Tag: Johan Carlsson
Starting at the root: An interrogation of performance above all else logic in sport as we overshoot planetary boundaries
In Sport, Performance and Sustainability, an open access volume edited by Svensson, Backman, Hedenborg & Sörlin (Routledge), the authors examine the logic of ‘faster, higher, and stronger’ and the technoscientific revolution behind the tremendous growth in sport performance over the last 100 years. Our reviewer Benjamin Mole commends the choice of Guttmann’s sportification concept as the starting point and finds much in the analyses to appreciate. Some critical observations notwithstanding, he hails the book for moving the discussion of sporting logics forward.
The PhD story: Life before becoming a PhD student at the Department of Sport Sciences at Malmö University
There is limited knowledge about PhD students’ backgrounds and how these backgrounds affect their research, particularly in sport sciences. This study aims to contribute with knowledge about the backgrounds of sport sciences PhD students by investigating whether their backgrounds affect both becoming PhD students and how they conduct their research.The study descriptively presents PhD students’ stories about their backgrounds and explores whether there are general themes in these stories.
Sverige – padelns andra hem: Essä söker nya perspektiv om idrottspandemin som tagit Europa med storm – men hur länge varar den?
Syftet med Johan Carlssons artikel är genomlysa befintlig kunskap och diskurser och fördjupa diskussionerna om fenomenet padel. Texten har tre avdelningar: 1) Padelns historia i världen och Sverige, 2) Psykologiska och sociologiska perspektiv och 3) Varför Sverige är ledande i den andra vågen av padel som skett de senaste fem-tio åren. Ett samspel mellan ett framsynt svenskt entreprenörskap, en särskild svensk inomhusträningskultur och landets hantering av coronapandemin diskuteras som de viktigaste faktorerna.
Sweden – the second home of padel: Essay seeks new perspectives on the sports pandemic that has taken Europe by storm – but how long will it last?
🇸🇪 Summary in Swedish
Johan Carlsson
Department of Sport Sciences, Malmö University
What must be considered a veritable padel fever is keeping large parts of Europe, especially Sweden,...
Authenticity – a major concern in sports
The purpose of Johan Carlsson’s article is to investigate why and how authenticity can be studied in sports, through the analysis of five autobiographies written by five Swedish athletes. Authenticity is a complex theoretical concept because it can be applied both in sports people’s quest for authenticity and for the authenticity of sport in and of itself.
