David S Scott
Biographic Data
| ID | 249069 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David S Scott |
| GIVEN NAMES | David S |
| FAMILY NAME | Scott |
| SIGNATURE | SCOTT D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Abertay University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9057-044X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Sport and physical activity policy in Scotland: An intersectional approach to addressing inequalities
Key health indicators and participation rates across sport and physical activity have remained stagnant in Scotland since it gained devolution powers. Across the same period, evidence has demonstrated that inequalities in health and participation continue to worsen, raising concerns about the effectiveness of policy to be able to stymie such inequalities from becoming entrenched within society. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to analyse curre…
Listening to the language of the context: Problematizing researcher positionality in cross-cultural sport for development ethnographies
Despite the significant progress in critical debates around sport for development (SfD) research throughout the last decade, there is still a tendency for researchers to utilise traditional dichotomies such as ‘insider/outsider’, ‘foreign/native’, and ‘Global North/South’ when it comes to reflections on ethnographic positionality. This paper aims to go beyond these by introducing the concept of ‘listening to the language of the context’, which in…
Emotions and leisure: New insights and perspectives
The purpose of this collection is to draw attention to the social nature of emotions experienced within leisure and encourage critical scholarship around the associated theoretical, methodological ...
Glocalizing Action in the Anthropocene: Understanding the Potential Roles of Sport for Development and Peace
The Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) sector employs sport to stimulate social and personal development beyond sports.However, limited attention has been given to environmental sustainability and SDP's role within the Anthropocene.This study examines how SDP stakeholders interpret macro policies and navigate climate action challenges.The concept of glocalization helps reveal the complexities of addressing climate change at a local level.Semi-…
The physicality of mindsports through elite bridge players' sensorial experiences: Presence, confidence and bodies
The classification of mindsports such as the card game of bridge within sport and society continues to be keenly debated. The concept of 'physicality' is often cited as being a prerequisite for an activity to be classed as a 'sport', a characteristic typically seen as lacking in mindsports. However, by drawing upon monist conceptualisations of the mind, body and world being intertwined, it is possible to problematise such arguments by highlightin…
Playing by white rules of racial equality: Student athlete experiences of racism in British university sport
Inequalities related to racial identity are consistently reported across social institutions, not least education, and sport. These inequalities consistently challenge ‘post-race’ narratives that rationalise racism down to individual prejudices and poor decision-making. This paper presents part of the findings from a wider a twelve-month research project commissioned by British University and Colleges Sport (BUCS) to explore race equality. This w…
The confidence delusion: A sociological exploration of participants' confidence in sport-for-development
Although sport is widely utilised as a tool for personal development, capacity building, and fostering peace, there are still numerous theoretical gaps in our knowledge about how sport influences individuals' identities, and how this translates into their everyday lives. Within the academic literature there has been seemingly little focus placed upon participants' emotional and embodied accounts of their sport-for-development (SfD) experiences. T…
Lived experiences of undergraduate physical education students studying gymnastics and dance education
The focus of this study was to understand undergraduate students’ experiences of gymnastics and dance education within the scrutiny of modular learning in Higher Education. A phenomenological position was adopted in order to understand the wholeness of students’ experiences whereby identities are constituted through their lived lives. This allowed us to understand the students’ identities as relational to the learning and assessment context and t…
Negotiating the Daily Mile Challenge; looking-like a walking break from the classroom
The purpose of this study was to privilege the views of both pupils and staff in one school’s adoption of the Daily Mile Challenge (DMC). Listening seriously to the views of pupils, who are often the unheard subjects in whole school exercise interventions, the aim was to understand the meanings derived from the requirement to practice the DMC. Data are drawn from non-participant observations, 4 individual teacher interviews and 4 pupil focus grou…
Emotions and leisure: New insights and perspectives
The purpose of this collection is to draw attention to the social nature of emotions experienced within leisure and encourage critical scholarship around the associated theoretical, methodological ...
