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    Sports Law, Policy & Diplomacy Journal, Volume 1, 2023, Number 2 (Open Access)

    Sports Law, Policy & Diplomacy Journal is dedicated to publishing articles that contribute to theoretical, methodological, and empirical knowledge in the complex field of law, public policy, and diplomacy in the sports system, as well as in other areas of social science focused on sports. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Awareness of the African Continental Free Trade Area Socio-Economic Benefits as Drivers of Sport Industry Stakeholders′ Expectations in Zimbabwe by Webster Tinashe Chakawata, Franz Ufuomanefe Atare, Bukola O. Ochei (open access).

    International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, Vol. 7, 2024, Issue 1 | Leisure...

    This journal publishes high-quality papers on the sociology of leisure that have a global interest, promote the development of this mature field within international sociology, and go beyond the traditional geographical areas of leisure studies. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: From The Anfield Wrap to Boss Night and the Paris Protests: Football, Politics, Identity and the Cultural Evolution of Fan Media and Supporter Activism in Liverpool by Joel Rookwood & Paddy Hoey (open access).

    That Was The Week That Was, March 11–17, 2024

    idrottsforum.org’s weekly newsletter gives you the past week’s on-site activities in your mailbox every Monday morning, in the form of a letter with a link to a web page presentation of new publications. Click below to access that page, which also offers you a chance to subscribe to the Monday morning mail in case you’re not already a subscriber. And do tell friends and colleagues about this invaluable service.

    Call for Papers | Conference: Exploring aesthetic practices | University of Jyväskylä, Finland,...

    The concept aesthetic practice offers a novel perspective on philosophical aesthetics by shifting the focus from objects and singular experiences to ongoing, repeatedly performed activities. Practice highlights the aesthetic relevance of doing and making, temporality, continuity, multimodality and intersubjectivity. Aesthetic practices can be, for example, engagement with the arts, popular culture, craft, sports and games, or some aspect of one’s everyday environment where a fundamental motivating factor is pleasure gained through the activity.

    Sexuality Studies and Leisure Studies doing it together

    Sex and Leisure: Promiscuous Perspectives, edited by Diana C. Parry & Corey W. Johnson (Routledge), examines sexuality from multiple, and at times, competing directions, exploring the continuum of sex from work through to carnal pleasure, and across specific sexual practices including BDSM, pornography, stripping, and sex work. Jack Lukkerz finds that the collection constitutes a both interesting and valuable contribution, with a range of examples demonstrating how research on sexuality can be conducted.

    Call for Participation | Athletes’ Social Protection: Current Solutions and Future Needs, SOPROS Hybrid...

    This event will bring together experts and stakeholders from sport governance, politics and academia at the German Sport University Cologne. The project team is proud to present its Self-Assessment Tools for athletes and stakeholders which aim to systematically assess the current status quo of national policies protecting athletes in Olympic sports against social risks. Current research highlights that different countries have developed various measures and solutions to ensure the social protection of elite athletes. Still, gaps may prevail.

    Sport in Society, Volume 27, 2024, Issue 4 | Asia Pacific Sport and Social...

    Academics in various disciplines are writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The transforming journey of Hong Kong Elites athletes and coaches migrating to the United Kingdom via the British National (Overseas) visa scheme by Ka Chun Au & David Holland-Smith.

    Call for Participation | Russell Holden: Cricket in Modern Britain. The Politics of Crisis,...

    The Faculty of Business and Communication and the international research network SPRING organize the research seminar “Cricket in Modern Britain. The Politics of Crisis, Continuity and Communication” with Russell Holden. Russell Holden is a writer, researcher and co-founder of The Crickett Research Network #CRN2024. The session will take place online via Zoom. Access is free, no prior registration is necessary.

