Sled Dog Racing: The Celebration of Co-operation in a Competitive Sport

Kemp, Sharon F.

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“…Indeed, this proposed link among liminality, communitas, and social impact builds on Turner's (1969) seminal work on anthropology and has been observed in other sport events (Green & Chalip, 1998;Kemp, 1999). Therefore, to achieve model parsimony, our conceptual framework builds on the assumption that the relationship among the three concepts holds in the context of the FESJC, and focuses on understanding how social camaraderie, which Chalip (2006) proposed as a key source of liminality, is directly associated with the perceived social impact of the event.…”

Section: Determinants Of Perceived Social Impactmentioning

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Determinants and Consequences of the Perceived Social Impact of a Sport Event

Inoue

Havard

2014

Journal of Sport Management

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This study investigates the determinants and consequences of the perceived social impact of a sport event by analyzing data obtained from 458 local attendees of the 2012 FedEx St. Jude Classic. Results show that a sport event generates a higher level of social impact for local attendees if they feel a greater sense of social camaraderie at the event and/or perceive a higher level of the social responsibility of the event. In turn, the creation of social impact leads to greater business returns, such that local attendees perceiving a high level of social impact are likely to support the event and its sponsors. These results offer some empirical evidence for Chalip's (2006) framework of social leverage, and show why events and their sponsors need to make efforts to generate social benefits for host communities.

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Section: Determinants Of Perceived Social Impactmentioning

confidence: 90%

Determinants and Consequences of the Perceived Social Impact of a Sport Event

Inoue

Havard

2014

Journal of Sport Management

101

110

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“…Although this race embodies mainstream American values of individualism and competition, it is constructed in such a way that outside roles and statuses connected with class and gender in larger society are not operative and are leveled so that an alternative moral order emerges that subordinates competitiveness to a celebration of cooperation (Kemp, 1999). As such, this event encompasses manifestations of competitive individualism and cooperation, hence, resolving the existential issue concerning the relationship of the individual to society.…”

Section: Event Dramaturgy and Social Ordermentioning

confidence: 99%

Fostering the social utility of events: an integrative framework for the strategic use of events in community development

Ziakas

2013

Current Issues in Tourism

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Although the use of planned events for achieving community development has received academic attention from different disciplines, the findings of these literatures are not systematically used towards developing a common understanding aimed at fostering their social utility. The challenge then is to study from an integrated inter-disciplinary perspective how the social value of events can be fostered and leveraged for community development. In addressing this challenge, the purpose of this conceptual paper is to shed light on the multi-layered processes that foster the social utility of events. To this end, the theoretical tenets of social leverage, event dramaturgy and social capital are employed and integrated. On this basis, a conceptual framework linking event processes and outcomes is proposed aimed to guide future inter-disciplinary research towards strategically incorporating events in community development. This line of research can eventually help create synergies between different event genres and implement joint social leveraging strategies, hence, fostering and magnifying their overall social utility for host communities.

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“…It has been shown in the literature that events have the capacity to strengthen social networks (Kemp, 1999;Walter, 1981) and the social capital of host communities (Arcodia & Whitford, 2006;Misener & Mason, 2006) and build group and place identity (De Bres & Davis, 2001;Derrett, 2003;Green & Chalip, 1998). These social benefits derive from liminality, which is engendered within the time and space of events, wherein communitas can be produced by the suspension of social conventions and barriers that bring people together as equals (Turner, 1974).…”

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A Multidimensional Investigation of a Regional Event Portfolio: Advancing Theory and Praxis

Ziakas¹

2013

Event Management

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Event portfolios have remained a neglected area of study as the different event types have been studied predominantly as single events, separately from each other and with a focus on large-scale events. In addressing this omission this study investigates a regional event portfolio in Fort Stockton, Texas by employing qualitative methods, including participant observation in a sample of six events, seven semi-structured interviews with event organizers and analysis of events' archival documents. A dramatological perspective viewing events as dramatic stories that express versions of a community's social order was the conceptual framework that guided the analysis of events to examine their innate interrelationships. Results show that the event portfolio amalgamates sport and cultural performances and creates a symbolic social context, hence allowing the expression of different aspects of community life. The paper discusses how the interrelationships among different events engender and maintain complementarities that facilitate event implementations. It is concluded that events are interrelated both conceptually and functionally. Thematic continuities among events in the portfolio reconfirm the metaphoric messages, with each event reinforcing the claims of the others. Events are functionally interrelated by sharing common resources and elements, generating complementary markets and transferring practical know-how. This helps mobilize community resources and facilitates the synchronized use of events for achieving multiple purposes. Based on the theoretical and practical implications of the study, a multi-dimensional model is proposed that integrates the contextual, operational and socio-cultural dimensions of event portfolios and can guide further investigation in the management and policy research of event portfolios.

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Sled Dog Racing: The Celebration of Co-operation in a Competitive Sport

Cited by 29 publications

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Determinants and Consequences of the Perceived Social Impact of a Sport Event

Determinants and Consequences of the Perceived Social Impact of a Sport Event

Fostering the social utility of events: an integrative framework for the strategic use of events in community development

A Multidimensional Investigation of a Regional Event Portfolio: Advancing Theory and Praxis

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