Michel Foucault: Studies of Power and Sport

Cole, Catherine; Giardina, Michael D.; Andrews, David L.

doi:10.1057/9780230523180_14

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“…Barker-Ruchti (2011) argues that in the training environment, gymnasts are taught to self monitor themselves and their training, an effect Collins (2002) also observes and interprets as occurring in aerobics classes. Using the work of Foucault, both authors argue that gymnasts and/or aerobics participants come to recognize the necessity of their own disciplined training and therefore are said to submit to disciplinary techniques led by coaches and judges, drawing on what Foucault refers to as "automatic docility" (Cole, Giardina and Andrews, 2004). Barker-Ruchti (2011), Johns (1998 and Johns and Johns (2000) describe the monitoring of the body by gymnasts as a form of disciplining of their eating practices.…”

Section: Foucault and Gymnastics: Gymnasts As "Docile Bodies"mentioning

confidence: 99%

From Foucault to Latour: Gymnastics Training as a Socio-Technical Network

Kerr¹

2014

Sociology of Sport Journal

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When fourteen-year-old Nadia Comaneci won gold at the 1976 Olympic Games, her youthful appearance inspired concerns about the hard training of young gymnasts. These concerns frequently centered around the coach as a figure of authority with the power to potentially exploit young girls. This paper both confirms and questions this assumption through using an Actor Network Theory (ANT) perspective. It is argued that what has been missing from previous accounts of sports training and competition is the role that nonhumans play. It is shown how existing Foucauldian work examining gymnastics can be extended through demonstrating the Latourian notion that power is enacted through nonhumans. It is further suggested that the inclusion of nonhumans such as video cameras into the gymnastics network can potentially generate different power arrangements from the traditional authoritarian coach/athlete relationship. Latour's concepts of mediators and intermediaries are used to show how nonhumans can have agency and affect gymnastics performance, demonstrating that power is shared among both human and nonhuman actants.Quand Nadia Comaneci a remporté l'or aux Jeux Olympiques de 1976 à l'âge de quatorze ans, son apparence juvénile a soulevé des inquiétudes à propos de l'entrainement rigoureux des jeunes gymnastes. Ces inquiétudes ont fréquemment tourné autour de l'entraineur comme figure d'autorité avec le pouvoir d'exploiter les jeunes filles. Cet article à la fois confirme et questionne cette supposition par l'utilisation d'une perspective de la théorie de l'acteur-réseau. Nous suggérons que ce qui manquait aux études antérieures sur l'entrainement et les compétitions sportives est le rôle que les non-humains jouent. Nous montrons comment les études foucaldiennes sur la gymnastique peuvent être élargies en démontrant l'idée latourienne que le pouvoir est exercé par les non-humains. Nous avançons également l'idée que l'inclusion des non-humains tels que les caméras vidéo dans le réseau de la gymnastique a le potentiel de générer différents arrangements de pouvoir à partir de la relation traditionnelle entraineur autoritaire/athlète. Les concepts de Latour de médiateurs et d'intermédiaires sont employés pour montrer comment les non-humains peuvent posséder une puissance d'agir et affecter la performance en gymnastique, démontrant donc que le pouvoir est partagé entre les acteurs humains et non-humains.

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Section: Foucault and Gymnastics: Gymnasts As "Docile Bodies"mentioning

confidence: 99%

From Foucault to Latour: Gymnastics Training as a Socio-Technical Network

Kerr¹

2014

Sociology of Sport Journal

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“…Foucauldian concepts have been used widely by sociologist and cultural psychologist in understanding human actions and behaviors within social and cultural settings (Cole et al, 2004;Markula & Pringle, 2006). According to Foucault, there are "power mechanisms"-a disciplinary control that frames around individual's lives, which makes every individual to behave in a certain way (Foucault, 1977).…”

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“…In this guard tower, the supervisors constantly monitored the prisoners in each cell. This made the inmates believe that they were under constant surveillance, thus, making them responsible for their own actions (Cole et al, 2004;Foucault, 1977;Markula & Pringle, 2006). Extending the reference from the prisoners, Foucault stated that the power dynamics is not exclusive to the prisoners but its effects can be found in everyday situations as well (Foucault, 1977).…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ramadan Fasting and Competitive Sports: Psychological Adaptation within Socio-cultural Context

Roy¹,

Singh²,

Roy³

et al. 2012

IJPS

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The article examines the influence of socio-cultural practices of Ramadan fasting in competitive sports and adaptation pathway of the athletes. The study describes how the socio-cultural context acts as the social "panopticon" and explains the adaptation pathways among Muslim archers. Foucauldian concept explains individual actions and behaviors within social and cultural settings, and adaptation pathways during Ramadan fasting. Eleven elite Malaysian Muslim archers participated in an open ended interview to identify individual experiences of competing in high level sports while engaging in Ramadan fasting. Relevant quotes were extracted to identify means and methods leading to a pathway toward adaptation. The inductively identified pathway viz. understanding of the context, control and adjustment, willpower and self enhancement, belonging and gravitating, trust and support culminates in the dimension of adaptation. The study highlights how cultural and societal influences have a bearing on actions, behaviors, and decisions of competitive athletes.

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“…Disciplinary power manages bodies and controls and contains individual's actions. Several authors have delineated how Foucault's theory of discipline may be relevant to an analysis of sport and physical activity (Andrews 1993;Cole 1993;Heikkala 1993;Rail and Harvey 1995;Cole et al 2004). Other authors have taken up Foucault's disciplinary concepts to analyze particular sports and physical activities (e.g., Shogan 1999; Markula and Pringle 2006;Chapman 1997;Foster 2003;King 1993;Markula 1995).…”

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Are We Having Fun Yet?

Gracey

2011

ethno

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This paper examines children’s adult-organized recreational sport through the lens of Foucauldian disciplinary technologies. Despite decades of effort and changes to children’s sport, there is still difficulty in meeting the needs of many of the participants. This article argues that it is time to seriously reconsider the dominating role that adults occupy in children’s sport and that we need to find ways to give more of the control of sport to the participants.

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Michel Foucault: Studies of Power and Sport

Cited by 43 publications

References 9 publications

From Foucault to Latour: Gymnastics Training as a Socio-Technical Network

From Foucault to Latour: Gymnastics Training as a Socio-Technical Network

Ramadan Fasting and Competitive Sports: Psychological Adaptation within Socio-cultural Context

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