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

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 (SDGs). Yet, the unstable, restricted, or even risky contexts in which many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) an...

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Autores principales:	Tegwen Gadais, Laurie Décarpentrie, Andrew Webb, Marie-Belle Ayoub, Mariann Bardocz-Bencsik, Claude Bélanger
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e789c736deae4081b822de9a00a2ed762021-11-04T06:49:19ZA 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 Organization2624-936710.3389/fspor.2021.658496https://doaj.org/article/e789c736deae4081b822de9a00a2ed762021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2021.658496/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2624-9367More 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 (SDGs). 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 to develop effective or feasible methods to work with such organizations. This study aimed to address the 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 an actantial model (AM), 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 the parties involved in the potential project. To illustrate this process, we analyzed the nature and context of an SDP project in Madagascar as the first step for 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, developing 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, the results from this preliminary field research demonstrate that an AM 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.Tegwen GadaisTegwen GadaisLaurie DécarpentrieLaurie DécarpentrieAndrew WebbMarie-Belle AyoubMariann Bardocz-BencsikClaude BélangerFrontiers Media S.A.articlesport for development and peace (SDP)non-governmental organizations (NGOs)annual reportAfricadecision makingactantial modelSportsGV557-1198.995ENFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, Vol 3 (2021)
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topic	sport for development and peace (SDP) non-governmental organizations (NGOs) annual report Africa decision making actantial model Sports GV557-1198.995
spellingShingle	sport for development and peace (SDP) non-governmental organizations (NGOs) annual report Africa decision making actantial model Sports GV557-1198.995 Tegwen Gadais Tegwen Gadais Laurie Décarpentrie Laurie Décarpentrie Andrew Webb Marie-Belle Ayoub Mariann Bardocz-Bencsik Claude Bélanger 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
description	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 (SDGs). 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 to develop effective or feasible methods to work with such organizations. This study aimed to address the 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 an actantial model (AM), 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 the parties involved in the potential project. To illustrate this process, we analyzed the nature and context of an SDP project in Madagascar as the first step for 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, developing 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, the results from this preliminary field research demonstrate that an AM 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.
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author	Tegwen Gadais Tegwen Gadais Laurie Décarpentrie Laurie Décarpentrie Andrew Webb Marie-Belle Ayoub Mariann Bardocz-Bencsik Claude Bélanger
author_facet	Tegwen Gadais Tegwen Gadais Laurie Décarpentrie Laurie Décarpentrie Andrew Webb Marie-Belle Ayoub Mariann Bardocz-Bencsik Claude Bélanger
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title	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
title_short	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
title_full	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
title_fullStr	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
title_full_unstemmed	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
title_sort	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
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/e789c736deae4081b822de9a00a2ed76
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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

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