Building Peace through Sports Projects: A Scoping Review

Clarke, F. P.; Jones, Aled; Smith, Lee

doi:10.3390/su13042129

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“…Research into the relationship between sport events and peace has often taken place in the "sport for development and peace" field (Peachy & Burton, 2016). This has emphasised the positive contribution to peace from sport participation, especially by young people (Clarke et al, 2021) and is frequently based on projects that have explicit peace-building roles (Schulenkorf & Sugden, 2011). In the Western Balkan context, many sport events occur outside of the scope of this previous research.…”

Section: Dark Sport Events In Post Conflict Areasmentioning

confidence: 97%

The role of dark commemorative and sport events in peaceful coexistence in the Western Balkans

Šuligoj

Kennell

2021

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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In order to analyse the ways in which problematic ethno-national behaviour at dark events in the Western Balkans undermines the transition from conflict, to post conflict and then peaceful societies, this research employed a sociological discourse analysis to critique the role dark events play in post-conflict tourism development and peaceful coexistence. Accordingly, by combining previous analyses of dark commemorative events with a new analysis of sport events, this research explains the relationship between event tourism and 16th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) focused on peace, justice and strong institutions. This media-based analysis shows that dark commemorative and sport events share similar historical contexts, dissonant heritage and the dark leisure practices of attendees. These dark events attract tourism flows across national boundaries in the region, as well as including more widely dispersed diasporas, and international media and politicians. The prevalence of dark events in the region, which feature strongly in tourism flows, require significant attention in order to promote sustainable development. The findings of this research can be used to develop future research into the relationship between dark events and SDG16, using methods that build on this exploratory study and the new model of dark events that it provides.

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Section: Dark Sport Events In Post Conflict Areasmentioning

confidence: 97%

The role of dark commemorative and sport events in peaceful coexistence in the Western Balkans

Šuligoj

Kennell

2021

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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“…Up to now, the vast majority of research in SFD has taken place in the Global North. When research does take place in the Global South, it is nonetheless typically undertaken by Northern institutions (Clarke et al, 2021;Schulenkorf et al, 2016). And, even when Global South institutions are involved, Northern priorities and ways of doing are frequently favoured.…”

Section: Role Of Academia In Sport For Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Over the last two decades, the sport for development (SFD) sector has grown signifi cantly, with an increasing array of programmes and policies working at the intersection of sport and development. Today, SFD programmes target a wide range of objectives, including increased employability (Coalter et al, 2020), improved educational outcomes (Moustakas, 2020) or peacebuilding (Cardenas, 2013;Clarke et al, 2021). Flowing from this, there has been a concurrent growth in research and educational activities to support the fi eld (McSweeney et al, 2021;Schulenkorf et al, 2016).…”

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Academic Engagement in Sport for Development: Niche or Growing Community?

Moustakas

Petry

Bauer

2023

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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Over the last two decades, the sport for development (SFD) sector has grown significantly, and there has been a concurrent increase in research and educational activities to support the field. In particular, academic institutions are taking a more significant role, contributing to a growing body of literature and developing numerous SFD-specific courses. Despite these initiatives and the important role assigned to academia, academic activities related to SFD have remained fragmented along geographic or disciplinary lines, and our knowledge of academic activities and collaborations is limited and focused on actors in the Global North. This study seeks to address these gaps and, through an international survey of academic institutions, aims to (1) establish the teaching, research and partnership activities within and between academic institutions around the globe; and (2) identify challenges and inform solutions for greater cooperation within and between academic institutions in the SFD context. Overall, our results show that the SFD is a highly multidisciplinary field involving institutions from a perhaps wider-than-expected range of countries. However, funding, support and recognition of SFD and associated academic actors, especially in the Global South, remains limited. To conclude, we propose potential ways forward to address some of these issues.

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“…Relatedly, many European policies explicitly call on sport to support the goal of greater social cohesion (Commission of the European Communities 2007, Council of the European Union 2011, KEA European Affairs 2020, . Due to its popular appeal, relatively low cost, and interactive nature, sport has been presented as a vehicle to support objectives such as employability (Coalter et al 2020), health promotion (Hansell et al 2021) or peacebuilding (Clarke et al 2021). Of these goals, social cohesion is arguably the most prominent and widespread (cf.…”

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From Evangelical to Structural: A Typology of European Sport for Social Cohesion Programs

Moustakas

2023

Journal of Global Sport Management

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Despite growing activity connecting sport to social cohesion, in sport-related literature, social cohesion is poorly defined and primarily organised along narrow dimensions of social relations or social capital. Yet social cohesion is a complex, multidimensional concept that encompasses ideas of belonging, shared values, trust, and civic participation. Much literature does not explore these other components in-depth, and we know little about how sport programmes understand and address these components of social cohesion. Against this background, using qualitative data from a mapping survey completed by 84 European sport organisations, this study aims to create a typology of the main sport for social cohesion approaches in Europe. In the end, four main types are identified: evangelical approaches that rely solely on the power of sport; value approaches that mix sport participation with the promotion of values; integration approaches that combine sport and civic participation to foster social capital and cohesion; and belonging approaches that encourage trust, dialogue and a greater sense belonging.To conclude, these types are critically discussed and situated against existing literature, and the outline of a fifth, more structural type is presented.

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Building Peace through Sports Projects: A Scoping Review

Cited by 13 publications

References 65 publications

The role of dark commemorative and sport events in peaceful coexistence in the Western Balkans

The role of dark commemorative and sport events in peaceful coexistence in the Western Balkans

Academic Engagement in Sport for Development: Niche or Growing Community?

From Evangelical to Structural: A Typology of European Sport for Social Cohesion Programs

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