Tag: Johan Högman

What is the meaning of sport? How is it organized? What are the consequences of the professionalization, digitalization, and technologization of sport? Is sport for everyone, or does it emphasize and reinforce social inequality? Arve Hjelseth’s, Lone Friis Thing’s and Anne Tjønndal’s book Idrettssosiologi (Fagbokforlaget) looks at questions such as these through a sociological lens, and do so, according to Johan Högman, very successfully. A few critical points notwithstanding, our reviewer is very happy with the way the authors apply sociological theory to the phenomenon of sport.

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: ‘Women play football, not women’s football’: the potentials and paradoxes of professionalisation expressed at the UEFA women’s EURO 2022 Championship  by Anne Tjønndal, Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk, Stian Røsten & Egil Trasti Rogstad.

Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society, The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: To deviate from the expected: a collective story of physical activity among inactive rural children by Johan Högman, Christian Augustsson & Peter Carlman (open access).

Johan Högmans avhandling Barn i rörelse: Om förutsättningar för utveckling i alternativa (?) idrottsaktiviteter (Karlstad universitet) handlar om vårt samhälles strävan att finna nya, alternativa, vägar för att fler barn ska bli mer fysiskt aktiva. Den fokuserar på det som kallas alternativa idrottsaktiviteter och hur sådana aktiviteter kan utveckla barns intresse för fysisk aktivitet. Johan Norberg var Högmans opponent och därtill vår recensent, och han framhåller särskilt avhandlingens idrottspolitiska bidrag.

Med utgångspunkt i barns egna röster undersöker Johan Högman i sin avhandling verksamheter där barn provar idrotter, deltar i rörelseaktiviteter och organiserar egna idrottsaktiviteter. Genom barnens berättelser om fysisk aktivitet i vardagen utforskas de aspekter som framstår som betydelsefulla i barnens ögon. Resultaten som framkommer i avhandlingen tyder på att det finns stora utmaningar att utforma verksamheter som utvecklar ett intresse för fysisk aktivitet bland de barn som behöver det mest.

In this feature article, Johan Högman, Christian Augustsson & Pernilla Hedström summarize their article from European Journal for Sport and Society in which they present the results from a study of less than successful intervention programs with the aim of promoting children’s development of a physically active lifestyle. Success or failure may well, conclude the authors, hinge on programs applying a multi-leveled ecological model.

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.

SES encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society, The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: PARENT-CREATED EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES AND CONDITIONS FOR PLAYERS’ POLITICAL SOCIALISATION IN COMPETITIVE YOUTH GAMES: A PLAYER PERSPECTIVE ON PARENTS’ BEHAVIOUR IN GRASSROOTS SOCCER by Erik Andersson.

Den 21–22 november 2019 samlades forskare från hela Sverige på Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH, i Stockholm för den årliga SVEBI-konferensen. Efter två dagar fyllda av intressanta presentationer, händer röda av entusiastiskt applåderande och sinnen överfulla av spännande tankar och idéer, har forumets utsända levererat en sammanfattande redogörelse av konferensdagarna.

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.