Sport and Neoliberalism: An Affective‐Ideological Articulation

Andrews, David L.; Silk, Michael

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“…Our point is not to suggest this film in and of itself is a site for the expressive re-enactment of normalized, highly politicized, affective investments that normalizes the affective-ideological presumptions of the prevailing neoliberal consensus. However, as part of a wider logic of Paralympic spectacle, we point to how popular Paralympic spectacle, and sport more generally (see Andrews and Silk 2018), has been co-opted by hegemonic political formations so as to normalize an ableist, and supposedly inclusive, neoliberal disability body politic. In this regard, celebrated and spectacularised ablenational parasport bodies act as seductive agents of neoliberal micro-governance which idealize particular ways of being in the world, while demonizing others (Andrews and Silk 2018).…”

Section: The Debilitated Disabledmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…However, as part of a wider logic of Paralympic spectacle, we point to how popular Paralympic spectacle, and sport more generally (see Andrews and Silk 2018), has been co-opted by hegemonic political formations so as to normalize an ableist, and supposedly inclusive, neoliberal disability body politic. In this regard, celebrated and spectacularised ablenational parasport bodies act as seductive agents of neoliberal micro-governance which idealize particular ways of being in the world, while demonizing others (Andrews and Silk 2018). As with Whitehead, we do not suggest that one short promotional film-this one centred on Ellie Simmonds, the UK 'poster girl' of Like Whitehead, Simmonds is an exceptional athlete, whose sport (along with track and field athletics) tends to dominate Paralympic coverage.…”

Section: The Debilitated Disabledmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Gender, technology and the ablenational Paralympic body politic

Pullen

Silk

2019

Cultural Studies

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The Paralympic games is a pedagogic pervasive, political, powerful, and 'popular' cultural site where the heightened visibility of disability bring into being specific forms of disability as they articulate within cultures, institutions and practices. Regarded as a 'positive charge' by Stuart Hall, the Paralympics intends to challenge the devalued disabled body politic of typical disability representation. This has been stimulated by the entry of Channel 4 as the UK Paralympic rights holders in 2012 which has seen greater media coverage of certain technologically enhanced cyborgian parasport bodies and an emerging celebrity / sexualised disability culture. This contemporary moment in disability representation provides a compelling space in which to (re-)address the gendered nature of hyper-visible Parasport hybrids, their potential to disrupt 'normative' relations of power, and, the wider impact on disability politics in a neoliberalised culture of widening and affective circuits of bodily inclusion and control. Drawing on an integrated content and textual analysis of 90 hours of Paralympic programming from the Rio 2016 Games we highlight two emblematic segments so as to enhance our appreciation of contemporary disabled politics as it intersects with gender, technology and nation. We analyse these emblematic segments at the intersection of critical disability studies, cultural studies and sport, using Mitchell and Snyder's (2015) concept of ablenationalism to highlight the extent certain technological capacitated parasport bodies perform gendered representational work as part of the seductive apparatus of neoliberal micro-governance suggestive of an emerging ecology of disability-gender relations. In doing so, we highlight the Paralympic contradictions and interrogate the assumed 'positive charge' of the contemporary (re-)presentation of disability.

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Section: The Debilitated Disabledmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: The Debilitated Disabledmentioning

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Gender, technology and the ablenational Paralympic body politic

Pullen

Silk

2019

Cultural Studies

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“…Certainly, critical commentary surrounding the 2008 global financial crisis (Clarke & Newman, 2012) (see also Lowndes & Gardner, 2016;Rossi & Jeanes, 2018) would indicate that austerity is more political, than economic, in its application. As such, it has been suggested that the implementation of austerity policies (in particular in the Global West) has provided a convenient juncture through which to further extend the proliferation of neoliberal ideology that has dominated political and economic practice in recent decades (Andrews & Silk, 2018;Rossi & Jeanes, 2018). Indeed, literature suggests that rather than being a necessary response to the global economic crisis, the implementation of an austerity agenda in the UK was indicative of a neoliberal shock doctrine designed to contribute to the further destruction of public services, and further reduce the role of the state (Atkinson, 2015;Levitas, 2012).…”

