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    Starting at the root: An interrogation of performance above all elseย logic in sport as we overshoot planetary boundaries

    In Sport, Performance and Sustainability, an open access volume edited by Svensson, Backman, Hedenborg & Sรถrlin (Routledge), the authors examine the logic of โ€˜faster, higher, and strongerโ€™ and the technoscientific revolution behind the tremendous growth in sport performance over the last 100 years. Our reviewer Benjamin Mole commends the choice of Guttmannโ€™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 Malmรถ University

    There is limited knowledge about PhD studentsโ€™ 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 studentsโ€™ stories about their backgrounds and explores whether there are general themes in these stories.

    Sverige โ€“ padelns andra hem: Essรค sรถker nya perspektiv om idrottspandemin som tagit Europa med storm โ€“ men hur lรคnge varar den?

    Syftet med Johan Carlssons artikel รคr genomlysa befintlig kunskap och diskurser och fรถrdjupa diskussionerna om fenomenet padel. Texten har tre avdelningar: 1) Padelns historia i vรคrlden och Sverige, 2) Psykologiska och sociologiska perspektiv och 3) Varfรถr Sverige รคr ledande i den andra vรฅgen av padel som skett de senaste fem-tio รฅren. Ett samspel mellan ett framsynt svenskt entreprenรถrskap, en sรคrskild svensk inomhustrรคningskultur 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 โ€“ but how long will it last?

    ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชย Summary in Swedish Johan Carlsson Department of Sport Sciences, Malmรถ University What must be considered a veritable padel fever is keeping large parts of Europe, especially Sweden,...

    Authenticity โ€“ a major concern in sports

    The purpose of Johan Carlssonโ€™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 peopleโ€™s quest for authenticity and for the authenticity of sport in and of itself.
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