    Kvindelige gymnastikdirektørers uddannelse og livsskæbner analyseres og formidles i historisk pionerarbejde

    I Leif Yttergrens och Hans Bollings Kroppens apostlar. Kvinnliga gymnastikdirektörer 1864–2020 (Stockholmia Förlag) berättas historien om det år 1813 inrättade Gymnastiska centralinstitutet (GCI) i Stockholm där både män och kvinnor utbildades till gymnastikdirektörer, i en tid då kvinnor ännu var omyndiga. Jørn Hansen har tagit del av de bägge historikernas fascinerande berättelse och rekommenderar boken varmt till intresserade i såväl historia och idrottshistoria som kvinnostudier.

    Masters degree scholarship | Connacht GAA & University of Galway Strategic Partnership Postgraduate Research...

    Connacht Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), is offering a scholarship to pursue a specialised full-time one-year Masters research degree at the University of Galway commencing in September 2024. The value of the scholarship will fully cover the programme fees of the successful candidate plus an allowance of €500 for research expenses. Progression to PhD studies may be a possibility.

    Call for Participation | The Power of Sound and Sport Webinar, Part One |...

    This webinar aims to expand understandings of how sound in its many forms can provide novel sites for interdisciplinary analysis of sports and the moving body while harnessing creative methods for multimedia knowledge sharing and social activism. The webinar will consist of presentations from invited speakers discussing their explorations into sound and sport across research, media, and artistic domains. Presenters will also answer questions about their experiences working within the sport/sound nexus.

    Disputation | Exploring Perceptions of Route Environments in Relation to Walking | Dan Andersson,...

    I avhandlingen har Dan Andersson undersökt hur olika miljövariabler, till exempel grönska, buller och skönhet, uppfattas av de som arbetspendlar till fots i Stor-Stockholm. Dessa upplevelser har i sin tur analyserats i relation till om färdvägarna värderas som hindrande eller stimulerande för gång, respektive otrygga eller trygga i relation till trafiken.

    A Qualitative Study of a Selection of Male High School Teachers’ Perceptions and Practise...

    This study by Ove Olsen Sæle, Åse Nylenna Akslen and Cecilie Ristesund thoroughly examines how a selection of Norwegian male teachers in upper-secondary school perceive and practise fair play in teaching. The study’s research question asks how fair play is perceived and practised by a selection of physical education teachers in upper-secondary school. In the discussion of its findings, the study considers Sheridan’s conceptualisation of fair play, which employs seven perspectives on fair play that take the term ‘ethos’ as a key concept.

    Starting at the root: An interrogation of performance above all else logic in sport as...

    In Sport, Performance and Sustainability, an open access volume edited by Svensson, Backman, Hedenborg & Sörlin (Routledge), the authors examine the logic of ‘faster, higher, and stronger’ and the technoscientific revolution behind the tremendous growth in sport performance over the last 100 years. Our reviewer Benjamin Mole commends the choice of Guttmann’s sportification concept as the starting point and finds much in the analyses to appreciate. Some critical observations notwithstanding, he hails the book for moving the discussion of sporting logics forward.

    European Physical Education Review, Vol. 30, 2024, No. 1

    EPER is a journal that stimulates and presents scholarly enquiry in the broad field of physical education, including sport and leisure issues and research. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Spectrum of Teaching Styles and models-based practice for physical education by Shane Pill, Brendan SueSee, and Michael Davies (open access).

    That Was The Week That Was, March 4–10, 2024

    idrottsforum.org’s weekly newsletter gives you the past week’s on-site activities in your mailbox every Monday morning, in the form of a letter with a link to a web page presentation of new publications. Click below to access that page, which also offers you a chance to subscribe to the Monday morning mail in case you’re not already a subscriber. And do tell friends and colleagues about this invaluable service.

    Sport Scholar Profile | Christian Tolstrup Jensen | Malmö University

    Christian Tolstrup Jensen, PhD, is a sports historian affiliated with Malmö University where he currently works as a postdoc researcher at the Dept. of Sport Sciences. His current research focuses on sports events, but his interest in sport studies is varied and wide: Danish and Scandinavian sport history ranging from Norwegian ice hockey to Danish football; youth history and culture, and especially the history of the scout movement. An ongoing project revolves around sport events and their role and position in the Nordic countries.

