Samantha Punch
Biographic Data
| ID | 3674539 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samantha Punch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samantha |
| FAMILY NAME | Punch |
| SIGNATURE | PUNCH S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 663 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
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 with emotions: Emotional complexity in the social world of elite tournament bridge
The concept of emotional complexity is vital to theorising emotions in late modernity. Building from decades of ‘emotion management’ research, it captures how emotions are increasingly an object for individual self-management and reflection. Using Goffman’s dramaturgy as a framing for emotions research in sport and leisure, this article contributes to understanding emotional complexity in practice using the dyadic pursuit of the mind-sport bridge…
Serious leisure experience in a dyadic pursuit: Elite player motivations and participation in tournament bridge
International, elite level tournament bridge is a unique context for exploring the dynamics of serious leisure experience. This paper presents sociological research on participation and motivation in a dyadic serious pursuit, understood through the lens of the serious leisure perspective (SLP) and complementary approaches of social worlds and leisure experiences. Qualitative interviews with 52 elite bridge players from the USA and Europe, suggest…
Families, Intergenerationality, and Peer Group Relations
Global/local' research on children and childhood in a 'global society
It's not as easy as saying, ‘just get them to eat more veggies’”: Exploring healthy eating in residential care in Australia
Young people living in residential out-of-home care (henceforth OoHC) are at increased risk of becoming overweight or obese. Currently, recognition of the everyday mechanisms that might be contributing to excess weight for children and young people in this setting is limited. The aim of this study was to better understand the barriers and complexities involved in the provision of a 'healthy' food environment in residential OoHC. Heightening aware…
Children and Young People’s Relationships: Learning Across Majority and Minority Worlds
Families, Intergenerationality, and Peer Group Relations
Capitalist Expansion and the Decline of Common Property Ecosystems in China, Vietnam and India
This article identifies some of the multiple processes of capitalist development through which access to common property resources and their utility for communities are undermined. Three sites in upland Asia demonstrate how patterns of exclusion are mediated by the unique and selective trajectories through which capital expands, resulting in a decline of common property ecosystems. The process is mediated by economic stress, ecological degradatio…
Food is a funny thing within residential child care: Intergenerational relationships and food practices in residential care
This article is based on an ethnographic study that explored everyday food practices and relationships in three residential children's homes in Scotland. On the one hand, food practices in residential child care can be used to cross intergenerational boundaries in a positive, enabling and caring manner. On the other hand, food can be interpreted differently by children and staff, at times resulting in negative interactions which may involve contr…
Hidden struggles of fieldwork: Exploring the role and use of field diaries
Not so 'new'? Looking critically at childhood studies
The 'new' sociology of childhood emerged over 20 years ago, arguing for the social construction of childhood to be acknowledged and for the recognition of children and young people's agency and rights. Other disciplines joined this growing academic area, from children's geographies to law, so that the phrase 'childhood studies' has become a popular label. Policy and practice both influenced, and were influenced by, childhood studies, particularly…
Studying Transnational Children: A Multi-Sited, Longitudinal, Ethnographic Approach
This paper explores the methodological challenges of doing research with transnational children. It outlines a range of strategies that researchers might employ, whilst also reflecting on the issues that such strategies raise. It argues that an ethnographic approach, combining interviews with participant observation, can enable a fuller understanding of the wider implications of the specific local context, at both the sender and the destination c…
You don’t have to be watched to make your toast’: Surveillance and Food Practices within Residential Care
This paper explores forms of surveillance within residential care homes for young people. It is argued that surveillance is a crucial aspect of care and this can be experienced as both negative and positive by children and staff. In particular the research was concerned with how forms of control and monitoring are conducted in relation to food and food practices. Relations of power and resistance within the context of a care home are routinely pl…
Barter', `Deals', `Bribes' and `Threats: Exploring sibling interactions
This article investigates forms of strategic interaction between siblings during childhood. The authors argue that these interactions, characterized by notions of reciprocity, equivalence and constructions of fairness, are worked out in relation to responsibility, power, knowledge and sibling status. Birth order and age are not experienced as fixed hierarchies as they can be subverted, contested, resisted and negotiated. To explore these issues, …
You can do Nasty Things to your Brothers and Sisters without a Reason’: Siblings’ Backstage Behaviour
This article contributes to the recent, but still limited, literature on the sociology of sibship. It argues that during childhood the ambivalent love/hate nature of sibship is played out through the sharing of knowledge, time and space. It draws on the work of Goffman to illustrate that children's sibling interactions tend to consist of backstage, rather than frontstage, performances. The article is based on children's own perspectives from a sa…
