Laura Purdy
Biographic Data
| ID | 3601637 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Purdy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Purdy |
| SIGNATURE | PURDY L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Edge Hill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4158-5802 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Raibuliavimas (making ripples): Student-athletes action safe sport in Lithuania
Athlete voice is fundamental to good governance; however, sports organisations have been slow to involve young people in safe sport initiatives. In Lithuania, the location of this study, athlete welfare issues are rarely discussed, and the development of a safe sport environment is new to the policy agenda. This project aimed to empower a cohort of student-athletes to promote good practice and safe sport in Lithuania. A secondary aim was to under…
Sports Coaching Education and Alternative Pedagogies: Approaches in Higher Education
Sports Coaching Education: Applying Innovative Pedagogies theorises alternative pedagogies and presents examples of what such teaching looks like in sports coaching higher education. To do this, this new volume outlines the teaching goals of higher education coach education, summarises the limitations of this education that research has demonstrated, and presents alternative pedagogy as a way forward. The book then turns to showcasing work by an …
I'm not a warrior, I'm a basketball player: A narrative on professional sport in troubled times
Encouraged by work calling for different approaches to examining sport industry issues, a narrative inquiry was adopted to interrogate the relationships between individual experiences and agency, management practices, and a particular sport organisation setting through the most recent turns of the Russia-Ukraine war. Commencing on 24 February 2022, this moment and ensuing consequences for professional Ukrainian basketball players reveal insights …
Possibilities for an internationalised, inclusive pedagogy for transnational sport education: The case of a safe sport education programme in Lithuania
Global education is a priority in the Higher Education (HE) system of all nations. In sport degree programmes in HE, the internationalisation trend is also noticeable. However, working in transnational education settings may bring to light, and generate existential and pedagogical contemplation of some of the foundational principles and assumptions about effective teaching. This paper aims to extend theoretical understanding of the confluence of …
Imagining sport in Lithuania: Young Athletes’ Views on Safe Sport
Sports organisations have a moral and legal duty of care to deliver sport in a safe environment and to promote the welfare of athletes. This right to what has become known as ‘safe sport’ is now firmly established on the global policy agenda. Simultaneously, there is growing understanding of the need to engage with athletes, including those who are children and young people, and involve them in safe sport developments and research to ensure initi…
Analytical attractions and the techno-continuum: Conceptualising data obsessions and consequences in elite sport
The proliferation of sports science and technological innovation within performance settings has precipitated the generation of increasing volumes of data to aid athletes. Copious data production has also perpetuated the privileging of scientific information, and a ‘thirst’ for ‘more data’ as an unproblematic ‘truth’. Of significance is not merely the use of technology for the production of data-for-data's sake, or the utility of data for a great…
In Appreciation of Anne Donchin's Life and Work
This piece grew from my talk at a panel honoring Anne Donchin's life and work at the 2016 meeting of the International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (FAB) in Edinburgh. In it, I underline Anne's promotion and support of feminist bioethicists and feminist bioethics as a field. Her most notable theoretical work was replacing the unrealistic liberal paradigm of self-sufficient, egoistic “autonomous” individuals with a more relational o…
Coaches as sport workers: Professional agency within the employment context of elite European basketball
Increased activity of multiple stakeholders (e.g. agents and owners) have created new challenges for some coaches working in professional sports clubs. The purpose of this project was to draw attention to the normative or accepted practices inherent in sport work, some of the day-to-day realities of some coaches working in this context, and to understand how coaches’ perceptions of other stakeholders come to bear on their individual circumstances…
In Protection of Whose 'Wellbeing?' Considerations of 'Clauses and A/Effects' in Athlete Contracts
Contractual agreements have become an accepted part of participation processes for athletes in a variety of sport contexts. Closer readings of these contracts, however, pose several questions regarding organizational intentions and motivations, the conceptualization of athletes as 'workers,' and representation parity. In this article, we draw on four types of athlete contractual documents from both select international 'amateur' and 'professional…
In Tribute to Anne Donchin (1930–2014)
Am I just not good enough? The creation, development and questioning of a high performance coaching identity
While the career experiences and trajectories of various sports workers have received increased scholarly attention, those of professional coaches have, in comparison, received scant consideration. This paper focuses on the career experiences of Maeve (a pseudonym), a high performance coach, and the critical incidents related to the creation, development, and, ultimately, questioning of her professional identity. Data were collected through a ser…
