Semiotic and asemiotic practices in boxing

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5137201
AutoresChristian Meyer (0000-0003-2727-4880, University of Konstanz , Konstanz , Germany), Christian Johannes Meyer (0000-0002-5460-7698, University of Konstanz, autor de correspondencia), Ulrich V Wedelstaedt (University of Konstanz , Konstanz , Germany)
Año2022
Volumen2022
Número248
Páginas251-278
Fecha de publicación2022-09-27
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSemiotica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0037-1998 • E-ISSN: 1613-3692
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/sem-2022-0075
OpenAlexW4292648071
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas14

Tracing different kinds of semiotic practices in boxing, in our text we provide a detailed reconstruction of the way athletes and other participants interpret each other's actions and integrate these interpretations in their own course of motor action. Drawing on an ethnomethodological approach we argue that these interpretations should not be seen as being isolated from their contextual background. This context (such as the rules of the sports) and the semiotic actions taking place within them mutually elaborate one another. Analyzing several video recordings and their transcripts, we show how the social interaction of boxing fights consists of a "multi-layeredness of semiotic practice." These layers of semiotic practice are complemented by what we introduce as asemiotic practices. Asemiotic practices exploit semiotic routines that are a part of boxing and attempt at weakening and overcoming the opponent during the fight thus eventually destroying his or her semiotic capacities

Action (physics) · Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Exploit · Linguistics · Semiotics · Sociology · Computer Science · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Physical education and sports games research · Psychology · Sports, Gender, and Society