Kelly Kirby
Biographic Data
| ID | 190460 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kelly Kirby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kelly |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirby |
| SIGNATURE | KIRBY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Sunshine Coast |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8406-820X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
High School Sports Houses as Identity Primers
Sport plays an important role in the conception of Australian national identity. Much of the scholarly work on this topic has concentrated on professional, high-profile sports and athletes. In this article, we draw attention to a highly symbolic aspect of popular sporting culture—school sports houses—and the prominent historical figures and motifs that they project through their team names, mascots and colours. School sports houses are potent exa…
A new sporting horizon
A new professional netball competition in 2017 was part of a long-awaited boost for women’s sport in Australia. Netball has a significant footprint across the country, being the nation’s largest female participation team sport, and the national team is the reigning world champion. However, the sport has traditionally been underrepresented in both sports media and academic research. The new league was scheduled on free-to-air television after a la…
Patterns in Circulation
Reviewed by: Patterns in Circulation: Cloth, Gender, and Materiality in West Africa by Nina Sylvanus Kelly Kirby Nina Sylvanus, Patterns in Circulation: Cloth, Gender, and Materiality in West Africa. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. 224 pp. In Patterns in Circulation: Cloth, Gender, and Materiality in West Africa, anthropologist Nina Sylvanus builds on 30 months of fieldwork carried out in Togo between 2000–2016. She explores historica…
Cake Decorating as Occupation
A qualitative phenomenological study was conducted that revealed the subjective meaning of engagement in a unique and artful occupation. Twelve participants, identified as casual, avid, or expert cake decorators were interviewed using a semi‐structured interview format and data were transcribed and analyzed. Participants conveyed how cake decorating was meaningful and motivating to them. The themes of meaning that prompted initial engagement were…
Cake Decorating as Occupation
A qualitative phenomenological study was conducted that revealed the subjective meaning of engagement in a unique and artful occupation. Twelve participants, identified as casual, avid, or expert cake decorators were interviewed using a semi‐structured interview format and data were transcribed and analyzed. Participants conveyed how cake decorating was meaningful and motivating to them. The themes of meaning that prompted initial engagement were…
A new sporting horizon
A new professional netball competition in 2017 was part of a long-awaited boost for women’s sport in Australia. Netball has a significant footprint across the country, being the nation’s largest female participation team sport, and the national team is the reigning world champion. However, the sport has traditionally been underrepresented in both sports media and academic research. The new league was scheduled on free-to-air television after a la…
Cake Decorating as Occupation
A qualitative phenomenological study was conducted that revealed the subjective meaning of engagement in a unique and artful occupation. Twelve participants, identified as casual, avid, or expert cake decorators were interviewed using a semi‐structured interview format and data were transcribed and analyzed. Participants conveyed how cake decorating was meaningful and motivating to them. The themes of meaning that prompted initial engagement were…
Patterns in Circulation
Reviewed by: Patterns in Circulation: Cloth, Gender, and Materiality in West Africa by Nina Sylvanus Kelly Kirby Nina Sylvanus, Patterns in Circulation: Cloth, Gender, and Materiality in West Africa. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. 224 pp. In Patterns in Circulation: Cloth, Gender, and Materiality in West Africa, anthropologist Nina Sylvanus builds on 30 months of fieldwork carried out in Togo between 2000–2016. She explores historica…
A new sporting horizon
A new professional netball competition in 2017 was part of a long-awaited boost for women’s sport in Australia. Netball has a significant footprint across the country, being the nation’s largest female participation team sport, and the national team is the reigning world champion. However, the sport has traditionally been underrepresented in both sports media and academic research. The new league was scheduled on free-to-air television after a la…
High School Sports Houses as Identity Primers
Sport plays an important role in the conception of Australian national identity. Much of the scholarly work on this topic has concentrated on professional, high-profile sports and athletes. In this article, we draw attention to a highly symbolic aspect of popular sporting culture—school sports houses—and the prominent historical figures and motifs that they project through their team names, mascots and colours. School sports houses are potent exa…
Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (2 works) · Advertising (1 work)