Tag: CfP Online symposium
Call for Participation | “(Il)liberal Nation Projection Through Sport, Culture, Entertainment, and International Broadcasting”. Hybrid symposium | University of Manchester, October 21–22, 2022
The concept of ‘nation projection’ subsumes classic public and cultural diplomacy efforts and ‘soft power’ activities, such as the hosting of sport and entertainment events. The term also refers to state-sponsored campaigns of external influence activities including international broadcasting and covert meddling in the affairs of foreign states. This hybrid symposium will expand on debates and bring together comparative perspectives on how nation projection differs.
Call for Participants | “Advancing Transdisciplinary Research in the Sport for Development Field” | Virtual discussion on October 12, 2022, from 9:00–10:30 a.m. EDT, or October 19, 2022,...
We invite you to join the authors of a recent article on this topic for a virtual session to discuss transdisciplinary research in the Sport for Development field. There will be a particular focus on surfacing barriers, brainstorming solutions, sharing ideas, and exploring possibilities as a global community. In other words, come prepared to actively engage with Sport for Development colleagues around the world!
Call for Participants | Foregrounding a rights-based agenda for sport events: Insights from Research & Practice | An online symposium, June 20, 2022
Sport is often positioned as a social good across policy agendas, related to creating or strengthening communities, addressing disadvantage, tackling mental health and addressing physical health and chronic disease. However, sport has also been understood as contributing to, and at times exacerbating inequalities and human rights infringements. In this symposium, we explore the value of a rights-based agenda for the bidding, planning, delivery and legacy of major and mega sport events.
