CALL FOR PAPERS
The hockey family is constructed in a number of contexts: at home, in the community,
and more broadly through the influence of bureaucracies, the media and marketplace.
In this interdisciplinary conference we invite submissions from anyone interested in the
game of hockey today and over time, its gendered dimensions, its representation in
literature, film and popular culture, the personal and community identities and
allegiances it generates.
The role of the family in the game’s evolution – the special place of hockey Moms and
Dads – and the challenges and expectations the hockey family experience will be a
central concern of the conference.
How functional or dysfunctional is the hockey family? How does hockey differ for boys
and girls, men and women? The coach as surrogate parent, positive and abusive
coaching and parenting, violence on and off the ice, head trauma and other hockey
injuries, issues relating to participation in minor and recreational hockey, the selection
process for competitive hockey, and questions relating to class, gender, ethnicity and
race are especially welcome. On a broader level we are interested in the way in which
the sport is organized, whether it be for participatory and/or competitive play, from
minor hockey to intercollegiate and professional play, as well as the economic
circumstances that affect the game’s development.
Putting it on Ice III: Constructing the Hockey Family is the latest in a series of
conferences which have led to a renaissance in hockey scholarship. Information on the
conference and its history is available at www.hockeyconference.ca. Those interested in
presenting papers should send abstracts of approximately 200 words to Dr. Colin
Howell, Academic Director, Center for the Study of Sport and Health, Saint Mary’s
University at cssh@smu.ca by October 15, 2011.
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