IAPS Newsletter
The Official Newsletter of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport
July 2006
IAPS NewsletterThe Official Newsletter of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport July 2006 |
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Editor’s Note: Please read and respond to the following:
IAPS 2006- Program and list of abstracts
Hello Everyone, I am writing from the
Italian Alps, where I am in the middle of a bicycle tour, so I'll have to
make my message brief. First of all, I want to remind everyone to vote in
the current IAPS elections. Voting is done easily by email and it is
important for the health of our organization.
We are all looking forward to the next IAPS conference in Canada and the
program is shaping up nicely. The conference will also be the site of our
annual business meeting, so please participate in that and forward any
issues you'd like discussed there. Looking farther ahead, we have set the
program for our session at the large Eastern American Philosophical
Association meeting between Christmas and New Year's in Washington D.C.
Opportunities to present or organize panels at other APA meetings will be
forthcoming. I hope to see you all at Niagara Falls!
The due date for our 2005/6 subscription was 1st October 2005 – long since past. I will very shortly be putting together a list of members in good standing to send to Human Kinetics who will be sending out the April 2006 issue of the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. If you are not a member in good standing I will not be able to include you on the list. The membership renewal form is on the website www.iaps.net. Please use it. It’s quick and painless - there is no easier way to pay!
If you’re not sure whether you’re a member in good standing please email me and I’ll check my records.
From time to time I circulate news about the association, conferences, seminars, events, research, vacancies, and so on. I have an up to date email list of all IAPS members so if any of you have any news or information you would like circulated, please email it to me and I will pass it on.
Volume 33:2 is scheduled to be published on time in October. It will contain Jan Boxill's Presidential Address, an article that applies theories of jurisprudence to the so-called "umpire's dilemma" in cricket, and a symposium on Olympic philosophy guest edited by Heather Reid. As indicated by the diversity of the authors' nationalities, the topic of the Olympic Games is especially appropriate for an international journal like JPS. Below find the topics.
Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, Volume 33, Issue 2 (October 2006)
IAPS Presidential Address - Jan Boxill, "Football and Feminism"
Article: Patrick Lenta and Simon Beck, "A Sporting Dilemma and its Jurisprudence"
Symposium on Olympic Philosophy, Guest Editor, Heather Reid
Sigmund Loland, "Olympic sport and the ideal of a sustainable development", Lamartine DaCosta, "A Never Ending Story: the Philosophical Controversy over Olympism", Mike McNamee, " Olympism. Eurocentricity and Transcultural Virtues", Jim Parry, "Sport and Olympism; Universals and Multiculturalism", Heather Reid, "Olympic Sport and Its Lessons for Peace"
Book Reviews - Claudio Tamburrini and Torbjorn Tannsjo (ed.), Genetic Technology and Sport, reviewed by William J. Morgan. And Mike McNamee (ed.), Philosophy and the Sciences of Exercise, Health and Sport: Critical Perspectives on Research Methods, reviewed by Carwyn Jones
The vast majority of authors who submit papers to JPS now do so through its web site at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hk_jps, which permits a faster, more efficient review process. I urge you all to use this convenient method to submit your work.
This will be my last editor's update for the IAPS newsletter, since I will be stepping down as editor after the upcoming IAPS meeting at Niagara Falls. The last four years have been a very positive experience for me. I've learned a lot about the good work that is being done in a wide variety of areas of the philosophy of sport. At the same time, I'm looking forward to the opportunity to devote more energy to my own writing and to spending as much time as possible with our daughter and twin boys in the two years before all of them are in school full-time!
A journal is only as good as its contributors, and I'm grateful to all the authors who have been brave enough to submit their work for peer review. I know from my own painful experience in submitting papers to other journals that it's no fun to receive critical comments on our own work. In this regard, we are fortunate at JPS to have a hardworking group of referees dedicated to providing constructive feedback to help authors improve papers. I extend an especially big "thank you," therefore, to the members of the editorial review board for their fine, unpaid work over the last four years. Conscientious referees greatly improve the quality of published articles by their thoughtful and thorough comments and they deserve more professional recognition than they currently receive.
John Russell of Langara College, British Columbia, Canada, has been nominated by the IAPS executive to take over as editor. Many of you are familiar with the excellent articles that he has published in JPS. Less well known is the first-rate work he has done (under the name "anonymous referee!") as a member of the editorial review board. If, as I hope and expect, his appointment is supported by the IAPS membership in the upcoming election, we can be confident that JPS is passing into safe hands. I have observed first hand his comprehensive grasp of the philosophy of sport literature, his good judgment, and his fairness.
