North American Society for the Sociology of Sport :: Société nord-americaine de sociologie du sport :: La Sociedad Norteamericana para la Sociología del Deporte
** November 5-8, 2008 ** Denver, CO, USA
The 29th annual conference of La Sociedad Norteamericana para la Sociologia del Deporte /The North American Society for the Sociology of Sport/La Société nord-américaine de sociologie du sport (NASSS) will be held 5-8 November 2008 at the Curtis Hotel in Denver, Colorado, USA. The theme for this year's conference is "Sport and Peace/Social (In)Justice." Those interested in organizing a session should submit a proposal by 15 July 2008 to the program chair, Bob Rinehart, via the Session Proposal form (see instructions below in the section 'Proposing or Adding a Session'). To submit a paper abstract, please see instructions below in the section 'Abstract Submission Procedure'.
This year's theme, "Sport and Peace/Social (In)Justice," challenges us to envision sport as a vehicle for social justice and local and global peace. Sport has been used to signify patriotism, escapism, and the core values of both North American and global communities that are embedded with/in both latent and blatant issues of social injustice. In this historical moment, then, sport is implicated within "an amorphous opinion culture, characterized by strong patriotic identification mixed with feelings of practical political powerlessness" (Berlant, 1997, p. 3). As such, sport has been associated with/in such divisive or collaborative practices and rhetorics as, for example, the marginalization of LBGT communities, dispossessed peoples, ethnic and racial "minorities," people living with disabilities, and feminists. Additionally, sport has become implicated within, for example, issues concerning the environment (e.g., "sustainability" and "greening" movements); issues regarding animal rights, child labor practices, and structural privilege; issues of Native-American mascots/symbols and self-determination; issues of human rights; issues of pedagogical and praxis-oriented natures; issues embedded within ethics and ethical behaviors; and issues involving governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and individuals within the discourses and practices of conflict resolution and sporting practices.
Within the broad-based theme of Sport and Peace/Social (In)Justice, we envision a large number of papers and presentations. We also see the sport/peace/social justice nexus as performative in nature. That is to say, social justice and peace issues within sporting contexts a part of a larger cultural performance which matters. We encourage our community of scholars to engage with these issues, through the thematic lens of "Sport and Peace/Social (In)Justice," but we also encourage sessions and papers outside of the theme of the conference.
Note: Overhead projectors will NOT be available at the conference. If you need to show video clips, we suggest that you bring an LCD projector and a laptop, or coordinate with another conference participant who will be bringing this equipment.
Please read through the session and poster abstracts listed on the Session Themes page to determine which session theme best matches your paper/poster. After you have determined the session to which you want to submit your paper, go to the Abstract Submissions page and follow the instructions to fill out the submission form. Once you submit via the Web, a copy of your abstract will be sent to the session organizer and the program chair. Please print the confirmation page for your records. If you have any questions about the session, contact the session organizer using the email address found on your confirmation page. If you are unsure about which session you should submit to, or you believe you have a topic that does not easily fit one of the identified sessions, please submit your abstract to the Open Session.
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If you would like to propose and additional session, use the Session Submission form: http://www.nasss.org/2008/proposals.php. Please be aware that the paper sessions listed on the Web are guideposts, not to be construed as the final program. If you are unable to submit your session proposal or abstract via the Web, please contact program chair Bob Rinehart by 25 July 2008 (new deadline): rinehart[at]waikato.ac.nz.
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Abstracts will be reprinted and published in the Conference Abstracts as submitted. Thus, it is imperative that these guidelines be considered prior to submitting. The simpler your submission is, the easier it will be to convert into a publishable form.
Please submit poster abstracts to the poster sessions only.
Invited panels and roundtables now have their own section on the submission form.
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 25, 2008 (new deadline)
Notification of Acceptance: early-August, 2008
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