Browsing Brage NIH by Subject "identity"
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The 1952 and 1994 Olympic flames: Norway’s quest for Winter Olympic identity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)On two occasions, in 1952 and 1994, the Olympic Winter Games were entrusted to Norwegian organizers. As the only Nordic country to have hosted winter Olympics, the organizers of both games presented a version of the Olympic ... -
Athletes confessions: the sports biography as an interaction ritual
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-03-27)Commercialization of emotions is not a new phenomenon but in Denmark there is a new general trend to tell and sell personal stories in the media. Personal deprivation and crises are also major topics in sports media. This ... -
From ‘philosophy of sport’ to ‘philosophies of sports’? History, identity and diversification of sport philosophy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)My goal in this article is to give a portrait of how modern sport philosophy, which started in 1972, developed from relatively narrow paradigmatic borders to become a diverse and multi-paradigmatic international discipline. ... -
Learning in sport: From life skills to existential learning
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Youth sport is habitually promoted as an important context for learning that contributes to a person’s broader development beyond sport-specific skills. A growing body of research in this area has operated within a life ... -
Narrative tensions in strained junior elite performers’ experiences of becoming elite performers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Contextualized within narrative theory and the field of talent identification and development systems (TIDS), this interview study examined strained junior elite performers’ experiences of becoming elite performers while ... -
Segregated femininities?: Creating female fandom through social media in Sweden
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The study analyses female fandom in Sweden, focusing on female football supporters’ self-presentation on social media. We found social media to function as a forum for empowerment, where the female football fans construct ... -
Struggling with the amateur identity: The self-perception of the Danish football movement, 1880s to 1970s
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)A vital element of the history of football in Denmark is the identity of the football movement. It developed itself in Denmark from the end of the nineteenth century. Contact with Great Britain was an inspiration, and the ... -
Superwomen? Young sporting women, temporality and learning not to be perfect
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)New forms of neoliberal femininity create demanding horizons of expectation for young women. For talented athletes, these pressures are intensified by the establishment of dual-career discourses that construct the combination ... -
Using collaborative self-study and rhizomatics to explore the ongoing nature of becoming teacher educators
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The purpose of this research was to explore how we were becoming teacher educators as we built and engaged in relationships through collaborative teaching and research practice. By engaging with collaborative self-study ... -
‘We can do it’: Community, resistance, social solidarity, and long-term volunteering at a sport event
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07-06)Much research on volunteers has focused on who the volunteers are, and what motivates them on an individual level. This study, however, aims to contextualize the long-term commitment found in a whole community of volunteers ...