Surf-for-Development

An Exploration of Program Recipient Perspectives in Lobitos, Peru

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2349296
AutoresLeon Mach (0000-0001-6227-7732, The School for Field Studies, Beverly, MA, USA, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume43
Fascículo6
Páginas438-461
Data de publicação2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Sport and Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0193-7235 • E-ISSN: 1552-7638
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0193723519850875
OpenAlexW2947230096
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas51

Critical sport for development and peace (SDP) and sustainable surf tourism (SST) research calls for sports programming and research that adheres not only to the desires and needs of local communities but also for movements away from neoliberal development models. This case study, derived from interviewing participants 4 years after partaking in a learn-to-surf program in Lobitos, Peru, suggests that these two broad goals may be contradictory. Leveraging skills and traits adopted from participating in the surf program were seen as important contributions to both individual (i.e., gender and economic empowerment) and community benefits (i.e., re-imagining Lobitos). These findings shed light on the need to better understand program recipient desires for local 'reforms' and how they can best be served by SDP programs

Community development · Empowerment · Interview · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Sustainable development · Tourism · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Psychology · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts