Tag: Christian Tolstrup Jensen
Mega-handbook on mega-events: The whole is bigger than the sum of its parts
The Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events, edited by Harry Arne Solberg, Rasmus K. Storm and Kamilla Swart (Edward Elgar) examines the hosting of major sporting events and the impacts they can have on stakeholders. Christian Tolstrup Jensen has read an impressive compilation of scientific studies in the field of major sport event research that gives the initiated reader a useful and nuanced overview of the state-of-the-art in event studies, its understudied areas and a who-is-who in the field.
The emergence of a national sport event policy in Denmark
Christian Tolstrup Jensen’s paper analyses the development of the sport event policy in the case of Denmark, a small, Western country with no mega sport event hosting experience. Based on an analysis of archival documents, media coverage and interviews with representatives of sport federations, municipalities, and the organisations carrying out the event policy, the paper traces the start of the policy to 1994 when the Danish sport confederation (DIF) founded the Sports Foundation Denmark.
En bog der trækker nogle lange linjer op i sin første del og præsenterer relevante og inspirerende overvejelser i den anden
I boken Dansk idrætspolitik: Idrætten i Kulturministeriet gennem 50 år (Gads Forlag) berättar Claus Bøje & Søren Riiskjær idrottspolitikens historia sedan kulturministeriet började uppmärksamma idrotten i början av 1970-talet. Christian Tolstrup Jensen har läst boken med stort intresse, en av få som behandlar idrottspolitik på dansk nationell nivå. Han finner att dansk idrottspolitik definieras av förhållandet mellan staten och idrottsorganisationerna, ett förhållande som ofta förändras med ministrarnas politiska ståndpunkter.
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.
A highly enjoyable and stimulating mixed bag of short stories from the history of sport
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.
A study with interesting theoretical perspectives and a sound empirical basis
Nelma Gusmão de Oliveira’s study Mega-Events, City and Power (Routledge) examines the power relations that emerge from the convergence of the universe in which the sporting spectacle is produced and the universe in which a city is produced. According to Christian Tolstrup Jensen, de Oliveira makes a convincing case that sport events impact urban development – and vice-versa. A rewarding read, concludes our reviewer.
1983, ett märkesår i dansk fotbollshistoria, berättas om i en kort men innehållsrik och läsvärd bok
Aarhus Universitetsforlag fick en idé: 100 böcker av 100 forskare på 100 sidor under 100 månader som var och en beskriver ett år i Danmarks historia. 1983 var året när Danmarks fotbollsherrar besegrade England på Wembley med 1–0. Christian Tolstrup Jensen berättar om detta i Sejren på Wembley, som vi bad Hans Bolling läsa och recensera. Han kan konstatera att Jensen lyckats väl med uppdraget, och man kan inte längre använda tidsbrist som bortförklaring för att inte läsa in sig på dansk fotbollshistoria.
Sustainability as a concept in local sport event policies
In this feature article, Christian Tolstrup Jensen summarizes his article in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, in which he presents results from a study of the conceptualisation of sustainability in all local policies relating to sports events in Norwegian municipalities. His findings emphasise the relevance of looking at the local level when conducting future studies on events and sustainability and suggest that the practitioners acknowledge the complexity of reconciling demands for more events and increased sustainability.
Ambitious attempt to grasp the new world map of sport mega events
Billy Graeff is a lecturer at the Federal University of Rio Grande in Brazil, and his book Capitalism, Sport Mega Events and the Global South (Routledge) explores the socioeconomic impact of such events on host countries in the Global South. We gave the book to Christian Tolstrup Jensen to read, and his knowledgeable and critical review turns up impressive analyses but also finds that the macro and micro levels are not analytically connected in Graeffs political economy of sport mega events.
Insightful case study of the impact of a major sports event on its host city: UEFA Euro 2012 in Poznań, Poland
What did UEFA Euro 2012 do to its Polish host city Poznań? This is what Malgorzata Zofia Kowalska tries to find out in her study Urban Politics of a Sporting Mega Event: Legitimacy and Legacy of Euro 2012 in Anthropological Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan). Our reviewer is Christian Tolstrup Jensen, and he is quite impressed with Kowalska’s approach and results.