Childhood and Society: An Introduction to the Sociology of Childhood
By Michael Wyness Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan , 2006 ISBN 0333946499 , 268 pp, £18.99 (pb) Anyone new to the sociology of childhood should be encouraged to read this thought-provoking book that pulls together recent debates surrounding children, childhood, agency, care and control. It is organised around four key parts, beginning with childhood and theory. The first of three chapters in this section both celebrates and critiques social const…
The Impact of Primary Education on School-to-Work Transitions for young People in Rural Bolivia
As in many parts of the majority world, primary education in rural Bolivia is constrained by a range of factors: poor teaching quality, lack of resources, limited infrastructure, inadequate teaching materials, and low wages for teachers. Furthermore, high rates of absenteeism, drop-out, repetition, and failure can be exacerbated by children's work responsibilities and harsh weather conditions. This article draws on a case study of a rural communi…
Interviewing strategies with young people: The ‘secret box’, stimulus material and task‐based activities
This paper reflects on the use of a range of interviewing strategies carried out with 13–14 year olds for a research project about young people's problems and coping strategies. The advantages and disadvantages of using both group and individual interviews with various task‐based activities (grouping and ranking exercises, spider diagrams and charts) and stimulus material (problem pages, video clips and common phrases) are examined. The developme…
Research with children: The same or different from research with adults
This article explores seven methodological issues in some detail to illustrate the ways in which aspects of the research process usually considered to be the same for both adults and children can pose particular dilemmas for adult researchers working with children. It argues that research with children is potentially different from research with adults mainly because of adult perceptions of children and children's marginalized position in adult s…
Household Division of Labour: Generation, Gender, Age, Birth Order and Sibling Composition
Many studies have examined the household division of labour from a gender perspective, but comparatively few have considered age and the intergenerational distribution of household work. Using empirical evidence from my ethnographic study of rural households in Bolivia, I argue that whilst adult household labour is highly determined by gender roles, children's unpaid household work often cuts across gender stereotypes and does not merely mirror t…
Research with children: The same or different from research with adults
This article explores seven methodological issues in some detail to illustrate the ways in which aspects of the research process usually considered to be the same for both adults and children can pose particular dilemmas for adult researchers working with children. It argues that research with children is potentially different from research with adults mainly because of adult perceptions of children and children's marginalized position in adult s…
Not so 'new'? Looking critically at childhood studies
The 'new' sociology of childhood emerged over 20 years ago, arguing for the social construction of childhood to be acknowledged and for the recognition of children and young people's agency and rights. Other disciplines joined this growing academic area, from children's geographies to law, so that the phrase 'childhood studies' has become a popular label. Policy and practice both influenced, and were influenced by, childhood studies, particularly…
Household Division of Labour: Generation, Gender, Age, Birth Order and Sibling Composition
Many studies have examined the household division of labour from a gender perspective, but comparatively few have considered age and the intergenerational distribution of household work. Using empirical evidence from my ethnographic study of rural households in Bolivia, I argue that whilst adult household labour is highly determined by gender roles, children's unpaid household work often cuts across gender stereotypes and does not merely mirror t…
Barter', `Deals', `Bribes' and `Threats: Exploring sibling interactions
This article investigates forms of strategic interaction between siblings during childhood. The authors argue that these interactions, characterized by notions of reciprocity, equivalence and constructions of fairness, are worked out in relation to responsibility, power, knowledge and sibling status. Birth order and age are not experienced as fixed hierarchies as they can be subverted, contested, resisted and negotiated. To explore these issues, …
Global/local' research on children and childhood in a 'global society
The Impact of Primary Education on School-to-Work Transitions for young People in Rural Bolivia
As in many parts of the majority world, primary education in rural Bolivia is constrained by a range of factors: poor teaching quality, lack of resources, limited infrastructure, inadequate teaching materials, and low wages for teachers. Furthermore, high rates of absenteeism, drop-out, repetition, and failure can be exacerbated by children's work responsibilities and harsh weather conditions. This article draws on a case study of a rural communi…
Serious leisure experience in a dyadic pursuit: Elite player motivations and participation in tournament bridge
International, elite level tournament bridge is a unique context for exploring the dynamics of serious leisure experience. This paper presents sociological research on participation and motivation in a dyadic serious pursuit, understood through the lens of the serious leisure perspective (SLP) and complementary approaches of social worlds and leisure experiences. Qualitative interviews with 52 elite bridge players from the USA and Europe, suggest…