Section: Austerity Neoliberalism and Community Sportmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A focus on outcomes and target setting is just one example of the extent to which there has been an acceptance of governmentalisation, new public management, and neoliberal ideals within the sport sector (see, for example, Green, 2009;Grix, 2009Grix, , 2010Grix & Phillpots, 2011;Lindsey, 2009). Of course, as Andrews and Silk (2018) highlight, neoliberalism does not assert itself in a uniform or blanket manner. Indeed, neoliberalism is a concept that has proved difficult to define (Collier, 2012;Goldstein, 2012;Peck & Theodore, 2012;Wacquant, 2012), not least because of its divergences as a political or economic term (Peck & Theodore, 2012) or as a construct that is conceived as theoretically abstract or possessing an actual existence (Andrews & Silk, 2018;Collier, 2012;Goldstein, 2012).…”

Section: Austerity Neoliberalism and Community Sportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining the Impact of Austerity on Community Sport Development Workers and Their Professional Environment

Mori

Morgan

Parker

et al. 2021

Journal of Global Sport Management

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In recent years, austerity measures in the UK have placed increasing emphasis on third sector organisations to address gaps in Central Government provision. Reflecting upon community sport services during this period, this paper presents the findings of a qualitative study of the everyday working practices of a group of community sport development workers (CSDWs) in the South of England, outlining how they adopted innovative and entrepreneurial practices as a response to fiscal constraint. We argue that, amidst an intensification of neoliberalism and new public management, the UK community sport development sector has become increasingly fragmented which, in turn, has presented a series of challenges that militate against the (re)establishment of community-based ideals. The paper concludes that there is potential to apply these findings globally to nations where austerity policies have been the primary response to the financial crisis and/or where a similar approach to community sport development exists.

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“…Marrying philosophical and sociological perspectives, Walsh and Giulianotti (2007) explain that hypercommodification refers to the quantitative increase in the economic value of professional sports and leagues and their enclosure in all-encompassing marketised relations, as well as the intensifying commodification of secondary, ancillary, and nonplay aspects of sport. That media sport is a site for hypercommodification is widely understood because of its prominence in global consumer and media cultures, and its continuing interpenetration with neoliberal logics and “market-mediated” modes of life (Andrews & Silk, 2018; Giulianotti & Numerato, 2018; Wenner, 2014, p. 736).…”

Section: Mobile-led Hypercommodificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

MobileMedia Sport: The Case for Building a Mobile Media and Communications Research Agenda

Hutchins

2018

Communication & Sport

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Media sport researchers are frequently neglecting to analyse the rise, effects, and meanings of mobile media and communications. This situation is partly explained by the fact mobile media encompass practices, technologies, and markets that are grounded historically in the telecommunications and information technology industries, which sit apart from the broadcast (radio and television) and print (newspapers and magazines) media that dominated the transmission, circulation, and representation of professional sport for over a century. It is now time to build a research agenda dedicated to the study of mobile media and communications, especially given the proliferation of mobile digital computing and mobile Internet. Three reasons are presented in support of this argument. First, mobile media and telecommunications introduce stories into the history of media sport that need to be recognised if its contemporary features are to be properly contextualised and understood. Second, these stories are linked to an expanded range of meanings, technologies, and infrastructures captured by the term media that must now be accounted for. Third, mobile media reveal accelerating forms of hyper-commodification that are locking media sport into privately controlled market frameworks. A mobile research agenda also offers the potential for media sport scholarship to make a sustained contribution to the study of mediatisation processes, as well as mobile media and communications studies.

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Sport and Neoliberalism: An Affective‐Ideological Articulation

Cited by 38 publications

References 55 publications

Gender, technology and the ablenational Paralympic body politic

Gender, technology and the ablenational Paralympic body politic

Examining the Impact of Austerity on Community Sport Development Workers and Their Professional Environment

MobileMedia Sport: The Case for Building a Mobile Media and Communications Research Agenda

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