The 2013 edition of the World Congress of the Sociology of Sport took place in Vancouver BC and was strongly represented by faculty and students from the UBC School of Kinesiology. In total 17 members of the School’s Socio-cultural laboratory attended and gave presentations on a fascinating range of interdisciplinary topics (UBC students/faculty in bold):
HONEY OR VINEGAR: BLOGGERS AND READERS AND THE INSTRUMENTAL USE OF THE ATHLETESFIRST BLOG IN PROMOTING DISABILITY SPORT
Andrea Bundon
SOCIAL LEVERAGING OF ELITE AND MASS PARTICIPATION EVENTS: A CASE STUDY OF THE TOUR OF FLANDERS
Inge Derom, Robert VanWynsberghe
A REGENERATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR PLANNING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE EVENTS
Matt Dolf
PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED, OR A PEDAGOGY OF OPPRESSION? EXAMINING THE POTENTIAL OF CRITICAL PEDAGOGY WITHIN SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE
Shawn Forde
FLYING THROUGH THE AIR IN SEARCH OF POSSIBILITIES: EXPLORATIONS OF WOMEN’S AERIAL PERFORMANCES AROUND THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Bieke Gils
BEYOND POLITICAL: A STUDY OF BRITISH PETROLEUM’S PUBLIC RELATION STRATEGIES SURROUNDING THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES
Shawna Lawson
FACETS OF INTEGRATION: RECENT IMMIGRANT WOMEN’S PERSPECTIVES ON HOW THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLICLY DELIVERED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Donna Lee
DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING TOXICITIES EMBEDDED IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE FIGURE SKATING
Cathy Mills
WITHER AND HOW LEGACY: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HOSTING SPECTATOR AND PARTICIPATION-ORIENTED SPORT MEGA-EVENTS
Lynn Minnaert, Inge Derom, Robert VanWynsberghe
RETHEORIZING THE SPECTACLE: TOWARDS THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS SPORT MEGA-EVENT IMAGERY
Caitlin Pentifallo
THE TRANSNATIONAL FLOW OF BODY CULTURES:THE GLOBALIZATION OF MODERN YOGA IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Patricia Vertinsky
FLESHLY ASSEMBLAGES: EXISTENTIAL AND ELEMENTAL ENTANGLEMENTS IN MUD RUNNING
Gavin Weedon
WHEN ELITE ATHLETES ARE ‘SOCIAL MOVEMENT ENTREPRENEURS’: A STUDY OF HIGH PROFILE RUNNER INVOLVEMENT IN ‘RUN-FOR-PEACE’ EVENTS IN POST-CONFLICT KENYA IN 2008
Brian Wilson, Nicolien van Luijk, Mike Boit
MEDIA FRAMINGS OF NORTH KOREA IN THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES
Liv Yoon