Rendering the invisible visible: reflexivity and flexibility in a scoping review on sport for reconciliation

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dc.citation.volumeAhead of Print
dc.contributor.authorPeterson B
dc.contributor.authorWing M
dc.contributor.authorGiles AR
dc.contributor.authorStewart-Withers R
dc.contributor.authorLy V
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-03T21:53:58Z
dc.date.available2025-09-03T21:53:58Z
dc.date.issued2025-08-23
dc.description.abstractNumerous scholars have argued that sport is a vessel through which to enforce settler-colonial domination; however, sport can also represent a domain in which to support Indigenous-settler reconciliation. Nevertheless, differing understandings of reconciliation, particularly within diverse global contexts, can lead to ambiguity in its definition and application. Therefore, as part of a broader project on sport for reconciliation (SFR), we conducted a scoping review to examine the ways in which the term SFR is used in the academic literature. Through the scoping review process, we screened 2201 articles by title and abstract and conducted a full-text screening of 181 articles. Only four articles met our inclusion criteria. While scoping reviews typically focus on findings, we seek to centre the process itself, emphasising reflexivity and flexibility, two aspects often promoted yet rarely presented and made visible in practice. In response to this gap, we examine the tensions we experienced regarding the implications of exclusion, which were amplified by our understanding of colonialism. We argue that engaging in reflexivity can (re)conceptualise exclusion criteria, shifting from the binary of inclusion and exclusion to a critical investigation of what something is not. Subsequently, we propose a sixth step to Arksey and O’Malley (2005) scoping review methodology, ‘implications of excluded articles and reflexive insights’. We recommend this step be completed before the optional consultation stage. By centring reflexivity and flexibility, we offer a nuanced (re)conceptualisation of both SFR scholarship and the use of scoping reviews, particularly in research shaped by and grounded in colonial logics.
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dc.identifier.citationPeterson B, Wing M, Giles AR, Stewart-Withers R, Ly V. (2025). Rendering the invisible visible: reflexivity and flexibility in a scoping review on sport for reconciliation. Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health. Ahead of Print.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/2159676X.2025.2549032
dc.identifier.eissn2159-6778
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2159-676X
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/73475
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.publisher.urihttp://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2159676X.2025.2549032
dc.relation.isPartOfQualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health
dc.rights(c) 2025 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectSport
dc.subjectreconciliation
dc.subjectIndigenous
dc.subjectsettler
dc.subjectscoping review
dc.titleRendering the invisible visible: reflexivity and flexibility in a scoping review on sport for reconciliation
dc.typeJournal article
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