Tag: sociology of sport

IRSS is a peer reviewed academic journal. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, as well as book and media reviews. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘DOING’ COMPETITIVE SWIMMING: EXPLORING THE SKILLED PRACTICES OF THE COMPETITIVE SWIMMING LIFEWORLD by Gareth McNarry, Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson, and Adam B Evans.

EJSS’ function is to enable an international discussion about current issues and to foster collaboration between researchers from all social scientific sub-disciplines. It’s published 4 times per year. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “BEING OR BECOMING PHYSICALLY ACTIVE”: UNPACKING CONCEPTIONS ABOUT OBJECTIVES AND METHODS IN PARTNERSHIP-BASED ALTERNATIVE SPORTS ACTIVITIES by Johan Högman, Christian Augustsson & Pernilla Hedström.

Academics in various disciplines are contributing to Sport in Society, a forum for discussing the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘(SIMPLY) THE BEST’, OR REMEMBERING WHEN TINA TURNER MET THE WINFIELD CUP: NOSTALGIA AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHENTICITY IN RUGBY LEAGUE ONLINE SPACES by Karl Spracklen & Lee Spracklen.

Kinesiology Review is a peer-reviewed publication whose mission ir is to advance the field of Kinesiology by publishing evaluative, insightful, and integrative scholarly reviews of kinesiology research, both basic and applied. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER EDUCATION IN KINESIOLOGY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE by Melinda A. Solmon, Kim C. Graber, Amelia Mays Woods, Nancy I. Williams, Thomas J. Templin, Sarah L. Price, Alison Weimer.

The considerable growth of interest in commerce, media and politics and their relationship to sport has resulted in academics in various disciplines writing about sport. Sport in Society is a 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: CHINESE FOOTBALL FANDOM AND CIVIC IDENTITIES: A STUDY OF THE FANS OF SHANGHAI SHENHUA AND BEIJING GUOAN by Kaixiao Jiang & Alan Bairner.

SSJ publishes original research, framed by social theory, on exercise, sport, physical culture, and the (physically active) body. The journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical, theoretical, and position papers; book reviews; and critical essays. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “YOU ALWAYS WANNA BE SORE, BECAUSE THEN YOU ARE SEEING RESULTS”: EXPLORING POSITIVE PAIN IN COMPETITIVE SWIMMING by Gareth McNarry, Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson, Adam B. Evans.

Quest is the official journal of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). It is the leading journal for interdisciplinary scholarship for professionals in kinesiology in higher education. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: CONCEPTUALIZING PHYSICAL LITERACY WITHIN AN ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS FRAMEWORK by Mark O’Sullivan, Keith Davids, Carl T. Woods, Martyn Rothwell & James Rudd.

Sport can be a vehicle for the expression of identity, and also a factor in the shaping of identity. In Sport, Globalisation and Identity: New Perspectives on Regions and Nations, edited by Jim O'Brien, Russell Holden, Xavier Ginesta, the complex interrelationships between nations, regions and states in the landscape of contemporary international sport, with a particular focus on identity, is explored.

Physical Culture and Sport is an open access journal with a wide scope encompassing many disciplines within the social sciences and humanities. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: VIRTUAL REALITY AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR: CONSTRAINTS, NEGOTIATION, NEGOTIATION-EFFICACY, AND PARTICIPATION IN VIRTUAL GOLF by Chulhwan Choi, Sin-Wook Yoo, Jin Park, T. Christopher Greenwell.

With this call for chapter proposals, we invite scholars of diverse backgrounds and identifications; empirical, theoretical, and methodological commitments; geographical locations; and, career stages, to contribute to this dialogue. In the chapters, each author would be asked to write about the impact of COVID-19 on a particular aspect of sport and/or physical culture.