Tag: Roy McConkey
Sport in Society, Volume 25, 2022, Issue 10
Academics in various disciplines are 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. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: When women surf the world’s biggest waves: breaking gender barriers by Anne Schmitt & Anaïs Bohuon.
Sport in Society, Volume 25, 2022, Issue 9
Academics in various disciplines are 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. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The community inclusion of athletes with intellectual disability: a transnational study of the impact of participating in Special Olympics by Roy McConkey & Sabine Menke.
Sport in Society, Volume 24, 2021, Issue 3
Academics in various disciplines are 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. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: NEGOTIATING FEMALE FITNESS DOPING: GENDER, IDENTITY AND TRANSGRESSIONS by Jesper Andreasson & Thomas Johansson.
Goda texter såväl som goda tankar, dock utan röd tråd
Anders Östnäs, idrottssociolog med forskarerfarenhet av funktionshinder och sport, har för forumets räkning läst antologin Sport, Coaching and Intellectual Disability, redigerad av David Hassan, Sandra Dowling & Roy McConkey. En bra bok som understryker en i och för sig känd sanning – idrott för funktionshindrade är bra och viktigt.