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.
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.And remember, if you’re not already hooked up to one of the social media outlets that we utilize, for now they are Facebook, Bluesky, LinkedIn and X, you’re missing quite a lot of information from idrottsforum.org that never appears on the website (this past week saw no less than 27 updates). So, if that is the case, check out, by clicking on the names, our Facebook, Bluesky, LinkedIn and X accounts.
Have a great week,
Kjell Eriksson
Editor
Book Review
Theory is important but the voices of those involved provide the texture.
This surf ’n skate book offers both
Edited by Michael Roberts, Kristin Lawler, and David P. Cline, Roll and Flow: The Cultural Politics of Skateboarding and Surfing (SDSU Press) takes the widespread participation of skateboarders and surfers in the Black Lives Matter movement as a catalyst to reconsider the significance of the cultural politics of surfing and skateboarding. We asked historian Matthew L. McDowell for a review. He found an “intriguing collection” combatting an ingrained cultural stereotype of skateboarders and surfers as uncaring and apolitical, a book likely to serve as a reference point in the field for years to come. (Review in English, published 251118.)
An ambitious interdisciplinary attempt and a solid, innovative publication
From the outset, the interrelationship between sport and communication has proved to be intense and heterogeneous. Communication is present through technique and the very socialisation of sporting activity. All these components are addressed in Communication and Sport by Francisco García Marcos & Pablo García Mateo (Peter Lang Publishing) to cover the relationship between communication and sport in its entirety. Our reviewer Mateusz Sobiech has a couple of reservations but on the whole finds that this book enriches academic discourse on communication. (Review in English, published 251120.)
New Issues of Scholarly Journals
European Physical Education Review, Vol. 31, 2025, No. 4 (251117)- Soccer & Society, Volume 26, 2025, Issue 7 | British Ambassadors in Soccer Kit or Transnational Actors? Football League Clubs on Close Season Foreign Tours, 1900-1939 (251118)
- The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume 42, 2025, Issue 8 (251119)
- Sport in Society, Volume 28, 2025, Issue 6–7 | Sport, Business and Society (251120)
- Journal of Sport Management, Volume 39, 2025, Issue 6 (251121)
European Physical Education Review, Vol. 31, 2025, No. 4 (251117)News items (calls for papers, vacancies, etc.)
- Vacancy | PhD Studentship: Leveraging UEFA EURO 2028 for community development in the North East of England | Northumbria University. Application due January 23, 2026 (251117)
- Call for Book Proposals | Sport and Human Rights book series, from Routledge (251119)
- Call for Papers | The 2026 Macintosh Sociology of Sport Day Conference | Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, January 17, 2026. Call ends December 13, 2025 (251121)
- Oppfordring til deltakelse | Cortina 1956 – Oslo 1952 | Oslo, November 27, 2025 (251123)
