Call for papers (IUAES2019)
Panel title
Solidarity through sport: Contemporary faces of “the gift”?
[IUAES-Sports & IUAES-Tourism]
Convenors
Carmen Rial (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil)
Tarminder Kaur (University of the Free State, South Africa)
Noel B. Salazar (University of Leuven, Belgium)
Short panel abstract
This panel examines how various ideas of solidarity are manifested in
the context of sports. We are particularly interested in exploring the
forms of solidarity taking shape through processes of commercialisation
and institutionalisation of sports-related charity events, “gifts” and
development programmes.
Long panel abstract
Solidarity in/through sports is as old as the contemporary idea of
sports itself. With the rise of professional, commercial and globally
televised sports, the meanings, intentions and politics for which
solidarity is sought are more diverse, complex and rife with internal
contradictions. Under the banner of “Sports for Development and Peace”,
spearheaded by the United Nations and the International Olympic
Committee, there exists a plethora of initiatives: from non-governmental
organisations using sports to meet particular development goals to
individuals taking on sports challenges, both as participants and/or
endorsers, to raise funds and awareness for a range of causes. The
“gift” of time, effort and/or material seemingly suggests that greater
good can be achieved while having fun, an adventure, for the sake of
better health, or simply to get involved in a community activity.
So-called charity challenges also feed into tourism of a particular
kind. And then there are charitable initiatives established and promoted
by sports celebrities, in the form of foundations or sports academies or
schools for youth, as a way of giving back (a counter-gift) to (often
poor) communities. What are these activities all about? What do they
tell us about the changing societal trends in sports, health and
leisure? What are the conditions of these growing phenomena shaped by or
responding to (e.g. the shrinking welfare state, tax-benefits and
neoliberal ideologies)? What is the role of medical science and old and
new media in all of this? These and other questions will be addressed by
the panel.
Keywords
Sport, charity, gift (Mauss), development, tourism
Discussant
Bela Feldman-Bianco (UNICAMP)
Paper submission
General information:https://www.iuaes2019.org/paper-guidelines/
Submission form:https://iuaes2019.syskonf.pl/abstracts
Deadline: 15 February 2019
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any question you may have.
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Noel B. Salazar, Sociocultural Anthropologist | PhD (UPenn), MSc
(Essex), BSc (Leuven)
Head IMMRC | Founder CuMoRe & AnthroMob | Secretary-General IUAES
Faculty of Social Sciences, KU Leuven, Parkstraat 45, bus 3615, BE-3000
Leuven, Belgium
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