BBQs and Beers, or Cappuccinos? Globalisation, Field Hockey and Social Change

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12493598
AutoresRuth Sibson (0000-0002-4722-5034, Edith Cowan University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen8
Número2-3
Páginas124-141
Fecha de publicación2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAnnals of Leisure Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1174-5398 • E-ISSN: 2159-6816
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/11745398.2005.10600966
OpenAlexW2033314226
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas27

Since the early 1990s, there has been a steady growth in discussions about sport under the rubric of globalisation. Not surprisingly though, different interpretations exist in regard to the globalisation-sport connection. Significantly, scholars have argued that global trends must be examined alongside the cultural contingencies of specific localities. Using a case study of field hockey in Newcastle, Australia, this paper examines the impact that global processes have had upon the consumption and management of ‘local’ grassroots sport. It is argued that the introduction of synthetic turf playing surfaces has effectively compelled local hockey associations to establish new facilities, and that this development has contributed to a loss of many of the sport’s social aspects, and also to notions of club commitment. Conversely, this development has provided both players and spectators with a centralised facility incorporating undercover viewing areas and an all-weather surface, and, for many participants, playing hockey at a ‘professional’ standard facility is now more important than the potentially negative impacts of this change

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