Wednesday, February 01, 2012

CONFERENCE: 10th Anniversary Macintosh Sociology of Sport Day Conference

Please find below and attached the agenda for the 10th Anniversary Macintosh Sociology of Sport Day Conference, which takes place on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

We are delighted to announce that the annual Donald Macintosh Memorial Lecture will be given this year by Dr. James Gillett, Chair of the Department of Health Aging and Society at McMaster University. Dr. Gillett's talk is titled, Inter-determinacy and Lines of Flight: Interspecies Relations, Sport Sociology, and the Ethics of Caring.

Kingston is accessible by VIA rail or bus. It is a two hour and 45 minute drive from downtown Toronto or downtown Montreal. It is a two-hour drive from Ottawa and a one-hour drive from Watertown, New York. Registration fees, to be paid on-site, are $30 for faculty and $20 for students.

For information or to add your name to our email list, please write to Samantha King (kingsj@queensu.ca).

10th Anniversary Macintosh Sociology of Sport Day Conference
AGENDA

9:00 Registration and Coffee
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

9:15 A Prophet? Don Macintosh, His Times, and Ours
Dr. Geoff Smith
Emeritus Professor
Queen’s University

SESSION I
9:30
Makeup and Muscles: Negotiating Gender Identity in Roller Derby
Jenn Bruce, Michael L. Naraine, Amanda Morrison, Bethany-Marie Tovell, Dr. Jules Woolf
University of Windsor

9:55
Mo’ Than Just a Moustache: Investigating Hockey, Masculinity and Movember
Matthew Ventresca
Queen’s University

10:20
Ethical Dimensions of Coaching in Older Youth Sport
Mark Williams
University of Western Ontario

10:45 Break

SESSION II: Donald Macintosh Memorial Lecture
11:00
Inter-determinacy and Lines of Flight: Interspecies Relations, Sport Sociology, and the Ethics of Caring
Dr. James Gillett
McMaster University

Lunch & Poster Presentations
12:30
Les Corps En Baignade: Contextualiser Les Bains Publics à Ottawa, 1924
Ornella Nzindukiyimana
Université d'Ottawa

The Great White Nope: Post-Human Identity and the NBA's Cultural Politics of Whiteness
Scott Carey and Robert Millington
Queen’s University

SESSION III
1:30
Understanding Tim Tebow
Matt Hawzen
Queen’s University

1:55
A Profile of Canadian Roller Derby Athletes and Their Perceptions of Risk
Katrina Krawec, Ian Flaxey, Meghan Roney, Joey Zhou, Dr. Jules Woolf
University of Windsor

2:20
Cause Marketing and a Case Study of the NFL
Christopher M. Pellerin
University of Western Ontario


2:45
The Pre-Game: Black Student-Athletes and the Pursuit of U.S. Athletic Scholarships
Desmond Miller
York University

3:10 Break

SESSION IV
3:25
Outside Looking In: Youth Development through Recreation for and by Aboriginal Peoples
Alana Rovito
University of Ottawa

3:50
Gender, Embodiment and Self-Regulation: Exposing the Surveillance Element in Distance Running Subcultures
Christine Carey
McMaster University

4.15
Critical Theory & Canadian Sports Media: The Bell-Rogers Purchase of MLSE
Simon Robinson,
Queen’s University

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