Gadais, Tegwen TG; Décarpentrie, Laurie LD; Webb, Andrew AW; Ayoub, Marie-Belle; Bardocz-Bencsik, Mariann et Bélanger, Claude
(2021).
« A method for conducting preliminary analysis of the nature and context of Sport for Development and Peace projects in fieldwork research: an illustration with a Malagasy Non-Governmental Organization ».
Frontiers in sport, pp. 1-31.
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Résumé
More research on Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) organizations is needed to better understand their actual contributions to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals. Yet, the unstable, restricted or even risky contexts in which many Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and SDP agencies sometimes operate often leave researchers to face important challenges in order to develop effective or feasible methods to work with such organizations. The purpose of this study is to address ontological and epistemological questions about what should be known about a given context in an organization before setting off on fieldwork. We propose a methodology, based on the Actantial Model, as a method to analyze the nature and context of a project, to assess the actors involved in the project, and to establish if the global cost (i.e., material, temporal, financial, and physical) for conducting fieldwork is realistic and feasible of all parties involved in the potential project. In order to illustrate this process, we analyzed the nature and context of an SDP project in Madagascar as a first step for a potential collaborative research. As researchers, we do not want to invest time and energy to build up a fully developed field research project with an NGO in a context where it would not be realistic or feasible to conduct such research. Actually, in this context, to develop a research protocol without an implementation strategy might not only be detrimental to the researchers, but also to the NGO itself, where resources are often limited. Accordingly, results from this preliminary field research demonstrate that the Actantial Model is a relevant analytical tool for obtaining insights about the context, the actors, and their relationships within an NGO. In conclusion, this model might be a useful instrument for conducting an initial analysis for the preliminary identification of the necessary conditions for the construction of a sustainable empirical research partnership with a given SDP project.
| Type: |
Article de revue scientifique
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| Mots-clés ou Sujets: |
Sport for development and peace, Non-Governmental Organization, annual report, Actantial model, Africa, decision-making. |
| Unité d'appartenance: |
Faculté des sciences |
| Déposé par: |
Tegwen Gadais
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| Date de dépôt: |
28 sept. 2021 07:52 |
| Dernière modification: |
28 sept. 2021 07:52 |
| Adresse URL : |
http://archipel.uqam.ca/id/eprint/14650 |
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