Understanding the Role of Playmakers in GAME: A Discourse Analysis of the Playmakers Discursive Construction of GAME: A Discourse Analysis of the Playmakers Discursive Construction of GAME
Translated title
Understanding the Role of Playmakers in GAME: A Discourse Analysis of the Playmakers Discursive Construction of GAME
Author
Marchesotti, Maria Martina
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2021
Submitted on
2021-05-28
Pages
50
Abstract
Idealet om 'sport for alle' bruges i Danmark ofte som løftestang for social forandring. Denne afhandling undersøger, hvem der får lov til at fastlægge, hvad 'sport' betyder, ved at se på spændingen mellem GAME, en dansk NGO, og formelle idrætsforeninger. Den analyserer, hvordan GAME’s diskurs—den måde organisationen taler om og rammesætter sit arbejde på—kommer til udtryk i ordene fra deres Playmakers (sådan benævnes rollen i GAME). Afhandlingen anvender Laclau og Mouffes diskursteori, som ser sprog som noget, der former social virkelighed, og bygger på en poststrukturalistisk antagelse om, at virkelighed erfares og konstrueres gennem kommunikation. Studiet viser, hvordan Playmakers’ beskrivelser af deres arbejde er med til at opbygge en bestemt forståelse af sport, og peger på både ligheder og forskelle i deres forståelser.
In Denmark, the ideal of 'sport for all' is often used to promote social change. This thesis examines who gets to define what 'sport' means by looking at the tension between GAME, a Danish NGO, and formal sports club associations. It analyzes how GAME’s discourse—how the organization talks about and frames its work—appears in the words of its Playmakers (the role as it is called within GAME). The study uses Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory, which sees language as shaping social reality, and takes a post-structuralist view that reality is experienced and constructed through communication. It shows how Playmakers’ descriptions of their work help build a particular understanding of sport, and it identifies both similarities and differences in their perspectives.
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