Football and forlorn hope
An ethnographic comic concerning the Grahamstown Soccer Association from 1975 to 1985
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2186916 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Forde (0000-0002-1360-7384, University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 316-332 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Southern Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2332-3264 • E-ISSN: 2332-3256 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23323256.2019.1679027 |
| OpenAlex | W3043010990 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
This ethnographic comic presents research that was conducted in Makhanda (previously Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The comic only tells a partial story, based on ethnographic and historical research, relating to soccer, nostalgia, hope and violence. It shifts between contemporary soccer spaces and memories of the formation of the first official township clubs in the early 1970s and the Grahamstown Soccer Association (GRASA) in 1975. The use of comics for research dissemination and forms of knowledge translation is becoming increasingly common across a number of academic disciplines including anthropology. The comic I present in this section highlights how drawing and the creation of comics aligns with ethnographic sensibilities that allow for exploring uncertain paths and taking detours within the research process
Archaeology · Art · Association (psychology · Comics · Ethnography · Football · Kinship · Literature · Media studies · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Comics and Graphic Narratives · History · Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |