Abstract
Pace, penalty and pirouette: the sociology of physical culture was an event organised and hosted by PhD students Victoria Palmer (Glasgow Caledonian University) and Bethany Whiteside (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). Funded by the British Sociological Association as a Postgraduate Regional Event, the day was primarily designed to be a supportive platform for postgraduate students from across Scotland and further afield to unite, discuss, present, and share their research with academics with similar interests. The event focused on aspects of âphysical cultureâ, attracting scholars from several areas of study including dance, leisure studies, outdoor activity, physical activity, physical education, physical theatre, outdoor activity and sport. Broadly speaking, those who study physical culture are interested in the ways in which individuals engage in (or do not engage in) physical practices and how these individuals are affected by, or influence their social and cultural environment.
Highlights
VICTORIA PALMER & BETHANY WHITESIDE; EMMANUELLE TULLE; URSULA M
Penalty and pirouette: the sociology of physical culture Friday 13th June 2014 Buchanan House, Glasgow Caledonian University Funded by the British Sociological Association (BSA)
Funded by the British Sociological Association as a Postgraduate Regional Event, the day was primarily designed to be a supportive platform for postgraduate students from across Scotland and further afield to unite, discuss, present, and share their research with academics with similar interests
Summary
In Search of Lost Times or Time Regained? Numbers and ambiguous narratives of ageing in media reports of elite athletes. The presentation will engage reflexively on the ambiguity of the scientific project which on the one hand provides the means to more effectively develop physical capital, offering the promise of time regained via anti-ageing pronouncements, and on the other hand contributes to the discourse of ageing as decline To explore this conundrum I will focus on two high-profile male athletes—Lance Armstrong and Roger Federer—and show how their ageing is foretold in media and personal accounts of their achievements. She has over 15 years’ experience of conducting research in old age, with a particular focus on understanding and theorising how older people make sense of, and manage, the process of bodily ageing from a cultural perspective The research underpinning her theoretical and conceptual development has focused on Master athletes and their experiences of ageing in sport, symptomatic older people who engage in regular physical activity, and media reporting of the ageing of professional elite athletes. DR ELENI THEODORAKI is a reader in Festival and Event Management at Edinburgh Napier University’s School of Marketing, Tourism and Languages
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