Dear all,
You would not have thought so from just looking at the output of the week, but it’s been a really busy period, mostly with things that do not turn up on the site right away – or even sometimes ever. Quite a large amount of time spent during a week at the office is spent on sifting through hundreds of emails from various sources, for instance mailing lists or different kinds of publishing outlets, that might purvey bits of information that could be of use for the Forum readership.
So that kept us busy, as did going thtough lists of new and forthcoming books from publishers in the hope of finding suitable books for review, and then order review copies. A half dozen books were ordered during the past week, and as many books, having already arrived, were distributed to reviewers. And so it goes, week after week, to ensure that we will have stuff to publish during fall.
Other than that, weather has been fine lately, spring moving into early summer, regrettably however, mostly experienced through the office windows. But encouraging nonetheless. Summer in the city, can’t wait!
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
Book Reviews
Tennis: A History from American Amateurs to Global Professionals by Greg Ruth
The arrival of the Open era in 1968 was a watershed in the history of tennis – the year that saw professionals and amateurs compete on equal footing in all tournaments. The professionalization of tennis is the main theme in Greg Ruth’s Tennis: A History from American Amateurs to Global Professionals (University of Illinois Press). Sport historian Johnny Wijk was so inspired by Ruth’s writings that his review took the form of an essay with interesting reflections on the book as well as on tennis in general. (Review in English, published 220517.)
Idrett og bærekraft: Perspektiver på miljø- og samfunnsansvar i idrettens organisasjoner [Sport and Sustainability: Perspectives on Environmental and Societal Responsibilities in Sport Organizations] by Dag Vidar Hanstad, Morten Renslo Sandvik & Anna-Maria Strittmatter
How do we understand the concept of sustainability in sports? What is sustainable development? Are the global sustainability goals ambitious enough? Idrett og bærekraft [Sports and sustainability] by Hanstad, Sandvik and Strittmatter (Fagbokforlaget) addresses these and many other issues. Daniel Svensson is the forum’s reviewer, and some objections notwithstanding he finds much in this book to please and inspire both himself and likely future students at sports-related higher education in Norway. (Book in Norwegian, review in English, published 220519.)
New Issues of Scholarly Journals
(We rely heavily on journal publishers delivering on their promises of new issue alerts. Sometimes they don’t.)
International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Volume 15, 2022, Issue 1 | Research Review Methodologies in Sport and Exercise Psychology (220516)- European Sport Management Quarterly, Volume 22, 2022, Issue 2 (220516)
- Sport, Education and Society, Volume 27, 2022, Issue 4 /220516)
- International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 57, 2022, No. 4 (220517)
- Journal of Sports Sciences, Volume 40, 2022, Issue 7 (220518)
- International Sport Coaching Journal, Volume 9, 2022, Issue 2 (220518)
- European Journal of Sport Science, Volume 22, 2022, Issue 5 (220519)
- Journal of Sports Sciences, Volume 40, 2022, Issue 8 (220520)
- Journal of Sport & Social Issues, Vol. 46, 2022, No. 3 (220520)
- Journal of Sports Sciences, Volume 40, 2022, Issue 9 (220521)
- International Journal of Sport Finance, Volume 17, 2022, Issue 1 (220521)
- Sports, Volume 10, 2022, Issue 4 (220521)
- Journal of Sports Media, Volume 16, 2021, Number 2 (220521)
News items (calls for papers, vacancies, etc.)
Public defence of doctoral thesis | Physical activity, physical fitness and academic performance among adolescents: Intervention effects from the School in Motion study – a cluster randomized controlled trial | Runar Barstad Solberg, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, May 20, 2022 (220516)- Public defence of doctoral thesis | Non-levelled playing fields and the rise of fitness: Social inequality in late modern youth sport in Norway | Mads Henrik Skauge Antonsen, Nord University, May 19, 2022 (220516)
- Call for Papers | “Sport Education in a Changing World”, 16th Forum of the European Network of Sport Education (ENSE) | Tempo Livre, Guimaraes, Portugal, September 22–23, 2022. Call ends June 15, 2022 (220516)
- Lediga platser | Koordinator och utvecklare till Riksidrottsuniversitet i Stockholm | Sök senast den 2 juni 2022 (220516)
- Call for Papers | The Third Global Congress on Sport and Christianity (3GCSC) | Ridley Hall, Cambridge UK, August 18–21, 2022. Call ends July 1, 2022 (220519)
- Call for Papers | “Sports and Modern/Contemporary Visual Culture”, Special Issue of Arts | Call ends July 20, 2022 (220519)
- Pressmeddelande | Play the Game fejrer 25 år på dramatisk tidspunkt i idrætspolitik (220521)
White Paper | Child Labour in Sport: Protecting the Rights of Child Athletes (220521)