The International Association for the Philosophy of Sport invites the submission of papers to be considered for presentation at the 2006 APA Eastern Division Meeting. Papers are welcome on any area of philosophy of sport, including metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics and ethics, and from any theoretical approach, including analytic philosophy and critical theory. Presenters must be members of APA and pay regular conference registration fees. For more information on IAPS, go to http://www.iaps.net/
Papers should be no more than 15 pages in length, 30 minutes reading time, accompanied by abstracts 300-500 words long. Full papers with abstracts must be received by April 30, 2006. The preferred mode of submission is by e-mail to reid@morningside.edu. Only those contributors who do not have access to e-mail should send a hard copy to: Heather Reid, Philosophy Department, Morningside College, 1501 Morningside Ave., Sioux City, IA 51103 USA, FAX: 712-274-5101
Papers will be reviewed by a program committee of three peers in IAPS. Contributors will be notified about the acceptance or rejection of their papers by May 31, 2006.
IAPS website
www.iaps.net has been
updated to provide members with the option of paying membership fees online.
Membership fees are due on October 1 of each year. Please renew your membership.
Go to the membership page and click on the link to the online secure payment
page. The fee for each membership category is listed in UK Sterling, US
Dollars, and Japanese Yen. The site currently trades only in Pounds
Sterling. This means that when you make your payment the amount will only be
shown in Sterling. Your bank statement should show the amount debited from
your account in the currency your bank account operates in.
A small handling charge has been added on to each payment. These charges are
unavoidable. They go to World Pay for handling the transaction. It is a
flat rate for paying by debit card. The credit card charge depends on the
membership category fee.
When you hit 'Make Payment' you should receive immediate confirmation of the
transaction by email: the amount, type of membership, etc. At the same time, IAPS
secretary Heather Sheridan and I will receive a similar email (but not your
credit or debit card details) so that membership records can be updated..
If you do experience any difficulties, spot any peculiarities, have any
questions or ideas for improvement, please email Heather at hsheridan@glos.ac.uk
Finally, please note that if you do not want to renew your membership online
then the option remains to continue paying with the old method by check.
Full instructions are on the website
2006 IAPS CONFERENCE IN NIAGARA FALLS
WILL ELECTRIFY PARTICIPANTS
The 2006 IAPS conference in Niagara Falls, Canada is shaping up to be a
spectacular venue. The conference will be hosted by the Faculty of Applied
Health Sciences, Brock University from nearby St. Catharines, Ontario between
September 14 and 17. It will be held at the Doubletree Resort Lodge and Spa
Fallsview, a Hilton hotel affiliate, which recently received an award from the
Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) as a top-rated four-star hotel. The
academic program will feature 65 paper presentations from scholars
representing 12 countries, three panel sessions, and two Warren P. Fraleigh
Distinguished Scholar Lectures. One will be delivered by Scott Kretchmar of
Penn State University on Thursday afternoon, September 14 and the other by
Robert Simon of Hamilton College on Saturday evening, September 16.
In addition to the scholarly program, I encourage all participants to take
advantage of the many exciting activities and excursions in and around Niagara
Falls. Not only can you view the falls from above but there are organized
walks below and behind the falls, as well as boat rides in the gorge at the
base of the falls. If you're feeling lucky you can try your hand at the gaming
tables and slots at one of two world-class casinos that are open 24-hours a
day. The casinos are just a short walk from the Doubletree. Your trip to
Niagara Falls would not be complete without visiting one of the famous
attractions on Clifton Hill, a hotspot in the city. There are a number of
dinner theatre locations, many restaurants, clubs and bars, and other
entertainment sites in Niagara Falls that you shouldn't miss. If you're
willing to venture outside the city, you can visit several wineries in the
region and sample some of the best wines in Canada, including our famous
icewines. For history buffs, the Niagara region has many historical sites like
battlefields, a garrison fort, and several famous houses that date back to the
War of 1812. For the golfers among you, there are about 30 courses in the
Niagara region to choose from. Along the Niagara Parkway heading north from
Niagara Falls there are parks, bike and walking trails, and you can take a
shuttle bus to the quaint town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, which is home to the
famous Shaw Festival theatre. These are just some of the activities, sites and
attractions in the area. Please visit
www.niagarafallstourism.com for more information.