You don’t have to be watched to make your toast’: Surveillance and Food Practices within Residential Care
This paper explores forms of surveillance within residential care homes for young people. It is argued that surveillance is a crucial aspect of care and this can be experienced as both negative and positive by children and staff. In particular the research was concerned with how forms of control and monitoring are conducted in relation to food and food practices. Relations of power and resistance within the context of a care home are routinely pl…
Capitalist Expansion and the Decline of Common Property Ecosystems in China, Vietnam and India
This article identifies some of the multiple processes of capitalist development through which access to common property resources and their utility for communities are undermined. Three sites in upland Asia demonstrate how patterns of exclusion are mediated by the unique and selective trajectories through which capital expands, resulting in a decline of common property ecosystems. The process is mediated by economic stress, ecological degradatio…
Playing with emotions: Emotional complexity in the social world of elite tournament bridge
The concept of emotional complexity is vital to theorising emotions in late modernity. Building from decades of ‘emotion management’ research, it captures how emotions are increasingly an object for individual self-management and reflection. Using Goffman’s dramaturgy as a framing for emotions research in sport and leisure, this article contributes to understanding emotional complexity in practice using the dyadic pursuit of the mind-sport bridge…
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…
It's not as easy as saying, ‘just get them to eat more veggies’”: Exploring healthy eating in residential care in Australia
Young people living in residential out-of-home care (henceforth OoHC) are at increased risk of becoming overweight or obese. Currently, recognition of the everyday mechanisms that might be contributing to excess weight for children and young people in this setting is limited. The aim of this study was to better understand the barriers and complexities involved in the provision of a 'healthy' food environment in residential OoHC. Heightening aware…
Food is a funny thing within residential child care: Intergenerational relationships and food practices in residential care
This article is based on an ethnographic study that explored everyday food practices and relationships in three residential children's homes in Scotland. On the one hand, food practices in residential child care can be used to cross intergenerational boundaries in a positive, enabling and caring manner. On the other hand, food can be interpreted differently by children and staff, at times resulting in negative interactions which may involve contr…
Studying Transnational Children: A Multi-Sited, Longitudinal, Ethnographic Approach
This paper explores the methodological challenges of doing research with transnational children. It outlines a range of strategies that researchers might employ, whilst also reflecting on the issues that such strategies raise. It argues that an ethnographic approach, combining interviews with participant observation, can enable a fuller understanding of the wider implications of the specific local context, at both the sender and the destination c…
Household Division of Labour: Generation, Gender, Age, Birth Order and Sibling Composition
Many studies have examined the household division of labour from a gender perspective, but comparatively few have considered age and the intergenerational distribution of household work. Using empirical evidence from my ethnographic study of rural households in Bolivia, I argue that whilst adult household labour is highly determined by gender roles, children's unpaid household work often cuts across gender stereotypes and does not merely mirror t…
Interviewing strategies with young people: The ‘secret box’, stimulus material and task‐based activities
This paper reflects on the use of a range of interviewing strategies carried out with 13–14 year olds for a research project about young people's problems and coping strategies. The advantages and disadvantages of using both group and individual interviews with various task‐based activities (grouping and ranking exercises, spider diagrams and charts) and stimulus material (problem pages, video clips and common phrases) are examined. The developme…
Research with children: The same or different from research with adults
This article explores seven methodological issues in some detail to illustrate the ways in which aspects of the research process usually considered to be the same for both adults and children can pose particular dilemmas for adult researchers working with children. It argues that research with children is potentially different from research with adults mainly because of adult perceptions of children and children's marginalized position in adult s…
The Impact of Primary Education on School-to-Work Transitions for young People in Rural Bolivia
As in many parts of the majority world, primary education in rural Bolivia is constrained by a range of factors: poor teaching quality, lack of resources, limited infrastructure, inadequate teaching materials, and low wages for teachers. Furthermore, high rates of absenteeism, drop-out, repetition, and failure can be exacerbated by children's work responsibilities and harsh weather conditions. This article draws on a case study of a rural communi…
Childhood and Society: An Introduction to the Sociology of Childhood
By Michael Wyness Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan , 2006 ISBN 0333946499 , 268 pp, £18.99 (pb) Anyone new to the sociology of childhood should be encouraged to read this thought-provoking book that pulls together recent debates surrounding children, childhood, agency, care and control. It is organised around four key parts, beginning with childhood and theory. The first of three chapters in this section both celebrates and critiques social const…
