Isak Lidström
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 339185 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Isak Lidström |
| PRENOMES | Isak |
| SOBRENOME | Lidström |
| ASSINATURA | LIDSTRÖM I |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Malmö University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2019 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Skiing like no others
This article focuses on how the idea of Borealism intervened in the establishment of cross-country (XC) skiing as a modern sport in late nineteenth-century Sweden. Borealism is analogous to Edward Said’s concept of Orientalism and refers to an exoticizing discourse, not of the Orient, but of Lapland, the region that covers the greatest part of northern Sweden’s hinterland. The clearest expression of Borealism was the organization of so-called Nat…
Outsiders, underdogs and bohemians in sport
Framing the idealistic Bohemian and the rational outsider
Bohemians and outsiders have long fascinated the media and the general public because they challenge conventional lifestyles and societal norms. This fascination extends to sport, where narratives about such figures appear in both historical and contemporary media. By analysing the media's framing of cross-country skier Lars Theodor Jonsson (1903-1998) and speed skater Nils van der Poel (1996-), this essay identifies two distinct ideal types: the…
Modern Skis in Nostalgic Landscapes
This article is a study of technological change in cross-country (XC) skiing in Sweden from the late nineteenth century to the 1930s. While technological development in sport is usually seen as a linear and predetermined process, it is instead treated in this context as an arena where wills and intentions – grouped under the concepts of nostalgia and intensification – are negotiated. Nostalgia, in this sense, reflects a scepticism of innovation a…
A Bouncing Echo of Medieval Heydays? The Legacy of Pärk ( Jeu de Paume ) in Gotland
Gotland, the largest island in the Baltic Sea, has historically had an ambivalent relationship with mainland Sweden. While political autonomy has never been demanded in modern times, Gotland has shown strong regionalism, not least reflected in its domestic sports culture. Among these sports, pärk – a local variant of the medieval ball game jeu de paume – stands out as a key element in shaping Gotlandic identity. Despite uncertainties about its or…
STIHL Timbersports® and the Reconceptualization of Modern Sport in the Light of Decontextualization and Eventification of Forestry Work
This article examines STIHL Timbersports® and its amalgamation of craftmanship, competition, eventification and branding, through the lens of decontextualization of sport. It thus revisits and revitalizes the concept of sportification, as well as discusses the characteristics of sport such as authenticity and “uncertainty of outcome”. The aim of the article is to grasp the different processes that challenge our common positions regarding sport, w…
Traditional sports and games among the Sámi people in Northern Fennoscandia (Sápmi)
Introduction Modern sports equipment is nowadays manufactured industrially according to globally accepted and standardized models, but traditionally tools for play and games were prepared from materials found in the local environment. The objective of this article is to investigate various aspects of Sámi local knowledge about organisms used for their material culture of traditional sports and games in northern Fennoscandia (Sápmi). What function…
The Development of Sámi Sport, 1970–1990
It is widely agreed that sport and national identity are two interwoven phenomena. Recently, researchers have taken an interest in how sport has been used for nation-building purposes among groups not defined in terms of nation-states. These include the Sámi, an Indigenous people living in an area that extends over the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Sámi championships and a Sámi national football team have been important el…
Batting, Running, and ‘Burning’ in Early Modern Europe
A common topic of discussion among baseball historians is the question whether baseball is the ancestor of rounders or not. In order to shed new light on this debate, historians need to expand the limited knowledge about the old bat-and-ball games of Continental Europe in order to develop a more cogent consideration of the origins of baseball. Traditional European bat-and-ball games, known by names such as ‘longball’, schlagball, meta, palant or …
Viking Games and Sámi Pastimes
Ethnomycology is the study of the bio-cultural aspects of human-fungal interactions. This article discusses the involvement of the bracket fungus Fomitopsis betulina within the material culture of traditional games. With a particular focus on the Nordic countries, the aim is to review and analyze the use of simple balls made of bracket fungi. We argue that the fungi ball can be considered the precursor of the rubber (and the gutta-percha) ball. M…
Ancient buoyancy devices in Sweden
This article sets out to discuss the material culture of traditional physical education from an ethnobiological point of view. The focus is on the use of reed, Phragmites australis Trin. ex Steud., club-rush, Schoenoplectus lacustris L., inflated skins and animal bladders when making buoyancy devices used by children and adolescents for learning to swim. As these teaching methods occurred from thousands of years ago up to very recently, it is arg…
Modern Skis in Nostalgic Landscapes
This article is a study of technological change in cross-country (XC) skiing in Sweden from the late nineteenth century to the 1930s. While technological development in sport is usually seen as a linear and predetermined process, it is instead treated in this context as an arena where wills and intentions – grouped under the concepts of nostalgia and intensification – are negotiated. Nostalgia, in this sense, reflects a scepticism of innovation a…
The Development of Sámi Sport, 1970–1990
It is widely agreed that sport and national identity are two interwoven phenomena. Recently, researchers have taken an interest in how sport has been used for nation-building purposes among groups not defined in terms of nation-states. These include the Sámi, an Indigenous people living in an area that extends over the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Sámi championships and a Sámi national football team have been important el…
Traditional sports and games among the Sámi people in Northern Fennoscandia (Sápmi)
Introduction Modern sports equipment is nowadays manufactured industrially according to globally accepted and standardized models, but traditionally tools for play and games were prepared from materials found in the local environment. The objective of this article is to investigate various aspects of Sámi local knowledge about organisms used for their material culture of traditional sports and games in northern Fennoscandia (Sápmi). What function…
