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- Redelius, Karin, et al.
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Physical education in Scandinavia : an overview and some educational challenges.
- 2010
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Ingår i: Sport in Society. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1743-0437 .- 1743-0445. ; 13, s. 691-703
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- As in a number of other countries, the educational systems of Denmark, Norway and Sweden are experiencing expansion and change. These reforms have meant many changes and new challenges for the teachers, especially with reference to their work outside the classroom (or the gym). In Sweden, for example, teachers are expected to collaborate in order to give national syllabi a more concrete and local form, which in turn demands a common professional language. In this essay, our aim is to cast a pedagogic and somewhat didactic light on the subject by 1) giving a short and descriptive picture of some aspects of PE in Scandinavia's nine-year compulsory schools, with a main focus on Sweden, and by 2) identifying and discussing some of the educational challenges facing the subject today, also mainly from a Swedish perspective.
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- Apelmo, Elisabet
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Falling in love with a wheelchair. Enabling/disabling technologies
- 2012
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Ingår i: Sport in Society. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1743-0437 .- 1743-0445. ; 15:3, s. 399-408
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Abstract in UndeterminedThe aim of this article is to explore how young women with physical impairments make use of technology in their identity construction, drawing on the metaphor of the cyborg as well as on science and technology studies and disability research. In addition to participant observation, semi-structural interviews were conducted and video diaries were kept of the women playing sledge hockey, wheelchair basketball, or table tennis. The informants included their wheelchairs in constructing their identities as young women and active subjects. In talking about pleasure and strength, they opposed the discourse that characterises disabled people as leading empty, tragic lives. They challenge stereotypical notions of gender in sport by displaying determination, strength, and risk-taking, while embodying a more traditional femininity when resisting the widespread view of disabled women as non-gendered and asexual.
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- Bergsgard, Nils Asle, et al.
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Sports policy and politics : the Scandinavian way
- 2010
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Ingår i: Sport in Society. - : Routledge. - 1743-0437 .- 1743-0445. ; 13:4, s. 567-582
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The overarching objective of this article is to discuss whether or not one can identify a specific Scandinavian sports policy model. First, the sports policy system of the three Scandinavian countries is presented. Then we sketch some common characteristics of the governments' involvement in sports and discuss to what extent sports policies reflect the broader Scandinavian welfare-state policies. The third part discusses whether increased pluralism in sports challenges the prevailing corporatist-like system existing between voluntary organizations and the state and/or the relationship between the executive and legislative within the government. We conclude that in many respects it is meaningful to talk about a specific Scandinavian sports policy model hallmarked by large, national and voluntary sports organizations with a near monopoly on competitive sports on the one hand and a significant involvement in sports from the government on the other. Further, the parliament plays a minor role, and there are few legal restrictions in the field of sports. However, the degree of concentration of power differs among the three countries, the Danish model being more decentralized and dispersed and the Norwegian model more centralized and concentrated, while the Swedish model lies somewhere in between these two.
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- Book, Karin, et al.
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Coming out in Copenhagen. Homo Sports Events in City Marketing
- 2010
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Ingår i: Sport in Society. - : Routledge. - 1743-0437 .- 1743-0445. ; 13:2, s. 314-328
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The intense competition between places means that new and more differentiated marketing strategies are becoming increasingly important in order to attract visitors and other target groups. In order to be seen, gain positive media attention and put the place on the map many cities try to develop marketing concepts based on experiences, among other things. One such strategy used by many places is to focus on sports, including big events and arenas as well as different kinds of sports activities. Another present-day strategy is to highlight and commercialize 'the different', for instance homosexuals. An interesting phenomenon in this context is the merging of sports and homosexuals and the use of this as an economic development strategy. In this essay we analyse the homo sports event World Outgames as an outcome in the intersection between city marketing, the commercialization of sports and the commercialization of homo culture.
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- Carlsson, Bo, et al.
