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Informal Session: Contemporary Sporting Foundations
in Oceania Unfortunately, due to unbelievably inclement weather this year at the Alexandria location, neither of the organizers was able to attend the meeting. Most of our confirmed participants likewise had to miss the annual meeting, so we formally cancelled the session. However, according to one participant who made it, those in attendance were able to have a small but lively discussion of the topic. Our nine session participants are all interested in developing full papers for a working session in Honolulu. Topics include the role of sport in forging national identity, the professionalization of rugby unions under neoliberal globalization policies, the political economy of fantasy and the creation of value through fantasy formations, sport as social capital, gendered dynamics of sporting practices and the reorganization of local space and time, as well as indigenous and indigenization of sport across the Pacific. We intend to propose a working session for next year’s meeting. Lisa Uperesa, Anthropology Department, Columbia University,
452 Schermerhorn Extension, 1200 Amsterdam Avenue MC 5523, New York,
NY 10027, U.S.A.; tel. (917) 684-7707; fax (212) 854-7347; <flu2101@columbia.edu> |
