In this inaugural episode of Transforming Sport, Sean Heath speaks with Sport and Leisure Cultures research group members, Dr. Thomas Carter, Dr. Dan Burdsey, and Dr. Mark Doidge about the broad field of social science research into sport. Drawing from their collectively edited book Transforming Sport: Knowledges, Practices, Structures our discussion centred around why sport matters and what transforming sport means in today’s volatile world. If we are the type of games we play, then we need to be looking at sport as a social catalyst while peeling back the veneer of sport as “inherently good” and looking at the social injustices that sport hides.

Thomas Carter

On Running and Becoming Human: An Anthropological Perspective

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Daniel Burdsey

Racism and English Football: For Club and Country

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Mark Doidge

Ultras: European Football Fandom in the Twenty First Century

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