Employing voluntary sports organisations in the implementation of physical activity policy

Aggestål, Anna; Fahlén, Josef

doi:10.4324/9781315672779-25

Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity Policy and Practice 2017

DOI: 10.4324/9781315672779-25

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Employing voluntary sports organisations in the implementation of physical activity policy

Anna Aggestål¹,

Josef Fahlén²

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The role of sport organizations for local and national community – the case of Sámi sport organizations

Skille

Fahlén

2019

European Sport Management Quarterly

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Research question: This paper investigates 1) how representatives of Sámi sport clubs understand local and national communities, and 2) and the role of the sport organization in the creation and perception of local and national community. The study contributes to the research field by showing how sport organizations are the basis of the community, locally and nationally. Research methods: Interviews were conducted with seven board members representing five Sámi sport clubs in four municipalities. The sport clubs were all members of the Sámi sport organization, and located in core Sámi areas where Sámi language and culture is manifested in everyday life. Sámi are the indigenous peoples of the northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and north-west Russia. Results and findings: For sport club representatives, Sámi sport refers to specific activities associated with Sámi husbandry heritage, and to the Sámi sport organization. Sport clubs function as community organizations at the local level. Moreover, through affiliation with the Sámi sport organization, the sport clubs are the link to the Sámi national community. Sámi indigeneity is played out internally in the local community as well as on the borderline to other communities with other ethnic compositions.Implications: The study revealed a complex relationship between the local and national elements of indigeneity, and between the internal and the external elements. These elements of multiculturalism and sport clubs require to be taken into account in future sport management and policy-making in addition to multicultural policies towards immigrant sport participation and organization.

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The role of sport organizations for local and national community – the case of Sámi sport organizations

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Fahlén

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European Sport Management Quarterly

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