New HART articles on performance swimming

It’s always uplifting to welcome in a New Year with new publications, and we are delighted to see published two articles on the sociology of performance swimming, led by HART Associate Member and former doctoral researcher, Dr Gareth McNarry. These Continue reading New HART articles on performance swimming

Thermal Objects Conference Hamburg

HART Associate member, Dr John Hockey of the University of Gloucestershire, recently gave an invited presentation at a conference sponsored by the University of Hamburg, Germany.  The conference ‘Thermal Objects: Theorising Temperatures and the Social’, brought together a selection of Continue reading Thermal Objects Conference Hamburg

‘Heat is on’ in sport & physical cultures

An interdisciplinary and multi-institutional team of researchers is undertaking a sociological-phenomenological study of sporting embodiment and the senses in a range of physical cultures, including boxing, mixed martial arts, traditionalist Chinese martial arts, and distance running. The team comprises Prof Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson, Continue reading ‘Heat is on’ in sport & physical cultures