Marianne I Clark
Biographic Data
| ID | 1559282 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marianne I Clark |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marianne I |
| FAMILY NAME | Clark |
| SIGNATURE | CLARK M I |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Waikato, New Zealand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Towards Diffractive Ways of Knowing Women’s Moving Bodies
This article presents a diffractive experiment in thinking about mothers’ engagements with self-tracking technologies as materially and discursively produced phenomena. Inspired by St. Pierre’s claim that any empirical adventure with new materialisms must begin by living with theory, we share our feminist, collaborative journey with Fitbits and Karen Barad’s agential realism to consider what might emerge when we begin thinking and living with con…
Taking a hard look at the Heart Truth campaign in Canada
The Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation launched the Heart Truth campaign to increase women's awareness of heart disease. However, little is known about how such campaigns intersect with broader understandings of gender and health. This discourse analysis examined the construction of gender, risk, and prevention within campaign material. Two primary discourses emerged: one of acceptable femininity, which outlines whose risk, survivorship, and pr…
Foucault at the barre and other surprises
Ballet is a popular activity among girls and women and is becoming increasingly visible within popular and fitness cultures. Much dance research has focused on the experiences of professional ballet dancers and on professional, elite, or university settings. Furthermore, ballet is often critiqued as a disciplinary practice and for celebrating an unrealistic bodily aesthetic. However, less research has focused on the experiences of recreational da…
In the shoes of young adolescent girls
The purpose of this study was to understand how adolescent girls experience and make meaning of the ways in which they are active within their daily lives. Using an interpretive description methodology, we conducted two rounds of interviews with eight 6th grade girls and asked them to share their stories, thoughts and feelings about times when they were active. Two themes best captured their stories: physical activity lets girl’s shine and taking…
Key stakeholder perspectives on the development of walkable neighbourhoods
Towards Diffractive Ways of Knowing Women’s Moving Bodies
This article presents a diffractive experiment in thinking about mothers’ engagements with self-tracking technologies as materially and discursively produced phenomena. Inspired by St. Pierre’s claim that any empirical adventure with new materialisms must begin by living with theory, we share our feminist, collaborative journey with Fitbits and Karen Barad’s agential realism to consider what might emerge when we begin thinking and living with con…
Key stakeholder perspectives on the development of walkable neighbourhoods
Taking a hard look at the Heart Truth campaign in Canada
The Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation launched the Heart Truth campaign to increase women's awareness of heart disease. However, little is known about how such campaigns intersect with broader understandings of gender and health. This discourse analysis examined the construction of gender, risk, and prevention within campaign material. Two primary discourses emerged: one of acceptable femininity, which outlines whose risk, survivorship, and pr…
Key stakeholder perspectives on the development of walkable neighbourhoods
In the shoes of young adolescent girls
The purpose of this study was to understand how adolescent girls experience and make meaning of the ways in which they are active within their daily lives. Using an interpretive description methodology, we conducted two rounds of interviews with eight 6th grade girls and asked them to share their stories, thoughts and feelings about times when they were active. Two themes best captured their stories: physical activity lets girl’s shine and taking…
Foucault at the barre and other surprises
Ballet is a popular activity among girls and women and is becoming increasingly visible within popular and fitness cultures. Much dance research has focused on the experiences of professional ballet dancers and on professional, elite, or university settings. Furthermore, ballet is often critiqued as a disciplinary practice and for celebrating an unrealistic bodily aesthetic. However, less research has focused on the experiences of recreational da…
Taking a hard look at the Heart Truth campaign in Canada
The Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation launched the Heart Truth campaign to increase women's awareness of heart disease. However, little is known about how such campaigns intersect with broader understandings of gender and health. This discourse analysis examined the construction of gender, risk, and prevention within campaign material. Two primary discourses emerged: one of acceptable femininity, which outlines whose risk, survivorship, and pr…
Towards Diffractive Ways of Knowing Women’s Moving Bodies
This article presents a diffractive experiment in thinking about mothers’ engagements with self-tracking technologies as materially and discursively produced phenomena. Inspired by St. Pierre’s claim that any empirical adventure with new materialisms must begin by living with theory, we share our feminist, collaborative journey with Fitbits and Karen Barad’s agential realism to consider what might emerge when we begin thinking and living with con…
Art (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Dance (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Physical activity (2 works)