Changing personas and evolving identities: The contestation and renegotiation of researcher roles in fieldwork
I Brage finner du siste tekst-versjon av artikkelen, og den kan inneholde ubetydelige forskjeller fra forlagets pdf-versjon. Forlagets pdf-versjon finner du på www.tandfonline.com: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.586688 / In Brage you'll find the final text version of the article, and it may contain insignificant differences from the journal's pdf version. The original publication is available at www.tandfonline.com: http://dx.doi.org/10.…
Choppy Waters: Elite Rowers’ Perceptions of Coaching
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between elite rowers and their coaches. We were particularly interested in how the rowers constructed and negotiated the interactions and pedagogical actions of the coaches. Drawing upon participant observation and the principal researcher’s reflexive journal, data were collected over a five-month period while ten rowers participated in a preparatory training camp for subsequent selection to c…
At the Crossroads: Families and Society
Negotiation and capital: Athletes’ use of power in an elite men's rowing program
The aim of this paper is to examine how power is given, acquired and used by athletes in the elite sporting context. It focuses on a top-level athlete's reactions to the behaviors of his coaches and how such actions contribute to the creation of a coaching climate, which both influences and ‘houses’ coaching. The paper centers on Sean (a pseudonym), a top-level rower and his preparation for crew selection to the upcoming international regatta sea…
Power, consent and resistance: An autoethnography of competitive rowing
This study builds upon existing socio-cultural work into sports coaching by probing the meanings and varieties of the shared coach–athlete experience. Specifically, the paper utilises an autoethnographic approach in an attempt to chart the complex and dynamic relationship that existed between me, the principal author, as a rowing coxswain and my coach during the preparation for a national rowing championship. Data were drawn from a training diary…
Stephen Coleman, The Ethics of Artificial Uteruses: Implications for Reproduction and Abortion
Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights
From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice . Allen Buchanan , Dan W. Brock , Norman Daniels , Daniel Wikler
Should we Add “Xeno” to “Transplantation”
Proponents of xenotransplantation hope that it will provide organs to fill the gap between the demand for and supply of organs for transplant. The scientific obstacles to transplanting animal organs into humans are daunting, as are the moral, political, and policy issues. Among them are concerns about animal rights and welfare, patient acceptance and informed consent, and broader public health issues, such as the cost-efficient deployment of scar…
Moral Status: Obligations to Persons and Other Living Things
Violence against Women: Philosophical Perspectives
This is the first anthology to take a theoretical look at violence against women. Each essay shows how philosophy provides a powerful tool for examining a difficult and deep-rooted social problem. Stanley G. French, Wanda Teays, and Laura M. Purdy, all philosophers, present a familiar phenomenon in a new and striking fashion.The editors employ a two-tiered approach to this vital issue. Contributors consider both interpersonal violence, such as ra…
Children, Sex, and Liberal Societies: A Response to Lainie Ross
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Case Study: The Baby in the Body
The case presented here involves an accident victim who is brain dead, unmarried, and 15 weeks pregnant. The woman's parents ask that she be removed from the ventilator and her body given to them for burial. The putative father of the fetus wants the medical team to attempt to maintain the woman on life-support until the fetus can be delivered with a good chance for survival. The questions presented to the commentators, Norman Fost and Laura Purd…
Why children shouldn't have equal rights
Am I just not good enough? The creation, development and questioning of a high performance coaching identity
While the career experiences and trajectories of various sports workers have received increased scholarly attention, those of professional coaches have, in comparison, received scant consideration. This paper focuses on the career experiences of Maeve (a pseudonym), a high performance coach, and the critical incidents related to the creation, development, and, ultimately, questioning of her professional identity. Data were collected through a ser…
In Protection of Whose 'Wellbeing?' Considerations of 'Clauses and A/Effects' in Athlete Contracts
Contractual agreements have become an accepted part of participation processes for athletes in a variety of sport contexts. Closer readings of these contracts, however, pose several questions regarding organizational intentions and motivations, the conceptualization of athletes as 'workers,' and representation parity. In this article, we draw on four types of athlete contractual documents from both select international 'amateur' and 'professional…
Choppy Waters: Elite Rowers’ Perceptions of Coaching
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between elite rowers and their coaches. We were particularly interested in how the rowers constructed and negotiated the interactions and pedagogical actions of the coaches. Drawing upon participant observation and the principal researcher’s reflexive journal, data were collected over a five-month period while ten rowers participated in a preparatory training camp for subsequent selection to c…
