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Thursday, November 2 • 11:00 - 12:00
Session 2G: Race, Class, Neoliberalism, and Elite Interscholastic and Youth Sport I

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Organizer & Presider: Joseph N. Cooper, University of Connecticut

It’s Not “What Can I Do for My Team?” It’s “What Can My Team Do for Me?”
Jen B. Ciaccio, Temple University
Kat Longshore, Lafayette College
Erica Tibbetts, Smith College

The Trickle Down: Neoliberalism and "Diversity" in Rebuilding Schools
Scott Brooks, Arizona State University
Matthew Knudtson, University of Missouri
Isais Smith, University of Missouri
Stephane Andrade, Yale University

The Perfect Game: Corporate Influence on Privatized Youth Baseball
Max Klein, University of Connecticut
Charles Macaulay, University of Connecticut
Joseph N. Cooper, University of Connecticut

Moderators
JC

Joseph Cooper

Resistance Beyond Activism: A Critical Analysis of Black Ontology Through Sport in the United States, University of Connecticut
Dating back to the late nineteenth century, Blacks in the United States (U.S.) have utilized sport as a space to challenge dominant racial ideologies and oppressive conditions associated with colonization and capitalism. Acts of resistance ranged from creating separate sport leagues... Read More →

Speakers
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JC
MK

Max Klein

A critical exploration of capitalist colonization through international sport league-player extractions, University of Connecticut
On February 16, 2019, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and International Basketball Federation (FIBA) announced their plans to bring a professional league to Africa scheduled to begin 2020. The league, entitled the Basketball Africa League (BAL), plans to include a total... Read More →
MK
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Kat Longshore

Lafayette College
Music as a form of Athlete Identity Expression: A Pilot StudyMusic is a well-known and utilized athletic performance aid, most notably, music is used for arousal control (pump-up or calm-down), mood-regulation, concentration or dissociation, movement coordination, mood-regulation... Read More →
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Artists
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Mary Louise Adams

Sport facilities vs the environment: Struggles over greenspace in a small city, Queen's University
This paper analyses a conflict between sport facilities and the environment in the planning process for a large piece of ‘natural’ waterfront land in a working-class neighbourhood in a small Canadian city. Debates over the development of the site as parkland bring to light the... Read More →

Thursday November 2, 2017 11:00 - 12:00 CDT
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