Dear all,
Last week the following items were published on idrottsforum.org (see below; language and publication dates, YYMMDD, in brackets). Click on the red headings to go to content. Utilize the Google Translate service to turn Scandinavian language pages into (some sort of) English.
Have a great week,
Kjell Eriksson
Editor
Research Article
Discursive struggles in the gendering of national team pay in Norwegian football
In 2017, the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) decided to offer the men’s and the women’s national teams an equal share of the revenue from the federation’s sponsorship deals. This was regarded as a groundbreaking event in the history of women’s football. This peer review article by Arve Hjelseth and Jorid Hovden examines the process that led to this result by exploring the discourses of gender justice negotiated in the process. (Published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum 240409.)
Book Reviews
Wearable Technology in Elite Sport: A Critical Examination, by John Toner
Drawing upon a wide range of interdisciplinary resources, John Toner’s Wearable Technology in Elite Sport: A Critical Examination reveals how wearable devices are used to quantify athletic bodies in ways that have a number of undesirable consequences for the embodied subject. In a collective review, the research group on sport and society, RESPONSE at Nord University, finds much to commend Toner’s efforts, but the critical perspectives promised in the title was sorely and sadly missing, according to our reviewers. (Review in English, published 240409.)
Crime and NO punishment: Thoughts on the Use and Abuse of Performance-Enhancing Drugs, by Kjetil K. Haugen
Doping is one of sports major problems. Not everybody agrees to this allegation, some argue that sports are unfair by nature due to talent, genetic and financial differences between athletes. Kjetil Haugen is a game theorist, less interested in ethical considerations, and according to our reviewer of his book Crime and NO punishment: Thoughts on the Use and Abuse of Performance-Enhancing Drugs, Alexis Sossa, a game theoretical approach has much to offer in the study of the use and abuse of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). (Review in English, published 240412.)
New Issues of Scholarly Journals
(We’re currently reviewing this service, since it’s a rather time-consuming undertaking. In the meanwhile we’re presenting some of the journals in line with the Forum’s core mission.)
- The Physical Educator, Vol. 81, 2024, No. 2 (240408)
- European Sport Management Quarterly, Volume 24, 2024, Issue 2 (240411)
- Sport in Society, Volume 27, 2024, Issue 5 (240414)
News items (calls for papers, vacancies, etc.)
- Call for Papers | “Re/Presenting Europe and Europeans in Twentieth Century Media – A critical examination”, Special Issue of TMG – Journal for Media History | Call ends April 30, 2024 (240408)
- Call for Papers | “Sport and the Anthropocene”, Special Issue of International Review for the Sociology of Sport | Call ends June 3, 2024 (240409)
- Call for Papers | “Separate but Equal? Women-Identifying Athlete Experiences & Intersectionality in Intercollegiate Athletics”, Special Issue of Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education | Call ends August 1, 2024 (240411)
- Call for Papers | America’s Game in the Middle East: The 2027 Qatar Basketball World Cup, an edited collection | Call ends May 31, 2024 (240411)
- Call for Papers | “Leisure Studies, Justice and Climate Change”, Special Issue of Leisure Studies | Call ends May 31, 2024 (240411)
- Call for Papers | 2024 Dress and Body Association Online Conference | Call ends July 1, 2024 (240414)
