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This call might be of interest to some members.
Chris
Call for papers – 2008 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference.
15-19 April 2008, Boston, USA.
http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/index.htm
PLACING GOLF; POLITICS, LANDSCAPES AND CULTURES
Session organiser:
Chris Perkins
Geography, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester
CONTEXT:
A huge amount of scientific research explores the psychology of play, the
design of equipment, the planning of golfing assets or tournaments, and golf
course architecture, but the game is remarkably little studied by the
critical social sciences. Golf is painted by many as the archetypal elite
western sport, stereotypically played by rich white businessmen, on
exclusive and artificial courses. These stereotypes are often taken for
granted, rather than being interrogated and placed. In fact there is a huge
variation in golfing practices and the cultural politics of clubs, courses
and golfing identities remains under-researched.
This session offers the opportunity for turning a critical eye on the game,
for exploring different golfing contexts, assessing the changing
significance of the many different golfing geographies and weighing golf up
against other leisure pursuits and interpretive lenses. We invite
theoretically informed analyses exploring the cultural meanings and
political economy of the game and its places.
SUGGESTED THEMES
*Theoretical approaches to the game. Different philosophical positions taken
towards the place(s) and regulation of golf.
*The spaces of golf: landscapes and the political economy of style and
golfing taste. Natural and cultural links.
*Historical geographies of golfing change.
*Golf clubs and tournaments. The social, political and cultural context of
institutions through which golf is played.
* Scalar approaches to the sport: globalizing tendencies and local action.
Cross cultural contexts.
*Representations of the sport in film, the web, and other media.
*Power at play: gender, class, wealth, race and sexualities. Opposition to
golf: anti-golf movements, subversion within the game.
*Performative studies of golf: affect and golfing (e)motion.
*Contested and negotiated geographies of golfing identities.
Proposed papers in the form of a title and short abstract (250 words
maximum) should be submitted to Chris Perkins ([log in to unmask])
by 30th September 2007.
Further details on the paper requirements and
registration for the AAG meeting are at
http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/index.htm
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