Tag: Matti Goksøyr
A highly enjoyable and stimulating mixed bag of short stories from the history of sport
Peace and war, or camaraderie and struggle, are keywords for a lot of sports – and for Matti Goksøyr’s long and impressive work as a researcher. He earned his doctorate at the NIH in 1991 and became professor of sports history eight years later. In December 2022 he turned 70, and how better to celebrate that than with a Festschrift. Christian Tolstrup Jensen enjoyed reading Fred og krig: Festskrift til Matti Goksøyr [Peace and war: Festschrift to Matti Goksøyr], edited by Gudmund Skjeldal & Allan Bennich Grønkjær.
A fascinating portrayal of European sports history
Daphné Bolz’ and Michael Krüger’s edited and profusely illustrated collection A History of Sport in Europe in 100 Objects (Arete Verlag) is the first attempt to create a kaleidoscopic history of European sport through its rich material culture. In his thorough, knowledgeable and cogent assessment of the book, our reviewer Conor Curran is highly appreciative of the editors’ huge achievement while still pointing out several omissions, often related to the dark sides of sport – violence, drugs, corruption, etc.
New book about sports as a potential force in political struggles for independence and sovereignty
Sport and Secessionism, edited by Mariann Vaczi and Alan Bairner (Routledge), examines how sporting cultures reflect, inform and sometimes frustrate secessionist movements around the world by investigating a wide range of cases. Our reviewer is Norwegian historian Matti Goksøyr, and his insightful presentation and critical assessment of the collection reveals new takes, new examples and hence new perspectives and more nuances to the ways sport can operate and be applied in secessionist contexts.
The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume 38, 2021, Issue 13–14 | Winter Olympics: Games, Bids, and Legacies
The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The 1952 and 1994 Olympic Flames: Norway’s Quest for Winter Olympic Identity by Matti Goksøyr & Gaute Heyerdahl (open access).
Blandet fornøjelse – gode og mindre gode norske indspark
Nu finns läroböcker i idrottsvetenskap på alla skandinaviska majoritetsspråk; det senaste tillskottet är norska antologin Idrettsvitenskap: Perspektiver og praksis, sammanställd av Stig Arve Sæther (Universitetsforlaget). I den medverkar några av de främsta norska idrottsforskarna, samt därtill en svensk och en dansk. En annan dansk idrottsforskare tog på sig att recensera boken för idrottsforum.org, Ulrik Wagner, och från honom blev det både ris och ros.
The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume 36, 2019, Issue 11
The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. As well as regular issues, the IJHS also offers regionally-focused issues on the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East, and special issues each year on significant topics and themes.
Fra la furia til tiki-taka: Spansk fotballs suksessoppskrift
Vi har plockat upp en tidig utgåva i Palgrave-serien ”Football Research in an Enlarged Europe”, Ramón Llopis-Goigs Spanish Football and Social Change: Sociological Investigations från 2015, och vi bad Matti Goksøyr, som har god inblick i spansk fotboll, att recensera den. En i högsta grad läsvärd bok för såväl historiker och sociologer med eller utan intresse för spansk fotboll, menar vår recensent.
Idrottsstrejk, motstånd, kamp – och inre konflikter i Norge under andra världskriget
Med grundlig källforskning presenterad på över 400 sidor vågar vi utnämna Matti Goksøyrs och Finn Olstads Skjebnekamp: Norsk idrett under okkupasjonen 1940–1945 (Aschehoug) till den slutgiltiga studien av idrott i Norge under den tyska ockupationen. Vår recensent är Johnny Wijk, som beforskat motsvarande period i Sverige, och han är påtagligt imponerad och nöjd.
Identities, Ethnicities, Histories and Sports in Northern Norway
Daniel Svensson has read Utafor sporet? Idrett, identiteter og regionalisme i nord [Off the beaten track: Sports, identity and regionalism in the north] (Oplandske Bokforlag), an anthology edited by Helge Chr. Pedersen och Eivind Å. Skille. Our reviewer is mostly content, but would have liked further comparative efforts.
Den hegemoniska fotbollen och dess passioner
Uppdraget från norska Universitetsforlaget att i bokform besvara frågan hva er FOTBALL gick till idrottshistorikern och fotbollsexperten Matti Goksøyr. Uppdraget från forumet att recensera boken gick till idrottshistorikern och fotbollsexperten Bill Sund.