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Legal and Moral Pluralism : Normative Tensions in a Nordic Sport Model in Transition
- 2010
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Ingår i: Sport in Society. - : Routledge. - 1743-0437 .- 1743-0445. ; 13:4, s. 718-733
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- As a departure from sport ethics and sociology of law this article deals with norms, rules, ethical principles and legal instruments that have an influence on the development of sport. The subject is connected to the Nordic regulation of sport, with a tradition of self-regulation and internal dispute resolutions; recently this 'autonomy' has been challenged by the interests of the market, different political pressures and by ethical discourses in the civil society. This is conceptualized as a state of normative tension and a 'sport model' in transition. The ethical departure focuses on the phenomenology of sport, illuminating internal values important to sport and the development of different conflict resolutions within sport organisations. The socio-legal perspective places sport in a social and normative context, focussing on various normative sources exterior to sport that will have an impact on the development of sport.
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- Carlsson, Bo
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Re(con)fusion of law and sport in light of ‘seriousness’ and ‘trivialization’
- 2014
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Ingår i: Sport in Society. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1743-0437 .- 1743-0445. ; 17:10, s. 1317-1333
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article takes a firm departure in the thesis of the juridification of sport. By initially presenting two cases that highlight the logics and problems in the interaction between sport and the law, we receive a fertile soil for analysing the rationalization processes, as well as the trivialization processes, that emerge in light of the commercialization of sport, the ‘eventification’ of society and when, consequently, the ‘law goes pop’. The analysis and the reflections are completed by mixing the thesis of Huizinga’s cultural analysis of play and sport, with Sherwin’s analysis of the trivialization of law. Interestingly, we find, in addition to the prominent rationalization process, tendencies of a comparable ‘trivialization process’.
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- Carlsson, Bo, et al.
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The position and relevance of sport studies : an introduction
- 2014
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Ingår i: Sport in Society. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1743-0437 .- 1743-0445. ; 17, s. 1225-1233
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This volume will tactically put the stubborn challenge of defining sport in ‘intellectual brackets’ and instead reflect on the position and relevance of sport science – of studying and analysing sport
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- Carlsson, Bo
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The Representation of Virtues in Sport Novels and Digital Sport
- 2010
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Ingår i: Sport in Society. - : Routledge. - 1743-0437 .- 1743-0445. ; 13:2, s. 274-286
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this essay is to capture the significance of norms and virtues in computer games, with a major focus on digital sports, in relation to the traditional representations of sports in novels. The socio-legal design tells us that popular culture, as a discursive and normative agenda, has a vital moral impact on individuals in relation to virtues and values, an influence that is as good as the authority of formal law. By comparing the representation of sports in novels and digital sports, the essay discusses the transition of virtues
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- Edwards, Bob, et al.
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Commercialization and Lifestyle Sport: Lessons from Twenty Years of Freestyle BMX in ProTown, USA
- 2010
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Ingår i: Sport in Society. - Abingdon : Taylor and Francis. - 1743-0437 .- 1743-0445. ; 13:7-8, s. 1135-1151
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recent research on lifestyle sport and commercialization reveals a problematic and complex relationship. The analysis presented here examines the development and impact of commercialization on a unique and influential local BMX scene over a 20-year period. Three forms of commercialization - paraphernalia, movement and mass market - are identified and their varying influences on the mobilization and development of this lifestyle sport are analysed. Findings reveal that lifestyle-sport insiders actively collaborate in each form of commercialization, especially movement commercialization which has the potential to build alternative lifestyle-sport institutions and resist adverse commercial influences. This research conceptualizes freestyle BMX as a social movement within the resource-mobilization perspective and relies upon a combination of direct and participant observation recorded through field notes and augmented by 25 in-depth interviews. The combination of analytical tools and methodological approach can help shed further light on the complex dynamics of commercialization in lifestyle sports.
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- Ferry, Magnus, 1972-, et al.
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School sport in Sweden : what is it, and how did it come to be?
- 2013
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Ingår i: Sport in Society. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1743-0437 .- 1743-0445. ; 16:6, s. 805-818
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Swedish sports model has traditionally meant that schools are responsible for all children's and young people's physical education, while the sports movement is responsible for the voluntary training and competition in sport. In recent years, this model seems to have changed since schools increasingly offers training in sports during the school day,school sport. This article describes the development of the Swedish school sport system in relation to major school reforms during the last three decades; reforms that have meant that the school system has been decentralized and market-adapted. This article also argues that sport under the period has gained a new meaning for schools. The main conclusions are that societal changes have enabled the sports movement an increased influence on school sport and that the Swedish sports model has changed. In particular, the ideological distinction between school physical education and voluntary competitive sport has been challenged.
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