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[ecrea] Sport, Gender and Media
Wed Oct 26 07:34:59 GMT 2011
From: Amy Pressland <(womensportmedia /at/ GMAIL.COM)>
Call for Papers
Sport, Gender and Media
10th March 2012
CFP deadline: 12th December 2011
We invite all postgraduate and early career researchers interested in
gendered aspects of sport to a one-day interdisciplinary conference.
This is a growing academic field which addresses important questions
about equality, public health, representation, participation,
citizenship and ¡¥fair play.¡¦ With the Olympics in the UK, and a likely
glut of related journalism, 2012 is an opportune time to investigate the
framing of media relationships between sport and gender.
The conference will be interdisciplinary, and welcomes contributions
from many fields in order to foster understanding of, and promote
relationships between a variety of theoretical and methodological
perspectives. We also intend to celebrate the achievements of women in
sport, and this conference will be part of the marking International
Women¡¦s Day.
The aims of this event are to:
"h Demonstrate and enrich the depth of study in this field.
"h Bring together academics, activists and others working on sport,
gender and media.
The focus of the Conference is the relationship of media to sport and
gender; however, papers addressing sports issues which underpin and
inform this field will be considered. Topics might consider any of the
following (but not limited to this list):
"h Sports journalism and gender equality
"h Gendered participation in elite sport
"h National identity through team sport
"h Media representations of race in sport
"h Sport in the age of the internet
"h Mixed gender or coed sport
"h Sports fans and fandom
"h History of sport media
"h Sports stars and sporting heroes
"h Sports institutions, national sports programmes in schools and
government intervention
"h Obesity, health and sport
"h Media¡¦s categorization of women¡¦s sport: Authentic sports pages, or
weight loss/lifestyle magazine.
"h Media and the sport binary
"h Non-mainstream sport
Abstracts for papers, posters or roundtable discussion should be 300
words and emailed to (womensportmedia /at/ gmail.com) by the deadline of Monday
12th December with ¡¥Sport, Gender and Media abstract¡¦ in the subject
heading. For more information, including notification dates and cost of
attendance, please visit our website: http://sportgendermedia.blogspot.com/
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