2025/10/16 by Aarti Ratna, Mark Doidge, Mridul Chowdhury +1 · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Gender Roles and Identity Studies #Law in Society and Culture #Sports, Gender, and Society
paper · doi:10.1177/15327086251387105
openalex publication_date 2025/10/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/17 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Football fan cultures encompass expressions of love and joy, yet they can also be deeply hateful. In this paper, we argue that an arts-based method – specifically theatre-based research techniques - was useful in exploring hate crime with fans of the game. As both victims and perpetrators, we suggest workshop participants found the novelty of the approach conducive to sharing experiential knowledge relevant to tackling hate in the game. As well as providing a reflexive analysis of the ethics and approach that underpinned the research, we share artistic representations to capture how hate manifested amongst differently positioned fans of the game.