Tag: Jens Grut Vorpvik
European Journal for Sport and Society, Vol. 22, 2025, Issue 4
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: Sport career transitions of professional Polish Mixed Martial Arts athletes by Michał Lenartowicz, Adrian Dobrzycki & Wojciech J. Cynarski.
Important book about important issues, but less critical than expected
Drawing upon a wide range of interdisciplinary resources, John Toner’s Wearable Technology in Elite Sport: A Critical Examination reveals how wearable devices are used to quantify athletic bodies in ways that have a number of undesirable consequences for the embodied subject. In a collective review, the research group on sport and society, RESPONSE at Nord University, finds much to commend Toner’s efforts, but the critical perspectives promised in the title was sorely and sadly missing, according to our reviewers.
