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North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
27th Annual Conference
November 1-4, 2006
Vancouver, Canada
CALL FOR SESSION ORGANIZERS
The 27th annual conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) will be held November 1-4, 2006 at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel-Harbourside in Vancouver, CAN. The theme for this year’s conference is “Re-Imagining Community / Re(En)Visioning Sport.” Those interested in organizing a session should submit a session proposal by May 5, 2006 to the program chair, Nancy Spencer, via the session proposal form: http://nasss.org/2006/proposals.php.
This year’s theme of “Re-Imagining Community/Re(En)Visioning Sport” challenges us to re-imagine how NASSS as an organization can continue to develop as a community of scholars that welcomes a diverse range of scholarship encompassing various theoretical, (inter)national, social, and political perspectives. Just as we consider ways of re-imagining NASSS as a welcoming interpretive and analytical community, we also wish to interrogate ways that we can re-envision sport as a site of greater inclusivity. In this spirit we also welcome sessions which are not directly related to the conference theme. Sessions that enhance interdisciplinary conversations and encourage new ways of thinking about sport are particularly welcome. While we wish to solicit session titles with very broad themes as in the past (e.g., “Sport and the Media”), the program committee is also interested in securing sessions that promote specific or focused content related to the theme. For example, session organizers might focus on various “Interpretive Communities and Sport,” or “Communities of Practice in Sport.”
For further information, please contact Program Chair Nancy Spencer or a member of the program committee:
Nancy Spencer, Program Chair
School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies
233 Eppler Center
Bowling Green, OH 43403 USA
Phone: (419) 372-6927
Email/Courriel: nspencr [at] bgnet.bgsu.edu
Rose Chepyator, jchepyat [at] uga.edu
Delia Douglas, dddougla [at] axionet.com
Mary McDonald, mcdonamg [at] muohio.edu
Yuka Nakamura, yuka.nakamura [at] utoronto.ca
Andrew Parker, andrew.parker [at] warwick.ac.uk
George Sage, ghsage [at] prodigy.net
Damion Thomas, damion [at] uiuc.edu
Steve Walk, swalk [at] Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU
An Early Reminder
A second call seeking papers and posters will begin shortly after the 2006 sessions have been proposed and finalized. The final deadline for submitting paper abstracts and poster abstracts will be June 30, 2006. Look for the “2006 Call for Paper and Poster Abstracts” as well as more details about keynote speakers and conference activities in early May on the NASSS website www.nasss.org/2006
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