KNEE E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Adelphi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0681-4817 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Rearticulating Possibilities of Queerness and Professional Men’s Ice Hockey
In this discursive case study, we examine the role of popular media (a television show) and fandom responses (a podcast live-react video) in (re)articulating or challenging possible relationships between queerness and professional men’s ice hockey. We first discuss frames from sociocultural theories to characterize queerness and professional men’s ice hockey. We then review prior literature on queerness in sporting cultures generally. Next, we co…
Queering urban space through informal recreation
This study explores the process of queering public leisure spaces through the intentional use of ‘pop-up’ informal volleyball play. Specifically, this study employed qualitative semi-structured interviews and participant observations to interrogate the ways in which a community of queer, predominantly Asian ‘volleyballers’ engage in the animation of public spaces through volleyball and associated activities. The meanings behind such actions are a…
Queer Politics, the Gay Bar, and Hapless Victimhood during Covid-19
This article offers a brief response to questions posed in Queerness as/and Political Attunement (Burns, 2021). Here we challenge the notion that discussions of queer oppression during, and beyond, the COVID-19 pandemic inherently denote the queer community as "hapless victims." Further, questions of who queer leisure scholars are writing for and about are considered. Specific attention is given to the role of "mainstream" queer spaces in process…
Attitudes of campus recreational sport employees toward LGBTQ+ participants
This study examined the impact of an LGBTQ+ diversity training on the attitudes of employees within a campus recreational sports setting. Diversity trainings are a common component of inclusive management, but little empirical research examining their efficacy exists. Specifically, a training program consisting of one in-person training session and four monthly inclusion guides detailing the promotion of LGBTQ+ participant inclusion was implement…
Gentrification of the (Leisure) Mind
In 2015, Toronto's largest LGBTQ2S organization, the city, and a private donor collaborated and proposed what they believed constituted the world's first LGBTQ2S sport and recreation facility in Toronto's Moss Park neighborhood. While conceived as a site that would expand community services in an underserved community, this project was met with criticism from segments of the Moss Park community. Using qualitative interviews with both representati…
Queer Isolation or Queering Isolation? Reflecting upon the Ramifications of Covid-19 on the Future of Queer Leisure Spaces
The introduction of "social distancing" and quarantine orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have temporarily limited the ability for queer communities to engage in physical forms of social leisure. This pandemic also serves as a reminder of the importance of leisure spaces for queer communities and their unique leisure experiences. Given this opportunity to (re)examine the importance of queer leisure spaces, this paper will take a critical…
Reflections on altruism, action, and “moral imagination” in the context of the White Savior
This article is part of a series including:The discourse article: Critical examinations of timely topics in leisure researchThis article responds to:“White Savior” as duly provocative or enforced civility with unintended consequences? A response to Anderson, Knee, & Mowatt“White-Savior Industrial Complex” in leisure studies: A response to Anderson, Knee, & Mowatt
Leisure and the “White-Savior Industrial Complex”
Representation of, and service to, “underrepresented” and “disadvantaged” groups often denote goals sought by leisure researchers and practitioners. The motivations behind these goals are varied, often harkening themes of social justice and equity. As a potential counternarrative to these motivations, the writer Teju Cole, posited the “White-Savior Industrial Complex.” While originally positioned in the context of Western humanitarian aid, Cole’s…
Gay, but not Inclusive
Using the framework of spaces for leisure and the homonormative lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community, this study examines the ways in which an LGBTQ “gayborhood” creates and maintains boundaries of exclusion based on hegemonic norms. Through ethnographic observations and interviews with both homeless LGBTQ individuals and community stakeholders (those in positions of power), this study demonstrates the processes throug…
Leisure and the “White-Savior Industrial Complex”
Representation of, and service to, “underrepresented” and “disadvantaged” groups often denote goals sought by leisure researchers and practitioners. The motivations behind these goals are varied, often harkening themes of social justice and equity. As a potential counternarrative to these motivations, the writer Teju Cole, posited the “White-Savior Industrial Complex.” While originally positioned in the context of Western humanitarian aid, Cole’s…
Queer Isolation or Queering Isolation? Reflecting upon the Ramifications of Covid-19 on the Future of Queer Leisure Spaces
The introduction of "social distancing" and quarantine orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have temporarily limited the ability for queer communities to engage in physical forms of social leisure. This pandemic also serves as a reminder of the importance of leisure spaces for queer communities and their unique leisure experiences. Given this opportunity to (re)examine the importance of queer leisure spaces, this paper will take a critical…
Gay, but not Inclusive
Using the framework of spaces for leisure and the homonormative lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community, this study examines the ways in which an LGBTQ “gayborhood” creates and maintains boundaries of exclusion based on hegemonic norms. Through ethnographic observations and interviews with both homeless LGBTQ individuals and community stakeholders (those in positions of power), this study demonstrates the processes throug…
Queering urban space through informal recreation
