Tag: sociology of sport

The sociology of sport, while grounded in sociology, has always been much more of a social science of sport. In addition to sociology, work in the field encompasses history, political science, human geography, anthropology, social psychology and economics.

we endeavor to explore textual bodies and their composition (or decomposition) in ways that help us understand the ecological placement of the body as it engages with modernism's historical and physical environments.

The considerable growth of interest in commerce, media and politics and their relationship to sport in international academia has resulted in academics in various disciplines 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 purpose of the Sociology of Sport Journal is to stimulate and communicate research, critical thought, and theory development on issues pertaining to the sociology of sport.

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research is an open access journal with a wide scope encompassing sociology, history, philosophy and other disciplines within the social sciences and humanities.

Journal of Sport and Social Issues (JSSI) brings you the latest research, discussion and analysis on contemporary sport issues. Using an international, interdisciplinary perspective, JSSI examines today's most pressing and far-reaching questions about sport.

The purpose of this paper session is to explore the crossing of boundaries and borders established by heterosexist norms that have traditionally prohibited or limited gay male and females’ potential experiences in sport.

On behalf of the 2015 conference committee, it is my pleasure to announce the release of the NASSS 2015 conference Call for Abstracts. You can go to the NASSS web site where you will find a list of the organized sessions for the 2015 conference. Cheryl Cooky, Conference Committee Chair.

Sport management-forskaren Cecilia Stenling vid Pedagogiska institutionen, Umeå universitet försvarar sin avhandling The Drive for Change: Putting the means and ends of sport at stake in the organizing of Swedish voluntary sport fredagen den 5 juni 2015.

Aalborg Universitet (AAU) er en dynamisk og innovativ, selvejende forsknings- og uddannelsesinstitution inden for den offentlige forvaltning under tilsyn af ministeren for videnskab, teknologi og udvikling.