Bundon, A. (2015). ‘It Started at Old Trafford’: Stories of London 2012 by the Inspired Generation. International Paralympic Committee’s VISTA 2015 Conference, Girona, Spain, October 8th-10th, 2015.

1. ‘IT
STARTED
AT
OLD
TRAFFORD’
STORIES
OF
LONDON
2012
BY
THE
INSPIRED
GENERATION
ANDREA
BUNDON,
PHD
The
Peter
Harrison
Centre
for
Disability
Sport
Loughborough
University,
UK

2. DISCUSSION
FINDINGS
METHODS
PURPOSE
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
“use
London
2012
to
reach
young
people
across
the
globe
and
connect
them
to
sport”

3. DISCUSSION
FINDINGS
METHODS
PURPOSE
BACKGROUND
PURPOSE
§ Reports
of
young
people
§ Reports
of
disabled
people
§ No
reports
of
young
AND
disabled
people

4. DISCUSSION
FINDINGS
METHODS
PURPOSE
BACKGROUND
PURPOSE
To
explore
the
‘inspiraSonal’
effect
of
hosSng
the
Olympic
and
Paralympic
Games
from
the
perspecSves
of
young
disabled
people
in
UK

5. DISCUSSION
FINDINGS
METHODS
PURPOSE
BACKGROUND
METHODS
Digital
Storytelling
§ Story
circles
§ Stories
1-­‐4
minutes
§ Photos,
illustraSons,
video,
capSons,
music
and
audio
recordings
§ FOCUS
ON
STORY,
NOT
ON
TECHNOLOGY

6. DISCUSSION
FINDINGS
METHODS
PURPOSE
BACKGROUND
There
is
no
‘single’
inspiraSon
for
parScipaSng
in
para-­‐
sport

7. DISCUSSION
FINDINGS
METHODS
PURPOSE
BACKGROUND
DISCUSSION
§ ‘Inspiring’
is
important,
but
matching
inspiraSon
with
opportuniSes
is
criScal
§ Like
non-­‐disabled
youth,
disabled
youth
are
ALWAYS
watching
and
they
take
their
inspiraSon
and
their
role
models
from
a
number
of
sources
§ Digital
storytelling
provides
a
different
way
of
thinking
about
legacies
and
impacts
–
small
stories
instead
of
big
data

8. DISCUSSION
FINDINGS
METHODS
PURPOSE
BACKGROUND

9. Project
supported
by:
‘IT
STARTED
AT
OLD
TRAFFORD’
STORIES
OF
LONDON
2012
BY
THE
INSPIRED
GENERATION