ABSTRACT
Fields of Vision started because its founders identified their shared interest in both sport and the arts even though they are thought of so separately in the fields of education, philosophy, research, policy and provision and people excelling in one are not expected to excel, or even show interest, in the other. The cover of the earlier collection of papers features an artwork by Jason Minsky, who, in 2007, was artist in residence to Leeds Rugby and Headingley Carnegie Stadium, home of the rugby league team, Leeds Rhinos, the rugby union team Yorkshire Carnegie and also Yorkshire Cricket. Using a variety of media and processes he endeavoured to capture the life of a stadium that hosts three different sports on its adjacent international standard rugby and cricket pitches, and the presence of a double sided stand. Stephen Arch challenges the Cartesian dualism of a mind–body split, certainly insofar as it relates to sport as an embodied practice.
