Glen Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590853 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Glen Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Glen |
| FAMILY NAME | Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMPSON G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8681-5929 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Thinking with/in surfing
This article introduces The Deep Duck Dive —a podcast engaging with the oceanic turn in the global South by focusing on issues that matter within surfing as a lifestyle sport. As co-hosts of the podcast, we have approached podcasting as forms of public pedagogy and public scholarship. Our aim is to increase the accessibility of scholarship and research by creating an alternative space for conversations with those outside of the academy. The artic…
Disturbed Waters
Studies on swimming and surfing history are reviewed. They open up new perspectives on the relationship between politics, culture, and gender. These water sports can be seen historically as political and determined by local, national, and global conditions. Each study historicizes the politics of aquatic pleasure. Fighting the Current foregrounds American women's swimming challenge to the social order. Waves of Resistance looks to the contested n…
The Correspondence of Pope Julius I
Otelo Burningand Zulu surfing histories
This article documents the history of black male surfers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and explores the ways in which the figure of the 'Zulu surfer' has assumed a range of meanings from the mid-1960s to the present. The appropriation of the iconography of Zuluness by the (white) mainstream surfing community means the Zulu surfer has had an ambivalent presence in surfing histories. The Zulu surfer was historically co-opted by (white) surfing as…
Interview with Sara Blecher and Sihle Xaba
Meg Samuelson (MS): Where does the story of Otelo Burning begin?Sihle Xaba (SX): I met Sara on the beach in Durban. I was one of the first [black] bodyboarders riding waves as well as any other p
Reimagining Surf City
South African surfing as a sporting activity has a history located in the waves that break at the beach, the seaward edge of a coastal city. In this history, surfing has been represented as a ‘white’ sport and as such ‘Surf City’ was a symbolic marker for racial exclusivity on the apartheid beach (1960s–80s). This idea of ‘Surf City’ has changed in the post-apartheid era (1990s–2000s), with the beach open to all persons, irrespective of race. How…
Certain political considerations’
Competitive surfing, although a marginal sporting tradition in South Africa, was shaped by the international sports boycott against apartheid. From the late 1970s to 1990, white South African amateur and professional surfers attempted to adapt to sports isolation in different ways: excluded from the world surfing titles, Springbok teams participated in rebel tours; and professionals had to deal with passport problems when travelling on the world …
‘Tripping on Jesus’
Otelo Burningand Zulu surfing histories
This article documents the history of black male surfers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and explores the ways in which the figure of the 'Zulu surfer' has assumed a range of meanings from the mid-1960s to the present. The appropriation of the iconography of Zuluness by the (white) mainstream surfing community means the Zulu surfer has had an ambivalent presence in surfing histories. The Zulu surfer was historically co-opted by (white) surfing as…
Reimagining Surf City
South African surfing as a sporting activity has a history located in the waves that break at the beach, the seaward edge of a coastal city. In this history, surfing has been represented as a ‘white’ sport and as such ‘Surf City’ was a symbolic marker for racial exclusivity on the apartheid beach (1960s–80s). This idea of ‘Surf City’ has changed in the post-apartheid era (1990s–2000s), with the beach open to all persons, irrespective of race. How…
Certain political considerations’
Competitive surfing, although a marginal sporting tradition in South Africa, was shaped by the international sports boycott against apartheid. From the late 1970s to 1990, white South African amateur and professional surfers attempted to adapt to sports isolation in different ways: excluded from the world surfing titles, Springbok teams participated in rebel tours; and professionals had to deal with passport problems when travelling on the world …
‘Tripping on Jesus’
Certain political considerations’
Competitive surfing, although a marginal sporting tradition in South Africa, was shaped by the international sports boycott against apartheid. From the late 1970s to 1990, white South African amateur and professional surfers attempted to adapt to sports isolation in different ways: excluded from the world surfing titles, Springbok teams participated in rebel tours; and professionals had to deal with passport problems when travelling on the world …
Reimagining Surf City
South African surfing as a sporting activity has a history located in the waves that break at the beach, the seaward edge of a coastal city. In this history, surfing has been represented as a ‘white’ sport and as such ‘Surf City’ was a symbolic marker for racial exclusivity on the apartheid beach (1960s–80s). This idea of ‘Surf City’ has changed in the post-apartheid era (1990s–2000s), with the beach open to all persons, irrespective of race. How…
Otelo Burningand Zulu surfing histories
This article documents the history of black male surfers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and explores the ways in which the figure of the 'Zulu surfer' has assumed a range of meanings from the mid-1960s to the present. The appropriation of the iconography of Zuluness by the (white) mainstream surfing community means the Zulu surfer has had an ambivalent presence in surfing histories. The Zulu surfer was historically co-opted by (white) surfing as…
Interview with Sara Blecher and Sihle Xaba
Meg Samuelson (MS): Where does the story of Otelo Burning begin?Sihle Xaba (SX): I met Sara on the beach in Durban. I was one of the first [black] bodyboarders riding waves as well as any other p
The Correspondence of Pope Julius I
Disturbed Waters
Studies on swimming and surfing history are reviewed. They open up new perspectives on the relationship between politics, culture, and gender. These water sports can be seen historically as political and determined by local, national, and global conditions. Each study historicizes the politics of aquatic pleasure. Fighting the Current foregrounds American women's swimming challenge to the social order. Waves of Resistance looks to the contested n…
Thinking with/in surfing
This article introduces The Deep Duck Dive —a podcast engaging with the oceanic turn in the global South by focusing on issues that matter within surfing as a lifestyle sport. As co-hosts of the podcast, we have approached podcasting as forms of public pedagogy and public scholarship. Our aim is to increase the accessibility of scholarship and research by creating an alternative space for conversations with those outside of the academy. The artic…
Sociology (6 works) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (4 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (3 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (3 works) · White (mutation (3 works)