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
Barn og unge med funksjonsnedsettelser, foresatte og tjenesteytere sine erfaringer og kunnskap med aktivitetshjelpemidler [Children and young people with disabilities, guardians, and service providers’ experiences and knowledge related to adaptive equipment]
In this study, Svein Bergem and Eva K. Robertson want to contribute to a deeper understanding of the (bodily) experiences and knowledge related to adaptive equipment that children and young people with disabilities, guardians, and service providers convey. They discuss how such experiences can be recognized and given room for in the established service delivery system. The study is inspired by a (body) phenomenological approach and is based on interviews and conversations with a total of 11 children and young people, guardians and service providers. (Published in Norwegian 230918. Abstract in English available
Book Reviews
Fagdidaktik i idræt [Subject didactics in sports], by Kasper Lasthein Madsen & Annemari Munk Svendsen (eds.)
The anthology Fagdidaktik i idræt (Frydenlund), edited by Kasper Lasthein Madsen & Annemari Munk Svendsen, presents selected didactic approaches that can pave the way for quality and continuous physical education through primary and secondary school. Joacim Andersson has read the book with great interest, and his knowledgeable review problematizes parts of the content and points to certain shortcomings, but at the same time underlines the book’s many positive aspects. (Book in Danish, review in Swedish, published 230919.)
Soccer and Society in Dublin: A History of Association Football in Ireland’s Capital, by Conor Curran
Conor Curran’s Soccer and Society in Dublin: A History of Association Football in Ireland’s Capital (Four Courts Press) is the first full-length assessment of the history of soccer in Dublin and the game’s role within society in the city. Sports (and not least football) historian Hans Bolling read the book at our behest, and he found too much empirical detail about soccer at the expense of society, while also recognizing the value of the empirical material in the book for future studies of Irish football and of the development of football in other European capitals. (Review in English, published 230921.)
The Making of a Global FIFA: Cold War Politics and the Rise of João Havelange to the FIFA Presidency, 1950–1974, by Luiz Guilherme Burlamaqui
In 1974, the Brazilian sports official João Havelange was elected FIFA’s seventh president since 1903. Havelange’s road to power has been mapped in a doctoral dissertation, The Making of a Global FIFA: Cold War Politics and the Rise of João Havelange to the FIFA Presidency, 1950–1974 by Luiz Guilherme Burlamaqui (de Gruyter). Historian Björn Horgby is our appreciative reviewer, apart from some marginal remarks, and he foresees Burlamaqui’s study becoming a standard work in various branches of sports research. (Review in English, published 230921.)
New Issues of Scholarly Journals
(We rely heavily on journal publishers delivering on their promises of new issue alerts. Sometimes they don’t.)
- Sociology of Sport Journal, Volume 40, 2023, Issue 2 | A Critical Examination of Race and Antiracism in the Sport for Development Field (230919)
- Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, Volume 15, 2023, Issue 2 | The Transformative power of small scale LGBTQI+ festivals and events (230923)
News items (calls for papers, vacancies, etc.)
- Call for Chapter Contributions | Innovative Pedagogical Practices in Sport Management Education | Call ends October 31, 2023 (230919)
- Call for Abstracts | 12th Annual Czech Philosophy of Sport Conference | Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, Prague, October 19–21 2023. Call ends September 30, 2023 (230919)
- Call for Book Chapters | A Critical Muslim Study of Arab and Middle Eastern Sport, for the Emerald Book Series Research in the Sociology of Sport | Call ends October 31, 2023 (230921)
- Call for Papers | “Polity, Politics and Policies of Sport: Picking up where we left off”, Workshop, Cologne, 16 February, 2024. Call ends Friday December 15, 2023 (230923)
- Call for Papers | “The Future of the Olympic Games”, the 11th International Sport Business Symposium, Paris, August 8, 2024 | Call ends November 30, 2023 (230924)
