Location: SPH Friedgen Lounge
This day-long symposium brings together four world-leading critical sport scholars to examine the complex relationship between sport and politics within historical, contemporary, and future moments. The event is sponsored by the Department of Kinesiology.
10:00 - 11:00 AM
"Rethinking Sports Studies After the Cultural Turn"
- Dr. Ben Carrington (University of Southern California)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
“Reconsidering the Cultural Politics of Sport After a Decade of Activism, Populism, and Polarization”
- Dr. Doug Hartmann (University of Minnesota)
1:30 - 2:30 PM
“Storytelling and Re-Existence/Resistance in Sport and Physical Culture”
- Dr. Janelle Joseph (University of Toronto)
2:30 - 3:30 PM
“Glitterati and Grit: The Perils and Possibilities of Sports Mega-Event Research”
- Dr. Jules Boykoff (Pacific University)
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Cultural Politics of Sport – Researching and Writing Workshop
- Dr. Ben Carrington (University of Southern California)
- Dr. Jules Boykoff (Pacific University)
- Dr. Doug Hartmann (University of Minnesota)
- Dr. Janelle Joseph (University of Toronto)