Shared Responsibility and Issues of Injustice and Harm within Sport |
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| Authors: | Melanie L Sartore-Baldwin Brian McCullough Catherine Quatman-Yates |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Exercise and Sport Science, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina;2. College of Arts and Sciences, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington;3. Division of Occupational and Physical Therapy, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this article is to present a conceptual model of shared responsibility within the sport context. Focusing on issues of harm and injustice, this model proposes that organized sport can exist as an oppressive social structure that endorses ignorance through the presence of asymmetrical power relations. This ignorance reinforces oppressive structures as well as fosters vulnerability, a byproduct that, in turn, also reinforces oppressive structures. Rather than assigning responsibility to any one entity specifically, however, this article proposes that each and every individual with a vested interest in sport possess some degree of responsibility in securing safe, fair, and just sport experiences. Thus, the concept of shared responsibility is offered as a moderating factor through which the processes that result from oppressive structures may be interrupted and the structures themselves broken down. |
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| Keywords: | Harm oppression shared responsibility social justice sport |
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