Power, consent and resistance: An autoethnography of competitive rowing
This study builds upon existing socio-cultural work into sports coaching by probing the meanings and varieties of the shared coach–athlete experience. Specifically, the paper utilises an autoethnographic approach in an attempt to chart the complex and dynamic relationship that existed between me, the principal author, as a rowing coxswain and my coach during the preparation for a national rowing championship. Data were drawn from a training diary…
Changing personas and evolving identities: The contestation and renegotiation of researcher roles in fieldwork
I Brage finner du siste tekst-versjon av artikkelen, og den kan inneholde ubetydelige forskjeller fra forlagets pdf-versjon. Forlagets pdf-versjon finner du på www.tandfonline.com: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.586688 / In Brage you'll find the final text version of the article, and it may contain insignificant differences from the journal's pdf version. The original publication is available at www.tandfonline.com: http://dx.doi.org/10.…
Negotiation and capital: Athletes’ use of power in an elite men's rowing program
The aim of this paper is to examine how power is given, acquired and used by athletes in the elite sporting context. It focuses on a top-level athlete's reactions to the behaviors of his coaches and how such actions contribute to the creation of a coaching climate, which both influences and ‘houses’ coaching. The paper centers on Sean (a pseudonym), a top-level rower and his preparation for crew selection to the upcoming international regatta sea…
Coaches as sport workers: Professional agency within the employment context of elite European basketball
Increased activity of multiple stakeholders (e.g. agents and owners) have created new challenges for some coaches working in professional sports clubs. The purpose of this project was to draw attention to the normative or accepted practices inherent in sport work, some of the day-to-day realities of some coaches working in this context, and to understand how coaches’ perceptions of other stakeholders come to bear on their individual circumstances…
Why children shouldn't have equal rights
Analytical attractions and the techno-continuum: Conceptualising data obsessions and consequences in elite sport
The proliferation of sports science and technological innovation within performance settings has precipitated the generation of increasing volumes of data to aid athletes. Copious data production has also perpetuated the privileging of scientific information, and a ‘thirst’ for ‘more data’ as an unproblematic ‘truth’. Of significance is not merely the use of technology for the production of data-for-data's sake, or the utility of data for a great…
Imagining sport in Lithuania: Young Athletes’ Views on Safe Sport
Sports organisations have a moral and legal duty of care to deliver sport in a safe environment and to promote the welfare of athletes. This right to what has become known as ‘safe sport’ is now firmly established on the global policy agenda. Simultaneously, there is growing understanding of the need to engage with athletes, including those who are children and young people, and involve them in safe sport developments and research to ensure initi…
Nature and Nurture: A False Dichotomy
Nancy Tuana holds that the nature/nurture dichotomy does not accurately represent the world and hence that a whole series of assumptions about human nature is mistaken. She rejects both biological determinism and alternative interactionist views. I argue that although her arguments and political concerns do rule out any kind of simple biological determinism, they do not show that the alternative interactionist view is untenable: in fact, she uses…
Abortion: For Whose Sake
The Dilemmas of Euthanasia
Beneficent Euthanasia
Nature and Nurture: A False Dichotomy
Nancy Tuana holds that the nature/nurture dichotomy does not accurately represent the world and hence that a whole series of assumptions about human nature is mistaken. She rejects both biological determinism and alternative interactionist views. I argue that although her arguments and political concerns do rule out any kind of simple biological determinism, they do not show that the alternative interactionist view is untenable: in fact, she uses…
Does Women's Liberation Imply Children's Liberation
Shulamith Firestone argues that for women to embrace equal rights without recognizing them for children is unjust. Protection of children is merely repressive control: they are infantilized by our treatment of them. I maintain that many children no longer get much protection, but neither are they being provided with an environment conducive to learning prudence or morality. Recognizing equal rights for children is likely to worsen this situation,…
Feminists Healing Ethics
The field of ethics is enjoying a much-needed renaissance. Traditional theories and approaches are appropriately coming under fire, although not every new idea will stand time's test. Feminist thinking suggests that we at least emphasize the importance of women and their interests, focus on issues specially affecting women, rethink fundamental assumptions, incorporate feminist insights and conclusions from other areas, and be consistent with resp…
In Women's Voices
anthology, Feminist Ethics? After all, feminist ethics is merely a parochial eddy of no great interest to mainstream ethics. Wrong, says Alison Jaggar, in her admirably succinct and informative essay: the aim of feminist theorizing is to eliminate male bias in ethics (p. 97). This concise formula, together with the rest of her article, should lay to rest any notion that feminist ethics is just about women, is just for feminists, or is just a dema…
