Murray Phillips is a Professor in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

. His research interests lie in sport and its

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, examining its

ontological In metaphysics, ontology is the philosophical study of being, as well as related concepts such as existence, becoming, and reality. Ontology addresses questions like how entities are grouped into categories and which of these entities exis ...

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and methodological aspects.https://hmns.uq.edu.au/profile/1466/murray-phillips University of Queensland: Murray Phillips In conjunction with “Paralympic Stories”, Murray is writing a book on the history of Australia's Paralympic movement.

Selected publications

* Phillips, M., 1997. ''An illusory image: A report on the media coverage and portrayal of women's sport in Australia''. Australian Sports Commission. * Phillips, M.G., 2001. Deconstructing sport history: The postmodern challenge. ''Journal of Sport History'', 28(3), pp. 327–343. * Phillips, M.G., 2016. Wikipedia and history: a worthwhile partnership in the digital era?. ''Rethinking History'', 20(4), pp. 523–543.

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