title: Coaching, talent identification and talent development in Para sport: Developing the field

authors: Townsend, Robert C.

abstract: This chapter provides an overview of the role of the coach in talent identification and development environments in para sport. While interest in para sport continues to grow, particularly in coaching, we know very little about the role, function and practices of coaching in talent identification and development in para programmes. In this chapter we carefully examine coaching and talent identification through a disability lens, highlighting how coaches are implicated in ‘access work’, and questioning how coaches reconcile cultural understandings of disability with sport-specific conceptions of ‘talent’. In so doing we draw connections between coaching and disability studies, questioning the extent to which ableism may influence talent identification. Furthermore, we discuss coach and athlete development, illustrating the limits of ‘normative’ models of athlete development applied to para sport and the implications for coach education and development. Finally, we outline some key considerations for researchers and outline some productive lines of inquiry to develop the field.

text: Coaching, talent identification and talent development in Para sport: Developing the field This chapter provides an overview of the role of the coach in talent identification and development environments in para sport. While interest in para sport continues to grow, particularly in coaching, we know very little about the role, function and practices of coaching in talent identification and development in para programmes. In this chapter we carefully examine coaching and talent identification through a disability lens, highlighting how coaches are implicated in ‘access work’, and questioning how coaches reconcile cultural understandings of disability with sport-specific conceptions of ‘talent’. In so doing we draw connections between coaching and disability studies, questioning the extent to which ableism may influence talent identification. Furthermore, we discuss coach and athlete development, illustrating the limits of ‘normative’ models of athlete development applied to para sport and the implications for coach education and development. Finally, we outline some key considerations for researchers and outline some productive lines of inquiry to develop the field.

year: 2022

title: Accounting information systems as knowledge-objects: Some effects of objectualization

authors: Lowe, Alan

subjects: actor network theory

abstract: This paper will outline a research methodology informed by theorists who have contributed to actor network theory (ANT). Research informed from such a perspective recognises the constitutive role of accounting systems in the achievement of broader social goals. Latour, Knorr-Cetina and others argue that the bringing in of non-human actants, through the growth of technology and science, has added immeasurably to the complexity of modern society. The paper “sees” accounting and accounting systems as being constituted by technological “black boxes” and seeks to discuss two questions. One concerns the processes which surround the establishment of “facts”, ie. how “black-boxes” are created and accepted (even if temporarily) within society. The second concerns the role of existing “black boxes” within society and organisation. Accounting systems not only promote a particular view of the activities of an organisation or a subunit, but in their implementation and operation ‘mobilise’ other organisational members in a particular direction. The implications of such an interpretation are explored in the paper. Firstly through a discussion of some of the theoretic constructs that have been proposed to frame ANT research. Secondly an attempt is made to relate some of these ideas to aspects of the empirics in a qualitative case study. The case site is in the health sector and involves the implementations of a casemix accounting system. Evidence from the case research is used to exemplify aspects of the theoretical constructs.

text: Accounting information systems as knowledge-objects: Some effects of objectualization This paper will outline a research methodology informed by theorists who have contributed to actor network theory (ANT). Research informed from such a perspective recognises the constitutive role of accounting systems in the achievement of broader social goals. Latour, Knorr-Cetina and others argue that the bringing in of non-human actants, through the growth of technology and science, has added immeasurably to the complexity of modern society. The paper “sees” accounting and accounting systems as being constituted by technological “black boxes” and seeks to discuss two questions. One concerns the processes which surround the establishment of “facts”, ie. how “black-boxes” are created and accepted (even if temporarily) within society. The second concerns the role of existing “black boxes” within society and organisation. Accounting systems not only promote a particular view of the activities of an organisation or a subunit, but in their implementation and operation ‘mobilise’ other organisational members in a particular direction. The implications of such an interpretation are explored in the paper. Firstly through a discussion of some of the theoretic constructs that have been proposed to frame ANT research. Secondly an attempt is made to relate some of these ideas to aspects of the empirics in a qualitative case study. The case site is in the health sector and involves the implementations of a casemix accounting system. Evidence from the case research is used to exemplify aspects of the theoretical constructs.

year: 2000-08

title: Call and response: Taika Waititi’s ‘Boy’

authors: Perrott, Lisa

subjects: Waititi's film

abstract: Lisa Perrott examines how the construction of Waititi's latest film might engender complex, nuanced responses from audiences.

text: Call and response: Taika Waititi’s ‘Boy’ Lisa Perrott examines how the construction of Waititi's latest film might engender complex, nuanced responses from audiences.

year: 2010