A Feminist Medical Ethics
how our need to control things (and people), our sometime urge to lord it over others, our inclination, even, to boost ourselves at the expense of those who are down on their luck, our occasional wish (to push matters further) to get a kick or two out of those who are suffering long and hard, all have a bearing on how we behave-the thoughts we have, the things we say, the decisions we make. In a bold, candid, lucid manner this book challenges the…
Case Study: The Baby in the Body
The case presented here involves an accident victim who is brain dead, unmarried, and 15 weeks pregnant. The woman's parents ask that she be removed from the ventilator and her body given to them for burial. The putative father of the fetus wants the medical team to attempt to maintain the woman on life-support until the fetus can be delivered with a good chance for survival. The questions presented to the commentators, Norman Fost and Laura Purd…
Why children shouldn't have equal rights
Why children still shouldn't have equal rights
Children, Sex, and Liberal Societies: A Response to Lainie Ross
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Violence against Women: Philosophical Perspectives
This is the first anthology to take a theoretical look at violence against women. Each essay shows how philosophy provides a powerful tool for examining a difficult and deep-rooted social problem. Stanley G. French, Wanda Teays, and Laura M. Purdy, all philosophers, present a familiar phenomenon in a new and striking fashion.The editors employ a two-tiered approach to this vital issue. Contributors consider both interpersonal violence, such as ra…
Moral Status: Obligations to Persons and Other Living Things
Should we Add “Xeno” to “Transplantation”
Proponents of xenotransplantation hope that it will provide organs to fill the gap between the demand for and supply of organs for transplant. The scientific obstacles to transplanting animal organs into humans are daunting, as are the moral, political, and policy issues. Among them are concerns about animal rights and welfare, patient acceptance and informed consent, and broader public health issues, such as the cost-efficient deployment of scar…
Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights
From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice . Allen Buchanan , Dan W. Brock , Norman Daniels , Daniel Wikler
Stephen Coleman, The Ethics of Artificial Uteruses: Implications for Reproduction and Abortion
Power, consent and resistance: An autoethnography of competitive rowing
This study builds upon existing socio-cultural work into sports coaching by probing the meanings and varieties of the shared coach–athlete experience. Specifically, the paper utilises an autoethnographic approach in an attempt to chart the complex and dynamic relationship that existed between me, the principal author, as a rowing coxswain and my coach during the preparation for a national rowing championship. Data were drawn from a training diary…
At the Crossroads: Families and Society
Negotiation and capital: Athletes’ use of power in an elite men's rowing program
The aim of this paper is to examine how power is given, acquired and used by athletes in the elite sporting context. It focuses on a top-level athlete's reactions to the behaviors of his coaches and how such actions contribute to the creation of a coaching climate, which both influences and ‘houses’ coaching. The paper centers on Sean (a pseudonym), a top-level rower and his preparation for crew selection to the upcoming international regatta sea…
Changing personas and evolving identities: The contestation and renegotiation of researcher roles in fieldwork
I Brage finner du siste tekst-versjon av artikkelen, og den kan inneholde ubetydelige forskjeller fra forlagets pdf-versjon. Forlagets pdf-versjon finner du på www.tandfonline.com: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.586688 / In Brage you'll find the final text version of the article, and it may contain insignificant differences from the journal's pdf version. The original publication is available at www.tandfonline.com: http://dx.doi.org/10.…
Choppy Waters: Elite Rowers’ Perceptions of Coaching
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between elite rowers and their coaches. We were particularly interested in how the rowers constructed and negotiated the interactions and pedagogical actions of the coaches. Drawing upon participant observation and the principal researcher’s reflexive journal, data were collected over a five-month period while ten rowers participated in a preparatory training camp for subsequent selection to c…
Am I just not good enough? The creation, development and questioning of a high performance coaching identity
While the career experiences and trajectories of various sports workers have received increased scholarly attention, those of professional coaches have, in comparison, received scant consideration. This paper focuses on the career experiences of Maeve (a pseudonym), a high performance coach, and the critical incidents related to the creation, development, and, ultimately, questioning of her professional identity. Data were collected through a ser…
In Tribute to Anne Donchin (1930–2014)
Sociology (22 works) · Political science (21 works) · Psychology (17 works) · Philosophy (13 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (10 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (7 works) · Athletes (6 works) · Business (6 works)