Recent years have seen a burgeoning in phenomenological research on sport, physical cultures and exercise. As editors and reviewers, however, we frequently and consistently see social science articles that claim to be ‘phenomenological’ or to use phenomenology, but the reasons for such claims are not always evident. Indeed, on closer reading, many such claims can often turn out to be highly problematic. At this point, we should clarify that our ‘terrain de sport’ constitutes what has been termed ‘empirical phenomenology’ (Martinkova & Parry, 2011) and more specifically from our own ‘home’ discipline, a phenomenologically inspired form of sociology. This latter tradition was developed in North America by Alfred Schutz (1972). By this, we do not mean philosophical phenomenology in all its rich and varied strands, the modern form of which was inspired by Edmund Husserl’s (1913/2002) descriptive and/or transcendental phenomenology. The term itself is derived from the Greek phainomenon, from the root phos, meaning ‘light’, thus referring to something that is placed in the light, made apparent or shown. Phenomenology is therefore the study of phenomena, things as they present themselves to, and are perceived in consciousness. Importantly, it is not just another form of qualitative research; a point which we discuss later.

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成为或不成为现象学：这是个问题

近年来，关于运动、体育文化和锻炼的现象学研究蓬勃发展。然而，作为编辑和审稿人，我们经常且始终如一地看到声称是“现象学”或使用现象学的社会科学文章，但这种说法的原因并不总是很明显。事实上，仔细阅读，许多这样的说法往往会证明是非常有问题的。在这一点上，我们应该澄清我们的“运动地形”构成了所谓的“经验现象学”（Martinkova & Parry，2011），更具体地说，来自我们自己的“家庭”学科，一种受现象学启发的社会学形式。后一种传统是由 Alfred Schutz (1972) 在北美发展起来的。在这里，我们并不是指所有丰富多样的哲学现象学，其现代形式的灵感来自埃德蒙·胡塞尔 (1913/2002) 的描述性和/或先验现象学。该术语本身源自希腊语 phainomenon，源自词根 phos，意思是“光”，因此指的是置于光中、显现或显示的事物。因此，现象学是对现象、事物的研究，因为它们呈现给我们并在意识中被感知。重要的是，它不仅仅是另一种形式的定性研究；我们稍后讨论的一点。事物呈现出来并在意识中被感知。重要的是，它不仅仅是另一种形式的定性研究；我们稍后讨论的一点。事物呈现出来并在意识中被感知。重要的是，它不仅仅是另一种形式的定性研究；我们稍后讨论的一点。