Poststructuralist Methodologies for Physical Activity Research: Theory and Practice of Foucault, Deleuze, and LaTour

Drawing on the work of Foucault and Deleuze, this book opens up a new materialist approach to sport, exercise and dance research.

Dr. Pirkko Markula is a professor of socio-cultural studies of physical activity at the University of Alberta, Canada. Her research interests include poststructuralist analyses of dance, exercise, and sport using Foucault and Deleuze’s theory, (post)qualitative inquiry and performance ethnography. She is also a contemporary dancer, choreographer and a qualified Pilates instructor.

Dr. Jim Denison is a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation at the University of Alberta, Canada. A sport sociologist and coach educator, his research explores the formation of coaches’ practices through a poststructuralist theory by Foucault and Latour. He was also the former Director of the Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre (2010-2014).