'As relevant as banning polo in Greenland': the absence of ethnographic insight into country sports in the UK

Hillyard, S.H.

doi:10.1177/1468794107071422

'As relevant as banning polo in Greenland': the absence of ethnographic insight into country sports in the UK

Hillyard, S.H.

Authors

S.H. Hillyard

Abstract

The article argues for the reinvigoration of sociological and ethnographic interest in the rural. It makes this case in three stages. First, Newby’s work is used to demonstrate early ethnographic insight into the rural. The second stage then critiques the missed ethnographic opportunities in contemporary qualitative studies of country sports. Finally, new empirical visual research findings on gamekeeping in the UK are introduced to demonstrate what an ethnographic approach can bring to rural studies. It concludes with the argument that the contested and differentiated nature of the British countryside warrants greater sociological interest, and that ethnographic research is well positioned to offer rich insights.

Citation

Hillyard, S. (2007). 'As relevant as banning polo in Greenland': the absence of ethnographic insight into country sports in the UK. Qualitative Research, 7(1), 83-101. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794107071422

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	2007-02
Deposit Date	Oct 14, 2008
Publicly Available Date	Apr 16, 2014
Journal	Qualitative Research
Print ISSN	1468-7941
Electronic ISSN	1741-3109
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	7
Issue	1
Pages	83-101
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794107071422
Keywords	Country sports, Ethnography, Qualitative research, Rural, Visual sociology.

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