IAPS Newsletter
The Official Newsletter of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport
October 2006
IAPS NewsletterThe Official Newsletter of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport October 2006 |
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Editor’s Note: Please read and respond to the following:
Greetings everyone. At the conclusion of my first year in office, I am happy to report on our vibrant and growing organization. The main evidence for this was the excellent annual conference staged in Niagara Falls, Canada by Danny Rosenberg and his team from Brock University. Meanwhile, the call for papers for next year’s conference in Slovenia has just come out and bids for the 2008 conference are due December 1st. Details on all of this can be found elsewhere in the newsletter.
The annual conference also marks transitions in leadership. I’d like to thank outgoing officers Danny Rosenberg, Nick Dixon, Jim Parry, Mike McNamee, and Dennis Hemphill for their service. Heather Sheridan continues for a second term as Secretary Treasurer, while Alun Hardman takes over as Conference Chair, John Russell as Editor of JPS, and Nao Masumoto and Cesar Torres as new Members at Large on the Executive Committee. Charlene Weaving comes on to the Honors, Awards, and Future Sites Committee. Dedicated officers are the heart of any organization and I encourage everyone to consider serving. Next year terms are up for the President, two Members at Large, Newsletter Editor, and one member of HAFS.
One of the goals of my presidency is to increase communication with related organizations around the world. At Niagara, we decided to form a subcommittee of members who might liaise with regional and national organizations. We will be gathering basic information about these organizations and their activities and publicizing it through our newsletter and website. We ask all members to contribute to this effort as far as they can. We are also making an effort to reach out to larger organizations in philosophy and in sport sciences. IAPS will hold sessions at the Eastern and Central division meetings of the American Philosophical Association, and we are planning to participate in the upcoming World Congress of Philosophy in Korea and pre-Olympic meeting of ICCSPE in China. An informational brochure on IAPS is in the final stages of production to be distributed at such meetings.
In order to fulfill our purpose as a worldwide resource for scholarly activity in the philosophy of sport, we need an international membership willing to participate actively. I hope that members come to see themselves as conduits for communication among scholars in different fields and in different regions of the world. We are all ambassadors for the philosophy of sport, and if we play this role well, our field of study will grow and thrive.
Minutes of IAPS General Business Meeting, September, 2006
Minutes of IAPS Executive Board Meeting, September, 2006
The due date for our 2006/6 subscription was 1st October 2006 – 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.
It is normally appropriate to introduce oneself as a newly elected office holder – in this case as incoming editor of the JPS – by thanking the electorate. And I am indeed thankful to the IAPS membership for its support. I am very much looking forward to fulfilling this role and to working to maintain and improve the journal. But since my formal appointment at the IAPS annual meeting in Niagara Falls, I confess to being beset by a disturbing recollection. I remember now quite vividly, if a bit late, a conversation early in my career with a noted philosopher who opined, with apparently avuncular intent, that “there is a special circle of hell reserved for editors.” If this is so, my thanks and enthusiasm may be misplaced. But I hope not. As I recall, my mentor left it vague whether all editors end up spending eternity in the underworld – or just ones that are specially deserving. As there is now no point in seeking further clarification, I shall simply presume that it is possible to endeavour, to the best of my ability, to deserve a better fate.
In this respect, I owe (as we all do) much thanks to my predecessor Nicholas Dixon. I have a good model to follow. Nick not only stewarded some of the finest years of the JPS, he also put together many of the administrative nuts and bolts of the on-line system of review that we now use to review JPS submissions. I am the current beneficiary of this effort, and I can see that it will also make it possible for future editors of the JPS to spend more of their time actually doing the work of the journal rather than being caught up in administration. Thanks Nick for a job superbly done. Nick has generously offered to stay on the JPS editorial board, and we will all look forward to his continuing contributions there.
Introductions and thanks aside, I have a number of brief items to report:
(1) The October 2006 issue of JPS has been published (Volume 33, Issue 2). You can find the current table of contents at: http://www.humankinetics.com/jps/currentIssue.cfm. This issue contains a special Symposium on Olympic Philosophy guest edited by Heather Reid.
(2) The October 2007 issue of JPS will feature a special section on Children and Sport. Philosophical discussions of children and sport are markedly lacking in the vast scholarly and popular literature on children’s involvement sport. I am hoping that this special section will start to open up philosophical dialogue in this area.
(3) To this end, Angela Schneider, Gabriela Tymowski, and I are convening a conference “Children and Sport: Philosophical Dimensions” at the University of Western Ontario in London Ontario from May 31st-June 2nd. We hope to draw several articles from this conference for publication in the October 2007 JPS issue. A call for papers will be circulated shortly. Authors who wish their papers considered for publication in the special JPS section on children and sport should prepare to submit their full articles no later than April 30, 2007 (the earlier the better, of course).
(4) I have asked for the advice of the JPS editorial board for special issues and topics. IAPS members should feel also free to send to me such suggestions – and any other ideas or advice about improving the journal. Email: jrussell@langara.bc.ca or jsrussell@shaw.ca.