Playing by white rules of racial equality: Student athlete experiences of racism in British university sport
Inequalities related to racial identity are consistently reported across social institutions, not least education, and sport. These inequalities consistently challenge ‘post-race’ narratives that rationalise racism down to individual prejudices and poor decision-making. This paper presents part of the findings from a wider a twelve-month research project commissioned by British University and Colleges Sport (BUCS) to explore race equality. This w…
Glocalizing Action in the Anthropocene: Understanding the Potential Roles of Sport for Development and Peace
The Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) sector employs sport to stimulate social and personal development beyond sports.However, limited attention has been given to environmental sustainability and SDP's role within the Anthropocene.This study examines how SDP stakeholders interpret macro policies and navigate climate action challenges.The concept of glocalization helps reveal the complexities of addressing climate change at a local level.Semi-…
The confidence delusion: A sociological exploration of participants' confidence in sport-for-development
Although sport is widely utilised as a tool for personal development, capacity building, and fostering peace, there are still numerous theoretical gaps in our knowledge about how sport influences individuals' identities, and how this translates into their everyday lives. Within the academic literature there has been seemingly little focus placed upon participants' emotional and embodied accounts of their sport-for-development (SfD) experiences. T…
The physicality of mindsports through elite bridge players' sensorial experiences: Presence, confidence and bodies
The classification of mindsports such as the card game of bridge within sport and society continues to be keenly debated. The concept of 'physicality' is often cited as being a prerequisite for an activity to be classed as a 'sport', a characteristic typically seen as lacking in mindsports. However, by drawing upon monist conceptualisations of the mind, body and world being intertwined, it is possible to problematise such arguments by highlightin…
Lived experiences of undergraduate physical education students studying gymnastics and dance education
The focus of this study was to understand undergraduate students’ experiences of gymnastics and dance education within the scrutiny of modular learning in Higher Education. A phenomenological position was adopted in order to understand the wholeness of students’ experiences whereby identities are constituted through their lived lives. This allowed us to understand the students’ identities as relational to the learning and assessment context and t…
Lived experiences of undergraduate physical education students studying gymnastics and dance education
The focus of this study was to understand undergraduate students’ experiences of gymnastics and dance education within the scrutiny of modular learning in Higher Education. A phenomenological position was adopted in order to understand the wholeness of students’ experiences whereby identities are constituted through their lived lives. This allowed us to understand the students’ identities as relational to the learning and assessment context and t…
Negotiating the Daily Mile Challenge; looking-like a walking break from the classroom
The purpose of this study was to privilege the views of both pupils and staff in one school’s adoption of the Daily Mile Challenge (DMC). Listening seriously to the views of pupils, who are often the unheard subjects in whole school exercise interventions, the aim was to understand the meanings derived from the requirement to practice the DMC. Data are drawn from non-participant observations, 4 individual teacher interviews and 4 pupil focus grou…
The confidence delusion: A sociological exploration of participants' confidence in sport-for-development
Although sport is widely utilised as a tool for personal development, capacity building, and fostering peace, there are still numerous theoretical gaps in our knowledge about how sport influences individuals' identities, and how this translates into their everyday lives. Within the academic literature there has been seemingly little focus placed upon participants' emotional and embodied accounts of their sport-for-development (SfD) experiences. T…
Playing by white rules of racial equality: Student athlete experiences of racism in British university sport
Inequalities related to racial identity are consistently reported across social institutions, not least education, and sport. These inequalities consistently challenge ‘post-race’ narratives that rationalise racism down to individual prejudices and poor decision-making. This paper presents part of the findings from a wider a twelve-month research project commissioned by British University and Colleges Sport (BUCS) to explore race equality. This w…
Listening to the language of the context: Problematizing researcher positionality in cross-cultural sport for development ethnographies
Despite the significant progress in critical debates around sport for development (SfD) research throughout the last decade, there is still a tendency for researchers to utilise traditional dichotomies such as ‘insider/outsider’, ‘foreign/native’, and ‘Global North/South’ when it comes to reflections on ethnographic positionality. This paper aims to go beyond these by introducing the concept of ‘listening to the language of the context’, which in…
Emotions and leisure: New insights and perspectives
The purpose of this collection is to draw attention to the social nature of emotions experienced within leisure and encourage critical scholarship around the associated theoretical, methodological ...
Glocalizing Action in the Anthropocene: Understanding the Potential Roles of Sport for Development and Peace
The Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) sector employs sport to stimulate social and personal development beyond sports.However, limited attention has been given to environmental sustainability and SDP's role within the Anthropocene.This study examines how SDP stakeholders interpret macro policies and navigate climate action challenges.The concept of glocalization helps reveal the complexities of addressing climate change at a local level.Semi-…
The physicality of mindsports through elite bridge players' sensorial experiences: Presence, confidence and bodies
The classification of mindsports such as the card game of bridge within sport and society continues to be keenly debated. The concept of 'physicality' is often cited as being a prerequisite for an activity to be classed as a 'sport', a characteristic typically seen as lacking in mindsports. However, by drawing upon monist conceptualisations of the mind, body and world being intertwined, it is possible to problematise such arguments by highlightin…
Sport and physical activity policy in Scotland: An intersectional approach to addressing inequalities
Key health indicators and participation rates across sport and physical activity have remained stagnant in Scotland since it gained devolution powers. Across the same period, evidence has demonstrated that inequalities in health and participation continue to worsen, raising concerns about the effectiveness of policy to be able to stymie such inequalities from becoming entrenched within society. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to analyse curre…
Sociology (8 works) · Physical Education and Pedagogy (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (6 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)