Robyn Zink
Biographic Data
| ID | 768460 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robyn Zink |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Zink |
| SIGNATURE | ZINK R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Otago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mapping outdoor organizations' governance
This article reports an exploratory study that mapped the governance structures of 12 New Zealand Outdoor Recreation Organizations. The Chair, CEO or equivalent and a new board member from each organization were interviewed, and publically available organizational documents were reviewed. An overview of governance theories was used to frame our study and organize the data; it also provided a language for the analysis of the organizations' governa…
Not in the picture
This article reports on a project that examined who was in the picture in photographs in 11 outdoor magazines published in New Zealand in 2001 and 2011. The aim of the study was to identify how well women, children, families and older people were represented in these magazines and how this correlated to outdoor participation and organization membership figures. Overall, the percentage of pictures of women, children, families or older people in ou…
Virtual environments for collaborative leisure research
Collaboration is becoming the ‘new normal’ of research practice in response to the complexity of problems being studied and funding requirements. There is some evidence that, in general, research outputs from collaborative teams tend to be of higher quality and wider interest than those from individual researchers. While recent calls for more collaboration in leisure research are prompted by concerns about quality, relevance and funding efficienc…
Keeping People ‘In the Tent’
The purpose of this research was to examine governance in the New Zealand outdoor activity sector. We conducted 35 interviews with key personnel from organisations with responsibility for national co-ordination, education, and membership services. Using Brandsen and Pestoff’s (Public Manag Rev 8(4):493–501, 2006) co-processes framework, we describe and analyse governance of the outdoor sector. In so doing, we provide insight into the challenges f…
Coming to know oneself through experiential education
This article draws on the work of Foucault to explore why students on a residential program talk about learning about themselves as if it were an epiphany and one of the most empowering aspects of the program. Foucault's schema of turning to the self suggests that the pleasure students experience at ‘discovering’ themselves is a logical response to what he terms as one of the most powerful technologies of the self. Butler's work on giving an acco…
Package adventure tours
The complex experience of kayakers on an adventure tour is explored through the attributes and qualities of Stebbins' concept of serious leisure. Serious leisure is related to Bourdieu's term ‘field’ or, more descriptively, a ‘way of thinking’, which provides a theoretical framework appropriate to understanding adventure tourism experiences. The paper is based on observations of participation, conversations and in‐depth interviews with nine touri…
Package adventure tours
The complex experience of kayakers on an adventure tour is explored through the attributes and qualities of Stebbins' concept of serious leisure. Serious leisure is related to Bourdieu's term ‘field’ or, more descriptively, a ‘way of thinking’, which provides a theoretical framework appropriate to understanding adventure tourism experiences. The paper is based on observations of participation, conversations and in‐depth interviews with nine touri…
Not in the picture
This article reports on a project that examined who was in the picture in photographs in 11 outdoor magazines published in New Zealand in 2001 and 2011. The aim of the study was to identify how well women, children, families and older people were represented in these magazines and how this correlated to outdoor participation and organization membership figures. Overall, the percentage of pictures of women, children, families or older people in ou…
Coming to know oneself through experiential education
This article draws on the work of Foucault to explore why students on a residential program talk about learning about themselves as if it were an epiphany and one of the most empowering aspects of the program. Foucault's schema of turning to the self suggests that the pleasure students experience at ‘discovering’ themselves is a logical response to what he terms as one of the most powerful technologies of the self. Butler's work on giving an acco…
Package adventure tours
The complex experience of kayakers on an adventure tour is explored through the attributes and qualities of Stebbins' concept of serious leisure. Serious leisure is related to Bourdieu's term ‘field’ or, more descriptively, a ‘way of thinking’, which provides a theoretical framework appropriate to understanding adventure tourism experiences. The paper is based on observations of participation, conversations and in‐depth interviews with nine touri…
Coming to know oneself through experiential education
This article draws on the work of Foucault to explore why students on a residential program talk about learning about themselves as if it were an epiphany and one of the most empowering aspects of the program. Foucault's schema of turning to the self suggests that the pleasure students experience at ‘discovering’ themselves is a logical response to what he terms as one of the most powerful technologies of the self. Butler's work on giving an acco…
Virtual environments for collaborative leisure research
Collaboration is becoming the ‘new normal’ of research practice in response to the complexity of problems being studied and funding requirements. There is some evidence that, in general, research outputs from collaborative teams tend to be of higher quality and wider interest than those from individual researchers. While recent calls for more collaboration in leisure research are prompted by concerns about quality, relevance and funding efficienc…
Keeping People ‘In the Tent’
The purpose of this research was to examine governance in the New Zealand outdoor activity sector. We conducted 35 interviews with key personnel from organisations with responsibility for national co-ordination, education, and membership services. Using Brandsen and Pestoff’s (Public Manag Rev 8(4):493–501, 2006) co-processes framework, we describe and analyse governance of the outdoor sector. In so doing, we provide insight into the challenges f…
Mapping outdoor organizations' governance
This article reports an exploratory study that mapped the governance structures of 12 New Zealand Outdoor Recreation Organizations. The Chair, CEO or equivalent and a new board member from each organization were interviewed, and publically available organizational documents were reviewed. An overview of governance theories was used to frame our study and organize the data; it also provided a language for the analysis of the organizations' governa…
Not in the picture
This article reports on a project that examined who was in the picture in photographs in 11 outdoor magazines published in New Zealand in 2001 and 2011. The aim of the study was to identify how well women, children, families and older people were represented in these magazines and how this correlated to outdoor participation and organization membership figures. Overall, the percentage of pictures of women, children, families or older people in ou…
Political science (5 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Outdoor and Experiential Education (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Recreation (3 works) · Adventure (2 works) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (2 works)