(5) Finally, I report that Nick Dixon completed negotiations in July with Human Kinetics to continue publication of the JPS for another 5 years. As part of the agreement, Human Kinetics has agreed to put on-line the entire catalogue of the JPS, minus a few early years when HK did not publish the journal. IAPS members will have access to this on-line catalogue within two years as a feature of their subscription and membership.
(6) We are also working to have on-line access to the JPS volumes that were not published by Human Kinetics. Heather Reid and I currently have plans to see if we can arrange separate on-line access to these issues. I will provide updates in future newsletters of progress toward putting the full JPS catalogue on-line.
The 34th annual meeting of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport (IAPS) hosted by the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences of Brock University was one of the largest gatherings on record and was enjoyed by all. The conference took place between September 14 and 17 at the Doubletree Resort Lodge in Niagara Falls, Canada and attracted about 75 registered delegates and participants from about a dozen countries. Those at the conference spoke highly of the conference program, site, food, and scenery and attractions in and around Niagara Falls. They also preferred the new online registration and payment system which we will try to provide for future meetings.
Welcome remarks were delivered by Terry Boak, Provost and Vice-President, Academic of Brock University and John Corlett, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences who has two papers published in the JPS. Corlett opened his brief address by saying, “Collectively speaking, you’re a pain in the ass!” He then went on to praise the members of IAPS for the important work they do in questioning the presuppositions of sport and for thinking critically about ethical issues in sport.
The conference featured two Warren P. Fraleigh Distinguished Scholar Lectures. The first talk was delivered by Scott Kretchmar who examined the bio-psychological roots of play as a “primordial distraction.” He then critiqued positive normative judgments about play and argued that games provide superior forms of human activity toward the life most worth living. The second lecture was given by Bob Simon whose address took place at the conference banquet attended by close to 100 people. He spoke about the role of luck in sport and whether some athletes deserve to be lucky. He argued that sometimes athletic skills and abilities create conditions for luck to strike, and that the natural lottery of talents does not always rule out desert or merit in athletic contests.
In addition to these two outstanding lectures, other scholars delivered papers on the role of sport in higher education, sport and religion, sport and friendship, the meaning of competition, dangerous and extreme sports, ancient sport philosophy, the nature of play, ethical issues in children’s sport and among sports fans, drug use in sport, gender and sport, sport and citizenship, cybersport, sport and aesthetics, phenomenological analyses of sport, autonomy and prudent athletic lifestyles, sport and technology, and violence in boxing and hockey. Not only did registered delegates attend the conference, but about 180 fourth-year Brock students enrolled in a sport ethics class participated in the conference to fulfill a course requirement. Students found the international meeting very interesting and appreciated the range and scope of topics that were addressed.
I thank members of the Executive Council, Program Committee and Site Organizing Committee, and especially our student volunteers, Emily Allan, Milaina Lagzdins, Lorenzo Love, and Dave McEwen, for their support and dedication to this year’s conference. It was a pleasure serving the membership these past two years as Conference Chair and I want to wish Alun Hardmun, the current Chair, and Milan Hosta, the Site Organizing Chair, much success as they prepare for the 2007 conference in Portorož, Slovenija at the University of Ljubljana.
Click Here: Call for Papers - IAPS, Slovenia 2007, Portorož, Slovenija, September 19th and 22nd, 2007.
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/
IAPS website
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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
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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
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A small handling charge has been added on to each payment. These charges are
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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
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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
Apologies to Bob Osterhoudt: He asked that this be placed in the October, Newsletter, and I dropped the ball.
Sport as a Form of Human Fulfillment: An Organic Philosophy of Sport History, is 837 pages in full length, has been published in two volumes by Trafford Publishing Company, Suite 6E, 2333 Government Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8T 4P4, and costs far more than Bob had hoped ($58.95). Its brief characterization reads: "Sport has been among the most enduring forms of human endeavor. This organic interpretation of its nature and development argues that sport inherently serves the most engaging of purposes, authentically human fulfillment itself." A larger characterization of it, its Contents, and ordering instructions for it may be found at www.trafford.com.
December 15-17, 2006, New Delhi, India. Theme is: Philosophy in the Emerging Age of Global Society.
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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
Mike Austin is putting out call for papers on Football and Philosophy, to be published in 2007. Click Here
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: John Russell, Canada, Jsrussell@shaw.ca Conference Chair: Alun Hardman, ahardman@uwic.ac.uk Elections Chair: Terrence Roberts, Australia, Terence.Roberts@vu.edu.au Members at Large: Naofumi Masumoto, Japan, Ivo Jirasek, Czech Republic, jirasek@ftknw.upol.cz Carwyn Jones, Great Britain, crjones@uwic.ac.uk Cesar Torres, USA, crtorres@brockport.edu Webmaster: Andy Miah, UK, email@andymiah.net Newsletter Editor: Sharon Kay Stoll, USA, sstoll@uidaho.edu |