Cultures urbaines et activités physiques et sportives. La « sportification » du parkour et du street golf comme médiation culturelle

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12925916
AutoresFlorian Lebreton (0000-0003-4736-1017, Université Européenne de Bretagne, autor de correspondencia), Guillaume Routier (0000-0001-6612-3407, Université Européenne de Bretagne), Stéphane Héa (0000-0002-4817-1429, Université Européenne de Bretagne), Dominique Bodin (0000-0001-9497-7004, Université Européenne de Bretagne)
Año2010
Volumen47
Número3
Páginas293-317
Fecha de publicación2010-07-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCanadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1755-6171 • E-ISSN: 1755-618X
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1755-618x.2010.01239.x
PMID21032854
OpenAlexW2126903119
IdiomaFR
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas13

The article explores the process of "sportification"--i.e., processing physical activity in a sport regulated by a set of rules and standards, legitimized by supervisory institutions--from two originals practices, parkour and urban golf. To study these practices, we crossed the contributions of urban sociology and of the contemporary sociology of sport while respecting the methodological principles of qualitative sociology. A first point concerns the process of"sport" itself, its definition, its various stages, and the role played by communication of stakeholders on public space. The cultural mediation shows us how to institutionalize the movement that represents the "sports" resulted in the same time reconfiguration of physical practices themselves. Recent events illustrate the ongoing reconfiguration, we will detail them. Finally, we show the effects produced by the process on the definition of urban culture and sports: setting sight of activities, enhanced cooperation with the media-cultural, polarization between different types of practical in the case of parkour, around a confrontation between two of the founders

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