Transglobal Norwegian? Globalisation and the Contestation of Identities in Football

• Authors: Hans Hognestad

Title variants

PL

Ponadnarodowy Norweg? Globalizacja a kontestacja tożsamości w połce nożnej

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper discusses transformations of the fans’ affiliations in the era of football’s transnationalization and de-territorialization. Firstly, it shows that the traditions associated with local football clubs or national teams have been important elements in the symbolic construction of regional or national identities. Secondly, referring to the example of British and Norwegian fandom, it argues that these loyalties are being replaced by more complex, multiple identities. This is reflected in the transformation of football spectatorship, both in terms of matchday participation, as well as long term attachments to particular clubs and national teams.

PL

W artykule podejmowany jest problem przemian tożsamości kibiców piłki nożnej, które towarzyszą procesom transnacjonalizacji i deterytorializacji tej dyscypliny sportu. W pierwszym rzędzie ukazane zostaje, jaką rolę w kreowaniu regionalnych i narodowych identyfikacji pełnią lokalne kluby i drużyny narodowe w piłce nożnej. Po drugie, na przykładzie praktyk kibicowskich w Wielkiej Brytanii i Norwegii zrekonstruowany zostaje proces zastępowania lojalności o charakterze lokalnym czy narodowym przez bardziej złożone tożsamości. Znajduje to swe odzwierciedlenie w zmianie form kibicowania – zarówno na poziomie jednorazowego udziału w widowisku sportowym, jak i bardziej utrwalonego kibicowania i wspierania danej drużyny klubowej czy narodowej.

Keywords

EN

identity; football; glocalisation; transnationalism; globalization

PL

tożsamość; piłka nożna; glokalizacja; transnacjonalizacja; globalizacja

• Publisher: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe, Stowarzyszenie
• Journal: Przegląd Socjologiczny
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 62
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 129 - 146

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Hans Hognestad

• Telemark College University, Norway

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ISSN

0033-2356