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Spain: Putting the Pieces of the Sport System in Place — The Role of the Sport Federations
2017
This chapter examines the functions and characteristics of the Spanish sport federations, and the way in which their actions are driven by the principles of the National Sports Act. In order to do this, the chapter offers an overview of the Spanish sport system in terms of structure, steering, support and governance, as well as a reflection on how the traditional Spanish strong public culture is reflected in sport. Focusing on sport federations, the chapter explains the way in which they interact with the rest of the actors in the sport sector and it offers an analysis of their characteristics and functions. The chapter ends with a section that includes some strategies and perspectives stem…
Chthonic science: Georges Niangoran-Bouah and the anthropology of belonging in Côte d'Ivoire
2009
Georges Niangoran-Bouah worked assiduously toward Africanizing national education, academia, and public culture in Cote d'Ivoire. As part of this venture, his research projects, including his study of "drummology," can be regarded as a quest for "chthonic" science, that is, an anthropology that uncovers and implements the deep tenets of African-Ivorian culture. Properly situated in its academic, ideological, and political umwelt, we demonstrate, Niangoran-Bouah's anthropology of belonging is not merely an instance of "closure" but must be seen as a multiform attempt to recover a "local" position as a way to participate in universal-global science.