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Natalie Barker-Ruchti
Researcher at RMIT University
Publications - 82
Citations - 1022
Natalie Barker-Ruchti is an academic researcher from RMIT University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Athletes & Coaching. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 79 publications receiving 813 citations. Previous affiliations of Natalie Barker-Ruchti include University of Gothenburg & University of Basel.
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Foucault in Leotards: Corporeal Discipline in Women's Artistic Gymnastics
TL;DR: In this article, a feminist Foucauldian study of women's artistic gymnastics is presented, and the results demonstrate the complexity of WAG experiences and illustrate that gymnasts' athletic proficiency is only possible through an extensive and elaborate process of corporeal discipline.
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Orthorexia nervosa: An integrative literature review of a lifestyle syndrome
TL;DR: There is a need for more empirical-holistic research that applies interpretive qualitative methods and uses a social perspective of health, e.g., healthism, and examining the role of sports and exercise in relation to orthorexia that takes the problematizing of “orthorexic behaviours” within the sports context into account.
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Ballerinas and Pixies: a Genealogy of the Changing Female Gymnastics Body
TL;DR: In the 1970s, young and sexually undeveloped gymnasts began to execute acrobatic and risk-driven routines that consisted of complex air-bound combinations of gymnastics elements.
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Learning cultures and cultural learning in high-performance sport: opportunities for sport pedagogues
TL;DR: In this article, high-performance sports provide athletes with a variety of learning experiences, and because athletes invest significant time and energy in training and competition over relatively long periods of time, they can benefit from these experiences.
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High performance sport and sustainability: a contradiction of terms?
TL;DR: The success in high performance sport has always been highly valued. Today, lucrative contracts, sponsorship deals and opportunities for celebrity status are balanced against substantial time spent tra tra....