We welcome abstracts to a new book project about body cultures and space. Body Cultures:Physicality, Space, and Moving Bodies will offer a multifaceted exploration into the dynamicsof human embodiment within diverse contexts. Anchored in the realms of sport and fitness,this…
UPDATE: The deadline for proposed papers is now the 13th May. All panels can now be made hybrid, so do consider presenting despite the distance! The Chair of the Anthropology of Sport Commission in the IUAES/WAU wishes to draw your…
We are sponsoring the panel Sporting Transitions in a Transitional World at the upcoming AAA conference in Toronto, ‘Transitions’. The panel will be held from 12:15pm – 1:45pm on Sunday 19th November, in the Toronto Metro Convention Centre, room 802 A. Abstract Sport, as…
“You know, They Didn’t Always Put Spandex in Jeans”: Athletes, Agency, and Tailored Bodies The following comes from Sarah Jacobs, who will present her paper to us on July 6th for discussion. In this essay, I explore how a group…
Recent social-science scholarship has shown how the hyper-commercialization of sport has instilled an ethic of individual responsibility among athletes, encouraging them to instrumentalise interpersonal relationships and engage in maximising their “bodily capital”. Thus, sporting subjects are often understood to be…
See the attached info regarding the upcoming NASSH conference, which is hosting a Sport Anthropology caucus again this year. Fellow INSA members will be in attendance. To find out more about the conference, click here.
Please see information about a seminar series on embodiment going on at the University of St Andrews. Zoom meeting details are in the pdf. Fellow INSA members Leo & Francesco are presenting!
Please see the below call shared with us by Dr Tarminder Kaur. Deadline for abstracts to the thematic issue on African sport from African Studies Quarterly has been extended to May 17, 2023. Anyone who lives in or studies contemporary…