Heather L Mair

Biographic Data

ID9029591
NAMEHeather L Mair
GIVEN NAMESHeather L
FAMILY NAMEMair
SIGNATUREMAIR H L
AFFILIATIONSRecreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX0

  • Disrupting structural violence in South Africa through township tourism

    Meghan Muldoon, Heather Mair et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sustainable Tourism2022

    This paper describes the potential that tourism encounters have in disrupting structural violence (conceptualized as silencing and invisibilization) in South Africa. Based on PhotoVoice research undertaken with a small number of residents of three Cape Town-area townships, we consider how residents’ descriptions of their encounters with the tourists can be seen as helping to “polish the wounds of the past” as they shared a sense of being seen and…

  • Understanding the experiences in adult introductory sport programmes

    Simon Barrick, Simon J Barrick et al.ARTICLEQualitative Research in Sport and…2020

    Little is known about the experiences of adults as they try a new sport. In this paper, we present findings from a qualitative case study where we sought to understand the experiences of adults trying the sport of curling in two introductory leagues in a central Canadian city. Findings indicate curling, as experienced by participants in these introductory leagues, can be effective in terms of building community and meeting the diverse needs of ad…