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
Book Reviews
Idrettsteknologi [Sports technology], by Anne Tjønndal
Technological advances affect sports in various ways. Anne Tjønndal’s Idrettsteknologi (Fagbokforlaget) shows how the sporting world is faced with new opportunities and challenges as a result of technological changes. Anna Åberg sees the difficulties in treating such a vast subject in a short book, but while in parts descriptive, other parts are quite analytical, and Tjønndal succeeds in bringing the many aspects together to form a solid foundation for classroom conversations around this complex issue. (Book in Norwegian, review in English, published 231101.)
Lidenskab og livskvalitet gennem idræt [Passion and quality of life through sports], by Rasmus Bysted Møller & Jan Kahr Sørensen (eds.)
In Rasmus Bysted Møller’s and Jan Kahr Sørensen’s anthology Lidenskab og life-quality gennem idræt (Aarhus Universitetsforlag), sports researchers and practitioners tell how different sports can make a positive difference in people’s lives, despite the demands of great effort. We asked Anders Östnäs to read and review the book, which was published already in 2019. He finds several examples of how sport can instill passion and increased quality of life and, in the best case, increase social motivation and experiences of “flow” and joy. (Book in Danish, review in Swedish, published 231103.)
New Issues of Scholarly Journals
(We rely heavily on journal publishers delivering on their promises of new issue alerts. Sometimes they don’t.)
American Journal of Health Education, Volume 54, 2023, Issue 4 (231030)- Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, Volume 16, 2023, Issue 2 | Open Access (231030)
- Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 24, 2023, No. 3 (231031)
- Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 24, 2023, No. 4 (231102)
- Sport in Society, Volume 26, 2023, Issue 7 (231105)
News items (calls for papers, vacancies, etc.)
- Call for Papers | “100 years of Olympic Winter Games”, Special Issue of Movement & Sport Sciences | Call ends February 29, 2024 (231030)
- Public defense of a doctoral dissertation | Physical activity, fitness, and cardiovascular disease risk in childhood cancer survivors by Mari Bratteteig, Norges idrettshøgskole, 8 November 2023 (231031)
- Call for Papers | 24th Annual International Conference on Sports: Economic, Management, Marketing & Social Aspects | May 13–16, 2024, Athens, Greece. Call ends January 23, 2024 (231031)
- Call for Participants | Jesús Costantino: “Friday Nights Live: Television and Prizefighting in the Post-Segregation Era” | Iowa Colloquium on Sport and Culture. Webinar on Zoom, Friday November 10, 2023 (231101)
- Call for Papers | “Sport and Climate Change”, Special Issue of Sport in Society | Call ends February 1, 2024 (231101)
- Ledig stilling | Førsteamanuensis eller professor i pedagogikk/fagdidaktikk, Norges idrettshøgskole | Søknadsfrist 29. november 2023 (231102)
- Call for Participation | “Empowering Sport Managers: Innovative Tools and Insights”: 15th EASM Summer School 2024 | NYX Hotel Madrid, May 15–19, 2024. Registration is open (231104)
