Dear all,
I did feel a bit rusty when the summer recess gave way to the fall season of publishing activity on Monday, September 2. I did manage to publish one peer review article and one book reviewduring that first week (besides commissioning six new book reviews and ordering as many new review copies). Alas, the worst rust was yet to appear. My usual routine of preparing the weekly Monday newsletter on the preceding Sunday night did not kick in last Sunday, and so, no Newsletter on the Monday of last week. To my recollection, that has never happened before, and hopefully, will never happen again. I am on the case, as you can see.
During the last two weeks, 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
Does responsibility fall on the players or the sporting context? A study of the use of injury-prevention programmes in Swedish elite floorball clubs
Floorball is a team sport associated with many potential injuries, but several studies have shown that injury-prevention programmes (IPEPs) can reduce the risk of injuries occurring. The results of this peer reviewed study by Taru Tervo, Andreas Simensen and Staffan Karp, show that the conditions necessary for floorball players’ motivation in their sporting environment to perform injury-prevention exercise programme are insufficient, despite knowledge of their significance in avoiding injuries (Published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum 240902.
Book Reviews
A Political History of Sport in Sweden, by Jens Ljunggren
Swedish sport historian Jens Ljunggren’s latest book, A Political History of Sport in Sweden (Palgrave Macmillan) presents a history of Swedish sport, highlighting in particular the relationship between sport politics and people’s changing attitudes towards sport from the eighteenth century until today. Our reviewer Alan Bairner wishes had had had this book when he started studying Swedish sports 30 years ago. He commends Ljunggren’s impressive research, but would have liked elaborations on the issue of sport and politics, as well as a chapter on gender and one on migration. (Review in English, published 240904.)
Good Governance in Sport: Critical Reflections, by Arnout Geeraert & Frank von Eekeren (eds.)
The contributions in Good Governance in Sport: Critical Reflections, edited by Arnout Geeraert & Frank von Eekeren (Routledge) explore the different practical strategies that have been employed to achieve the implementation of good governance principles. In his review, H. Thomas R. Persson points out the link between the book and Play the Game, the Danish initiative promoting democracy, transparency, and freedom of expression in world sport, and concludes that the book is a welcome contribution to the good governance debate. (Review in English, published 240910.)
Indetermination in creative dance: On creative dance teaching in physical education teacher education, by Christopher Engdahl
The overall aim of Christopher Engdahl’s thesis Indetermination in creative dance: On creative dance teaching in physical education teacher education (GIH Stockholm) is to explore how creative dance in Swedish physical education teacher education (PETE) can be taught and experienced. Torun Mattsson is our reviewer and she welcomes this study of a practice that is still marginalized within physical education (PE) and physical education teacher education (PETE) as an important piece of the puzzle. (Review in English, published 240911.)
Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events, by Harry Arne Solberg, Rasmus K. Storm & Kamilla Swart (eds.)
The Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events, edited by Harry Arne Solberg, Rasmus K. Storm and Kamilla Swart (Edward Elgar) examines the hosting of major sporting events and the impacts they can have on stakeholders. Christian Tolstrup Jensen has read an impressive compilation of scientific studies in the field of major sport event research that gives the initiated reader a useful and nuanced overview of the state-of-the-art in event studies, its understudied areas and a who-is-who in the field. (Review in English, published 240913.)
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.)
- Journal of Sport History, Volume 50, 2023, Number 3 (240915)
News items (calls for papers, vacancies, etc.)
- Public defence of doctoral thesis | Healthism and professional identity: Group fitness instructors navigating health discourses | Karin Andersson, Malmö University, September 9, 2024 (240604)
- Call for Papers | Et Forum for idræt blandt mennesker med nedsat funktionsevne | Deadline 11. oktober 2024 (240908)
- Call for Papers | Sport, “islands”, people, and politics. A one-day conference at the St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall, Orkney | June 28, 2025. Call ends November 15, 2024 (240908)
- Inbjudan till spridnings- och inspirationskonferens | ”Sätt bollen i rullning” | Bosön, den 3 oktober 2024 (240908)
- Call of Contributions | Technology, Sport and Recreation: Physical Activity in the Digital Age, edited handbook published by Routledge | Call ends October 15, 2024 (240910)
- Offentligt försvar av en doktorsavhandling | Likvärdighet i idrott och hälsa?, av Alexander Jansson | Malmö universitet, den 18 september 2024 (240912)
- Call for Papers | “Work in sport, sport as work: Sociological perspectives”, Special Issue of Sport in Society | Call ends November 30, 2024 (240915)
- Call for Papers | “Strongman sport: physical culture, masculinity, and political leadership”, Special Issue of International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics | Call ends October 31, 2024 (240915)