I would like to remind all participants to go to the conference webpage by
following the links at
www.iaps.net At
the conference webpage, you
will find the registration form, the secure online payment system, and the
accommodation request form. Please complete each of the forms and process your
registration fee online. REMINDER: Early Registration Deadline is July 31,
2006. After this date registration fees will increase. Also, we are
receiving a special group rate from the Doubletree Resort Lodge by
guaranteeing the hotel a set number of rooms. Please make your reservation by
completing the online form and submitting it directly to the Doubletree to
ensure we receive this special group rate. Shuttle bus information from
Toronto and Buffalo airports may be accessed by going to:
www.niagaraairbus.com Finally, look for the conference program and list of
abstracts that will be posted on the conference webpage.
On behalf of the Conference Program Committee and the Site Organizing
Committee, we look forward to seeing you in Niagara Falls in September.
Mike McNamee is delighted to share with you the news that, starting from next year, the first new journal in the field for nearly 35 years will be launched with myself as Editor. It will be the official journal of the British Philosophy of Sport Association. http://www.britishphilosophyofsport.paisley.ac.uk/events.html
Members of the Association will receive the journal free of charge as part of the Membership http://www.britishphilosophyofsport.paisley.ac.uk/membership.html .
It is launched on the back of the very successful Ethics and Sports series that many of you have contributed to http://www.routledge.com/Sport/series_list.asp?series=1 .
It will be called Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. It will be published by Routledge. I hope in time it will come to hold the same standing as the Journal of Philosophy of Sport but this will take time - and fine scholarly contributions from those in the field to achieve this goal. The aim of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy is to provide an international forum for the discussion and promotion of conceptual and normative issues concerning the nature, purposes and values of sports. Consistent with the aims of the Journal, a self-consciously broad conception both of ethics and of philosophy will be assumed and fostered by the Editor and the International Editorial Board many of whom are familiar to you (such as David Carr, Anna Hogenova, Jan Boxill, Junko Yamaguchi, Lev Kreft, Scott Kretchmar, Sigmund Loland, Bill Morgan, Jim Parry and Stephen Mumford) .
Click here for more information on Submission Criteria
It is not the intention of the journal to publish a narrow field of philosophical or moral interest. Rather, ethics will be taken in its broadest sense to refer to those matters that make our lives go well, as opposed to the narrower scope of obligations that are typical of the dominant modern moral philosophies of deontology and utilitarianism. Moreover, in an attempt to recognise the range of sources that might inform our understanding of sports and related practices (such as dance, and other body/movement cultures), the journal will welcome in addition to philosophical submissions, theoretically inclined scholarship in the humanities and social sciences (from cultural studies, history, sociology, psychology) where the borders between these disciplines and philosophy are somewhat blurred. The flyer below gives some relevant details. Please feel free to discuss with me any issues you wish to raise with the new me in respect of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. The first two special issues have already been designated but I am open to solicitations with respect to 2008 onwards from scholars who propose either edited collections of single authored monographs in the field.
For more information: m.j.mcnamee@swansea.ac.uk
December 15-17, 2006, New Delhi, India. Theme is: Philosophy in the Emerging Age of Global Society.
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2006 -
Dimensions of Performance Symposium,
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A Symposium organized by the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE/CIEPSS, www.icsspe.org) and the ISTAF (www.istaf.de) ICSSPE : For information on the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education go to:icsspe@icsspe.org
About IAPSEstablished in 1972 as the Philosophic Society for the Study of Sport with its name changed in 1999. The purpose of the organization is to stimulate, encourage, and promote study, research, and writing in the philosophy of sporting (and related) activity; to demonstrate the relevance of philosophic thought concerning sport to matters of professional concern; to organize and conduct meetings concerning the philosophy of sport; to issue publications concerning the philosophy of sport; to support and to cooperate with local, national, and international organizations of similar purpose; to affiliate with national and international organizations of similar purpose; and to engender national, regional, and continental affiliates devoted to the philosophic study of sport. Executive Board: International Association of Philosophy of Sport President: l, USA, Heather Reid, USA, reid@mustang.morningside.edu Secretary Treasurer: Heather Sheridan, Great Britain, hsheridan@chelt.ac.ul Journal Editor: Nicholas Dixon, USA, dixon@alma.edu Conference Chair: Danny Rosenberg, danny.rosenberg@brocku.ca Elections Chair: Terrence Roberts, Australia, Terence.Roberts@vu.edu.au Members at Large: Carwyn Jones, UK, crjones@uwic.ac.uk Ivo Jirasek, Czech Republic, jirasek@ftknw.upol.cz Mike McNamee; UK, M.J.McNamee@swansea.ac.uk Dennis Hemphill: Australia, Dennis.Hemphill@vu.edu.au Webmaster: Andy Miah, UK, email@andymiah.net Newsletter Editor: Sharon Kay Stoll, USA, sstoll@uidaho.edu |