What Is Lost so That Other Things Can Be Sustained

The Climate Crisis, Loss, and the Afterlife of Golf

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ID6453334
AuthorsBrad Millington (0000-0002-0530-1860, Brock University), Brian Wilson (0000-0002-5237-4771, School of Kinesiology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Year2024
Volume42
Issue2
Pages180-189
Publication date2024-09-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology of Sport Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0741-1235 • E-ISSN: 1543-2785
PublisherHuman Kinetics (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1123/ssj.2023-0216
OpenAlexW4402296072
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited13

This article introduces sociological conceptions of loss to literature on sport to assess the “life” and “death” of golf courses—as well as the “afterlife” of golf terrain once golf courses close. As indicated by the quotation from Rebecca Elliott’s writing (2018) in our title, a loss framing differs from the concept of sustainability by considering practices that might be discarded to serve better environmental futures. We consider loss vis-à-vis three golf industry “outlooks”: (1) strategic and gradual loss, where loss serves an industry-friendly view of sustainability; (2) permanent loss, where courses “die,” potentially toward greener “afterlives”; and (3) transformational loss, where golf courses remain but are substantially changed. We conclude with reflections on loss and the study of sport beyond golf

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