Donna-Marie Peters
Biographic Data
| ID | 6302851 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donna-Marie Peters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donna-Marie |
| FAMILY NAME | Peters |
| SIGNATURE | PETERS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Temple University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1097-3028 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reversing the gaze, insiders out, outsiders in
Western field-based university research places considerable value on objectivity and distancing researchers from the researched. This proves difficult in circumstances where research is long-term and its acceptable designs replicate colonial structures. Our work is rooted in the practice of consciousness raising. Our findings are twofold. First, participating in the practice of consciousness raising allowed us to see that we were “outsiders” in t…
Inked
Using data gained from ethnographic research and interviews, this article examines 'third place' sociability in the social interactions of the Polar Bears of Martha's Vineyard, a group of predominantly but not exclusively middle-aged and senior African-American men and women who swim, exercise and socialise together each morning at 'the Inkwell' beach. Using Georg Simmel's concept of sociability and Ray Oldenburg's third-place theoretical framewo…
“Take Me to the Water”—Community and Renewal among Aging Women
This article describes the values and practices of a water exercise group of middle-class, middle-aged and senior female predominantly African American vacationing members of the Polar Bears of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. It focuses on their holistic approach to health-physical, emotional, and spiritual-and their implementation of this approach through mentoring, play, and the use of certain African American cultural retention practices. It…
Inked
Using data gained from ethnographic research and interviews, this article examines 'third place' sociability in the social interactions of the Polar Bears of Martha's Vineyard, a group of predominantly but not exclusively middle-aged and senior African-American men and women who swim, exercise and socialise together each morning at 'the Inkwell' beach. Using Georg Simmel's concept of sociability and Ray Oldenburg's third-place theoretical framewo…
Reversing the gaze, insiders out, outsiders in
Western field-based university research places considerable value on objectivity and distancing researchers from the researched. This proves difficult in circumstances where research is long-term and its acceptable designs replicate colonial structures. Our work is rooted in the practice of consciousness raising. Our findings are twofold. First, participating in the practice of consciousness raising allowed us to see that we were “outsiders” in t…
“Take Me to the Water”—Community and Renewal among Aging Women
This article describes the values and practices of a water exercise group of middle-class, middle-aged and senior female predominantly African American vacationing members of the Polar Bears of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. It focuses on their holistic approach to health-physical, emotional, and spiritual-and their implementation of this approach through mentoring, play, and the use of certain African American cultural retention practices. It…
Inked
Using data gained from ethnographic research and interviews, this article examines 'third place' sociability in the social interactions of the Polar Bears of Martha's Vineyard, a group of predominantly but not exclusively middle-aged and senior African-American men and women who swim, exercise and socialise together each morning at 'the Inkwell' beach. Using Georg Simmel's concept of sociability and Ray Oldenburg's third-place theoretical framewo…
Reversing the gaze, insiders out, outsiders in
Western field-based university research places considerable value on objectivity and distancing researchers from the researched. This proves difficult in circumstances where research is long-term and its acceptable designs replicate colonial structures. Our work is rooted in the practice of consciousness raising. Our findings are twofold. First, participating in the practice of consciousness raising allowed us to see that we were “outsiders” in t…
Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Feeling (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Middle class (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)