Dear all,
Last week offered but few proper workdays, still 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
Feature Article
Dealing with sportswashing – an exercise in honour and popular culture
In this feature article, Katarzyna Herd delves into the thorny concept, phenomenon and research object sportswashing. According to Wikipedia, the first usage of the term may have been applied to Azerbaijan and its hosting of the 2015 European Games in Baku, but the practice of nations or governments using sports to improve reputations tarnished by wrongdoing goes all the way back to the Berlin Olympics in 1936. Herd’s investigative rumination about sportswashing includes philosophical as well as cultural aspects. (Published in English 240327.
Book Review
Sport Startups: New Advances in Entrepreneurship, by Vanessa Ratten
In Sport Startups: New Advances in Entrepreneurship (Emerald Publishing) Vanessa Ratten examines the global growth of startup enterprises in the sports sector and addresses how they contribute to new developments in business innovation and entrepreneurship. Daniel Bjärsholm’s critical reading found strengths as well as weaknesses in Ratten’s presentation and argumentation. Nonetheless, our reviewer concludes that it’s a book worth reading, largely because of its current and highly relevant subject. (Review in English, published 230516.)
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.)
- Managing Sport and Leisure, Volume 29, 2024, Issue 3 (240325)
- Sport in History, Volume 44, 2024, Issue 1 (240326)
- Leisure Studies, Volume 43, 2024, Issue 2 (240327)
News Items (calls for papers, vacancies, etc.)
- Call for Participants | Daniel Nathan: “The Negro League Baseball Renaissance: Prelude to a Conversation” | Iowa Colloquium on Sport and Culture. Webinar on Zoom, Friday April 12, 2024 (240325)
- Lediga platser | Universitetslektor i idrottsvetenskap till Linnéuniverseitet, Växjö | Ansök senast den 21 april 2024 (240326)
- Call for Papers | Idrott, historia och samhälle / Sport, history and society 2024 | Call ends May 31, 2024 (240327)
- PhD Studentship Opportunity | Physical Activity and Health Across the Life Span | Agder University, Norway. Apply no later than April 24, 2024 (240328)
