Book Reviews
A richly researched and compelling account of Britain’s entanglements with apartheid...
British Sporting Relations with Apartheid South Africa: The Politics of Racism and Anti-Racism, 1948–1994 by Matthew P. Llewellyn and Toby C. Rider (Oxford University Press) represents the first archival-based, historical examination of Britain's sporting relations with South Africa throughout the apartheid era. Michelle Sikes, prominent scholar of African sport history, finds that the authors demonstrate that sport was bound up in and revealing of debates about Britain’s racial politics and post-imperial identity, making the book a contribution to both sport history and moderna British history.
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Public defense of doctoral thesis | As Agent and Environment: A Biosemiotic Understanding of the Moving Body within Ecology and Technology from Cases in...
Margrethe Voll Storaas’ PhD study narrows down to the moving body and asks, ‘how may we understand the moving body ecologically in technologized environments?’ For this study, the cultural and body-contingent arena of sport is a well-suited context. To ensure a holistic treatment, she looks to the effects on both our physical exterior, physical interior, and environing linguistic milieu through three cases: humanly constructed sporting sites, the private international sport event of Enhanced Games, and a modern form of political language engineering that aims to enhance (‘ameliorate’) society.
Public defence of doctoral thesis | Physical Activity Put Into Context: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Youth’s Physically Active Lives in School by Sara Hoy, Swedish...
Numerous scholars within sport and health sciences have emphasized the critical role of the school environment in shaping young people’s physically active lives. While Sara Hoy’s PhD project and dissertation addresses this specific dimension, the inquiry is also situated within wider academic discourses (ways of thinking, speaking, and producing knowledge within scholarly communities) concerning adolescents’ physical activity in school settings.
Call for Papers | “Menopause and Physical Activity”, Special Series for the Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal | Call ends November 17,...
The Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal is pleased to announce a Call for Abstracts for an upcoming special series focused on Physical Activity and Menopause.