You can do Nasty Things to your Brothers and Sisters without a Reason’: Siblings’ Backstage Behaviour
This article contributes to the recent, but still limited, literature on the sociology of sibship. It argues that during childhood the ambivalent love/hate nature of sibship is played out through the sharing of knowledge, time and space. It draws on the work of Goffman to illustrate that children's sibling interactions tend to consist of backstage, rather than frontstage, performances. The article is based on children's own perspectives from a sa…
Barter', `Deals', `Bribes' and `Threats: Exploring sibling interactions
This article investigates forms of strategic interaction between siblings during childhood. The authors argue that these interactions, characterized by notions of reciprocity, equivalence and constructions of fairness, are worked out in relation to responsibility, power, knowledge and sibling status. Birth order and age are not experienced as fixed hierarchies as they can be subverted, contested, resisted and negotiated. To explore these issues, …
You don’t have to be watched to make your toast’: Surveillance and Food Practices within Residential Care
This paper explores forms of surveillance within residential care homes for young people. It is argued that surveillance is a crucial aspect of care and this can be experienced as both negative and positive by children and staff. In particular the research was concerned with how forms of control and monitoring are conducted in relation to food and food practices. Relations of power and resistance within the context of a care home are routinely pl…
Hidden struggles of fieldwork: Exploring the role and use of field diaries
Not so 'new'? Looking critically at childhood studies
The 'new' sociology of childhood emerged over 20 years ago, arguing for the social construction of childhood to be acknowledged and for the recognition of children and young people's agency and rights. Other disciplines joined this growing academic area, from children's geographies to law, so that the phrase 'childhood studies' has become a popular label. Policy and practice both influenced, and were influenced by, childhood studies, particularly…
Studying Transnational Children: A Multi-Sited, Longitudinal, Ethnographic Approach
This paper explores the methodological challenges of doing research with transnational children. It outlines a range of strategies that researchers might employ, whilst also reflecting on the issues that such strategies raise. It argues that an ethnographic approach, combining interviews with participant observation, can enable a fuller understanding of the wider implications of the specific local context, at both the sender and the destination c…
Capitalist Expansion and the Decline of Common Property Ecosystems in China, Vietnam and India
This article identifies some of the multiple processes of capitalist development through which access to common property resources and their utility for communities are undermined. Three sites in upland Asia demonstrate how patterns of exclusion are mediated by the unique and selective trajectories through which capital expands, resulting in a decline of common property ecosystems. The process is mediated by economic stress, ecological degradatio…
Food is a funny thing within residential child care: Intergenerational relationships and food practices in residential care
This article is based on an ethnographic study that explored everyday food practices and relationships in three residential children's homes in Scotland. On the one hand, food practices in residential child care can be used to cross intergenerational boundaries in a positive, enabling and caring manner. On the other hand, food can be interpreted differently by children and staff, at times resulting in negative interactions which may involve contr…
Children and Young People’s Relationships: Learning Across Majority and Minority Worlds
Families, Intergenerationality, and Peer Group Relations
It's not as easy as saying, ‘just get them to eat more veggies’”: Exploring healthy eating in residential care in Australia
Young people living in residential out-of-home care (henceforth OoHC) are at increased risk of becoming overweight or obese. Currently, recognition of the everyday mechanisms that might be contributing to excess weight for children and young people in this setting is limited. The aim of this study was to better understand the barriers and complexities involved in the provision of a 'healthy' food environment in residential OoHC. Heightening aware…
Families, Intergenerationality, and Peer Group Relations
Global/local' research on children and childhood in a 'global society
Playing with emotions: Emotional complexity in the social world of elite tournament bridge
The concept of emotional complexity is vital to theorising emotions in late modernity. Building from decades of ‘emotion management’ research, it captures how emotions are increasingly an object for individual self-management and reflection. Using Goffman’s dramaturgy as a framing for emotions research in sport and leisure, this article contributes to understanding emotional complexity in practice using the dyadic pursuit of the mind-sport bridge…
Serious leisure experience in a dyadic pursuit: Elite player motivations and participation in tournament bridge
International, elite level tournament bridge is a unique context for exploring the dynamics of serious leisure experience. This paper presents sociological research on participation and motivation in a dyadic serious pursuit, understood through the lens of the serious leisure perspective (SLP) and complementary approaches of social worlds and leisure experiences. Qualitative interviews with 52 elite bridge players from the USA and Europe, suggest…
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…
Sociology (18 works) · Psychology (17 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (13 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (9 works) · Geography (8 works) · Social science (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (5 works)