This study explores the process of queering public leisure spaces through the intentional use of ‘pop-up’ informal volleyball play. Specifically, this study employed qualitative semi-structured interviews and participant observations to interrogate the ways in which a community of queer, predominantly Asian ‘volleyballers’ engage in the animation of public spaces through volleyball and associated activities. The meanings behind such actions are a…
Queer Politics, the Gay Bar, and Hapless Victimhood during Covid-19
This article offers a brief response to questions posed in Queerness as/and Political Attunement (Burns, 2021). Here we challenge the notion that discussions of queer oppression during, and beyond, the COVID-19 pandemic inherently denote the queer community as "hapless victims." Further, questions of who queer leisure scholars are writing for and about are considered. Specific attention is given to the role of "mainstream" queer spaces in process…
Gentrification of the (Leisure) Mind
In 2015, Toronto's largest LGBTQ2S organization, the city, and a private donor collaborated and proposed what they believed constituted the world's first LGBTQ2S sport and recreation facility in Toronto's Moss Park neighborhood. While conceived as a site that would expand community services in an underserved community, this project was met with criticism from segments of the Moss Park community. Using qualitative interviews with both representati…
Reflections on altruism, action, and “moral imagination” in the context of the White Savior
This article is part of a series including:The discourse article: Critical examinations of timely topics in leisure researchThis article responds to:“White Savior” as duly provocative or enforced civility with unintended consequences? A response to Anderson, Knee, & Mowatt“White-Savior Industrial Complex” in leisure studies: A response to Anderson, Knee, & Mowatt
Gay, but not Inclusive
Using the framework of spaces for leisure and the homonormative lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community, this study examines the ways in which an LGBTQ “gayborhood” creates and maintains boundaries of exclusion based on hegemonic norms. Through ethnographic observations and interviews with both homeless LGBTQ individuals and community stakeholders (those in positions of power), this study demonstrates the processes throug…
Queer Isolation or Queering Isolation? Reflecting upon the Ramifications of Covid-19 on the Future of Queer Leisure Spaces
The introduction of "social distancing" and quarantine orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have temporarily limited the ability for queer communities to engage in physical forms of social leisure. This pandemic also serves as a reminder of the importance of leisure spaces for queer communities and their unique leisure experiences. Given this opportunity to (re)examine the importance of queer leisure spaces, this paper will take a critical…
Reflections on altruism, action, and “moral imagination” in the context of the White Savior
This article is part of a series including:The discourse article: Critical examinations of timely topics in leisure researchThis article responds to:“White Savior” as duly provocative or enforced civility with unintended consequences? A response to Anderson, Knee, & Mowatt“White-Savior Industrial Complex” in leisure studies: A response to Anderson, Knee, & Mowatt
Leisure and the “White-Savior Industrial Complex”
Representation of, and service to, “underrepresented” and “disadvantaged” groups often denote goals sought by leisure researchers and practitioners. The motivations behind these goals are varied, often harkening themes of social justice and equity. As a potential counternarrative to these motivations, the writer Teju Cole, posited the “White-Savior Industrial Complex.” While originally positioned in the context of Western humanitarian aid, Cole’s…
Attitudes of campus recreational sport employees toward LGBTQ+ participants
This study examined the impact of an LGBTQ+ diversity training on the attitudes of employees within a campus recreational sports setting. Diversity trainings are a common component of inclusive management, but little empirical research examining their efficacy exists. Specifically, a training program consisting of one in-person training session and four monthly inclusion guides detailing the promotion of LGBTQ+ participant inclusion was implement…
Gentrification of the (Leisure) Mind
In 2015, Toronto's largest LGBTQ2S organization, the city, and a private donor collaborated and proposed what they believed constituted the world's first LGBTQ2S sport and recreation facility in Toronto's Moss Park neighborhood. While conceived as a site that would expand community services in an underserved community, this project was met with criticism from segments of the Moss Park community. Using qualitative interviews with both representati…
Queering urban space through informal recreation
This study explores the process of queering public leisure spaces through the intentional use of ‘pop-up’ informal volleyball play. Specifically, this study employed qualitative semi-structured interviews and participant observations to interrogate the ways in which a community of queer, predominantly Asian ‘volleyballers’ engage in the animation of public spaces through volleyball and associated activities. The meanings behind such actions are a…
Queer Politics, the Gay Bar, and Hapless Victimhood during Covid-19
This article offers a brief response to questions posed in Queerness as/and Political Attunement (Burns, 2021). Here we challenge the notion that discussions of queer oppression during, and beyond, the COVID-19 pandemic inherently denote the queer community as "hapless victims." Further, questions of who queer leisure scholars are writing for and about are considered. Specific attention is given to the role of "mainstream" queer spaces in process…
Rearticulating Possibilities of Queerness and Professional Men’s Ice Hockey
In this discursive case study, we examine the role of popular media (a television show) and fandom responses (a podcast live-react video) in (re)articulating or challenging possible relationships between queerness and professional men’s ice hockey. We first discuss frames from sociocultural theories to characterize queerness and professional men’s ice hockey. We then review prior literature on queerness in sporting cultures generally. Next, we co…
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Queer (4 works) · Recreation (4 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (4 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (4 works)