Create Not an Event for Fans, But Fan’s Event: Managerial Aspects of Small-Scale Events

This paper argues the merits of hosting small-scale rather than large-scale sport tourism events. First, distinction between large-scale events and small-scale events will be drawn. Next, along with emphasizing potential markets for hosting small-scale sport tourism events, argument that there is a need for hosting those types of events will be introduced. Following provided arguments, the developmental issues surrounding sport tourism events will be discussed. Issues of commodification and authenticity will be explored in greater detail

TUL-seurojen muuttuvat tulkinnat: Seurantatutkimus Työväen Urheiluseurojen muuttuvista näkemyksistä

The main aim of the study is to investigate the current role and future perspectives of the sports clubs of the Finnish Workers Sport Federation (Suomen Työväen Urheiluliitto, TUL) by two online surveys made in 2005 and 2018. The response rates were 23 % and 25 % (n=257 & n=200) of the clubs. According to the surveys, the working-class ideology is being replaced by an ideology of well-being, which signifies physical activity, health and equality. To activate children and youth was and will be the most significant task of the clubs, which clearly points out the strategic orientation of the clubs. The main financial assets of the clubs were volunteers, and direct and indirect support from the clubs. The main threats to the clubs were decrease of volunteers, members and financial support, and increase of the fees of the facilities. The close connection between the clubs and public sector is important for the clubs, and the clubs would like to develop this cooperation further. For the success of the main organization of the clubs, the TUL, the cooperation between the national, regional and local levels is needed, and specific attention has to been given to grass root level actors, the sport clubs

Liikkumisen sosialisaatio kolmessa kylässä. Tutkimus Matovaaran, Nakertaja-Hetteenmäen ja Sivakkavaaran liikkumiskulttuurien muutoksista

This article examines the changes in socialization into physical activity of the inhabitants of two countryside villages and one working-class neighbourhood post–WW II. The data consisted of interviews and archive materials which were analysed using historical sociological methods. The historical examination of these villages illustrated the changes in socialization into physical activity. During the first two decades after the war, physical activity was related to everyday work, and to forestry in the countryside villages. Due to the modernization of forestry and the weakening of the productive role of the villages, the population decreased whilst the productional significance of physical activity diminished. In the working class neighbourhood, physical activity was an essential part of the workers’ associations until the gradual population increase. Consequently, the spirit of the working class community began to dissipate and physical activity lost its role as a part of the workers’ movement.Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastelemme liikkumisen sosialisaatiota kolmessa kylässä. Kysymme, millaista tavoitteellisuutta kylien eri toimijat ovat sisällyttäneet liikkumisen sosialisaatioon ja miten kylien liikkumisen sosialisaatio on muuttunut tutkimuskylissämme. Tarkastelumme ulotamme toisen maailmansodan jälkeisistä vuosista nykypäiviin saakka. Tutkimusaineistomme koostuu haastatteluista, asiakirjoista ja arkistomateriaaleista

Sport and civil society in the Nordic region

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This paper examines the key elements within the relationships of sport and civil society in Scandinavia. The analysis combines themes and developments in Nordic sport and civil society, such as the role of the welfare state and the impacts of neoliberalism, with consideration of specific national experiences, especially in Finland. The discussion has four main parts. First, we set out the principal features of the ‘Nordic model’ of society, and how it shapes sport and civil society relations. Second, we advance a Finnish case study, examining the historical connections of three sectors to the national sport culture. Third, we consider how, in recent decades, the Nordic model has encountered and sought to respond to neoliberalism and globalization processes. Finally, we explore how Nordic societies have sought to influence globalization processes and ‘global civil society’ through sport, specifically through taking lead roles within the transnational ‘sport for development and peace’ sector

Assessing travel time-based accessibility to outdoor ice skating fields for children in Helsinki during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Matkalla kohti liikunnan yhdenvertaisuutta : työkaluja monialaiseen liikuntasuunnitteluun

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Extracting locations from sport and exercise-related social media messages using a neural network-based bilingual toponym recognition model

Sport and exercise contribute to health and well-being in cities. While previous research has mainly focused on activities at specific locations such as sport facilities, "informal sport" that occur at arbitrary locations across the city have been largely neglected. Such activities are more challenging to observe, but this challenge may be addressed using data collected from social media platforms, because social media users regularly generate content related to sports and exercise at given locations. This allows studying all sport, including those "informal sport" which are at arbitrary locations, to better understand sports and exercise-related activities in cities. However, user-generated geographical information available on social media platforms is becoming scarcer and coarser. This places increased emphasis on extracting location information from free-form text content on social media, which is complicated by multilingualism and informal language. To support this effort, this article presents an end-to-end deep learning-based bilingual toponym recognition model for extracting location information from social media content related to sports and exercise. We show that our approach outperforms five state-of-the-art deep learning and machine learning models. We further demonstrate how our model can be deployed in a geoparsing framework to support city planners in promoting healthy and active lifestyles.Peer reviewe

Policy brief: Liikunnan harrastamisen esteitä tulisi poistaa lähiöissä (3/2023)

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Seurat tärkeitä liikunnan sosiaalipolitiikan toteuttajia Ruotsissa

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Sosiaalinen media liikkumisen tukena

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