    In search of the meaning of physical education

    In Meaningful Physical Education: An Approach for Teaching and Learning (Routledge) the authors outline an approach to teaching and learning in physical education that prioritizes meaningful experiences for pupils, using case studies to illustrate how practitioners have implemented this approach across international contexts. Peter Carlman is our reviewer, and he is sympathetic to the basic premises of meaningful PE; however, he feels that emphasis lies on methods of teaching at the expense of learning objectives.

    A highly enjoyable and stimulating mixed bag of short stories from the history of...

    Peace and war, or camaraderie and struggle, are keywords for a lot of sports – and for Matti Goksøyr’s long and impressive work as a researcher. He earned his doctorate at the NIH in 1991 and became professor of sports history eight years later. In December 2022 he turned 70, and how better to celebrate that than with a Festschrift. Christian Tolstrup Jensen enjoyed reading Fred og krig: Festskrift til Matti Goksøyr [Peace and war: Festschrift to Matti Goksøyr], edited by Gudmund Skjeldal & Allan Bennich Grønkjær.

    International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, Volume 16, 2024, Issue 1

    The International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics is published by Routledge, and aims to publish articles that address all aspects of sport policy irrespective of academic discipline. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: To let go or to control? Depoliticisation and (re)politicisation in Chinese football by Qi Peng, Shushu Chen & Craig Berry (open access).

    Disputation | Friluftsliv och naturmöten i utbildningspraktik | Örebro universitet, 15 mars 2024

    Avhandlingens övergripande syfte är att bidra med kunskap om det meningsskapande som sker i pedagogiska möten med naturen i olika utbildningspraktiker. Empirin i avhandlingen består av texter i form av skolans läroplaner, filmad undervisningspraktik från I Ur & Skur-skolor, Naturskolor, friluftsinriktade folkhögskolor samt idrottslärarutbildningens friluftspraktik. Avhandlingen består av fyra delarbeten som tar utgångspunkt i ett pragmatiskt perspektiv på meningsskapande, inspirerat av John Dewey och Ludwig Wittgenstein.

    Almen Kropsforståelse: En kropsligheds- og bevægelses­orienteret tilgang til dannelse i gymnasiet

    Denne artikel præsenterer en undersøgelse af, hvilken betydning et øget fokus på kropsligheds- og bevægelsesorienteret dannelse i gymnasiet kan have for unge mennesker, og hvordan idrætsfaglighed kan være med til at skabe rum herfor. I løbet af undervisningstimer, hvor en helhedsorienteret bevægelsespraksis kaldet Almen Kropsforståelse blev udviklet og afprøvet, undersøgte vi elevers oplevelser med at fokusere på krop og bevægelse.

    Basic Bodily Awareness: An embodied and movement-based approach to education in Upper Secondary School

    This article by Malene Hannibal Schubart, Camilla Ottsen and Charlotte Svendler Nielsen presents a study of what it can mean to young people when an embodied perspective on education in upper secondary school is strengthened, and how a space for this can be created within the subject area of Physical Education. During lessons focused on developing a holistic movement practice which we call Basic Bodily Awareness we studied students’ experiences of this teaching practice.

    Call for Participation | Equity in Women’s Club Football: Strategies for Success | Fulham...

    Are you involved in a football club which wants equity for your women's team? This event is for you. The event will bring together those passionate about equity in women's club football. Network, share best practice & help feed into guidelines & recommendations for how the FA can best support equity in women's club football. The event is free to attend but we are asking people to register in advance for catering purposes.

    Soccer & Society, Volume 25, 2024, Issue 3

    Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Video Assistant Referee (VAR), gender and football refereeing: a scoping review by Sigbjørn Skirbekk (open access).
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