Batting, Running, and ‘Burning’ in Early Modern Europe
A common topic of discussion among baseball historians is the question whether baseball is the ancestor of rounders or not. In order to shed new light on this debate, historians need to expand the limited knowledge about the old bat-and-ball games of Continental Europe in order to develop a more cogent consideration of the origins of baseball. Traditional European bat-and-ball games, known by names such as ‘longball’, schlagball, meta, palant or …
Viking Games and Sámi Pastimes
Ethnomycology is the study of the bio-cultural aspects of human-fungal interactions. This article discusses the involvement of the bracket fungus Fomitopsis betulina within the material culture of traditional games. With a particular focus on the Nordic countries, the aim is to review and analyze the use of simple balls made of bracket fungi. We argue that the fungi ball can be considered the precursor of the rubber (and the gutta-percha) ball. M…
Ancient buoyancy devices in Sweden
This article sets out to discuss the material culture of traditional physical education from an ethnobiological point of view. The focus is on the use of reed, Phragmites australis Trin. ex Steud., club-rush, Schoenoplectus lacustris L., inflated skins and animal bladders when making buoyancy devices used by children and adolescents for learning to swim. As these teaching methods occurred from thousands of years ago up to very recently, it is arg…
The Development of Sámi Sport, 1970–1990
It is widely agreed that sport and national identity are two interwoven phenomena. Recently, researchers have taken an interest in how sport has been used for nation-building purposes among groups not defined in terms of nation-states. These include the Sámi, an Indigenous people living in an area that extends over the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Sámi championships and a Sámi national football team have been important el…
Batting, Running, and ‘Burning’ in Early Modern Europe
A common topic of discussion among baseball historians is the question whether baseball is the ancestor of rounders or not. In order to shed new light on this debate, historians need to expand the limited knowledge about the old bat-and-ball games of Continental Europe in order to develop a more cogent consideration of the origins of baseball. Traditional European bat-and-ball games, known by names such as ‘longball’, schlagball, meta, palant or …
Viking Games and Sámi Pastimes
Ethnomycology is the study of the bio-cultural aspects of human-fungal interactions. This article discusses the involvement of the bracket fungus Fomitopsis betulina within the material culture of traditional games. With a particular focus on the Nordic countries, the aim is to review and analyze the use of simple balls made of bracket fungi. We argue that the fungi ball can be considered the precursor of the rubber (and the gutta-percha) ball. M…
Ancient buoyancy devices in Sweden
This article sets out to discuss the material culture of traditional physical education from an ethnobiological point of view. The focus is on the use of reed, Phragmites australis Trin. ex Steud., club-rush, Schoenoplectus lacustris L., inflated skins and animal bladders when making buoyancy devices used by children and adolescents for learning to swim. As these teaching methods occurred from thousands of years ago up to very recently, it is arg…
STIHL Timbersports® and the Reconceptualization of Modern Sport in the Light of Decontextualization and Eventification of Forestry Work
This article examines STIHL Timbersports® and its amalgamation of craftmanship, competition, eventification and branding, through the lens of decontextualization of sport. It thus revisits and revitalizes the concept of sportification, as well as discusses the characteristics of sport such as authenticity and “uncertainty of outcome”. The aim of the article is to grasp the different processes that challenge our common positions regarding sport, w…
Traditional sports and games among the Sámi people in Northern Fennoscandia (Sápmi)
Introduction Modern sports equipment is nowadays manufactured industrially according to globally accepted and standardized models, but traditionally tools for play and games were prepared from materials found in the local environment. The objective of this article is to investigate various aspects of Sámi local knowledge about organisms used for their material culture of traditional sports and games in northern Fennoscandia (Sápmi). What function…
Modern Skis in Nostalgic Landscapes
This article is a study of technological change in cross-country (XC) skiing in Sweden from the late nineteenth century to the 1930s. While technological development in sport is usually seen as a linear and predetermined process, it is instead treated in this context as an arena where wills and intentions – grouped under the concepts of nostalgia and intensification – are negotiated. Nostalgia, in this sense, reflects a scepticism of innovation a…
A Bouncing Echo of Medieval Heydays? The Legacy of Pärk ( Jeu de Paume ) in Gotland
Gotland, the largest island in the Baltic Sea, has historically had an ambivalent relationship with mainland Sweden. While political autonomy has never been demanded in modern times, Gotland has shown strong regionalism, not least reflected in its domestic sports culture. Among these sports, pärk – a local variant of the medieval ball game jeu de paume – stands out as a key element in shaping Gotlandic identity. Despite uncertainties about its or…
Skiing like no others
This article focuses on how the idea of Borealism intervened in the establishment of cross-country (XC) skiing as a modern sport in late nineteenth-century Sweden. Borealism is analogous to Edward Said’s concept of Orientalism and refers to an exoticizing discourse, not of the Orient, but of Lapland, the region that covers the greatest part of northern Sweden’s hinterland. The clearest expression of Borealism was the organization of so-called Nat…
Outsiders, underdogs and bohemians in sport
Framing the idealistic Bohemian and the rational outsider
Bohemians and outsiders have long fascinated the media and the general public because they challenge conventional lifestyles and societal norms. This fascination extends to sport, where narratives about such figures appear in both historical and contemporary media. By analysing the media's framing of cross-country skier Lars Theodor Jonsson (1903-1998) and speed skater Nils van der Poel (1996-), this essay identifies two distinct ideal types: the…
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