Daniel Svensson

Bio: Daniel Svensson is an academic researcher from Malmö University. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 4 publications receiving 6 citations.

Keeping Distance? Adaptation Strategies to the Covid-19 Pandemic Among Sport Event Organizers in Sweden

Abstract: Sport has often had an important role in times of crisis, but the Covid-19 pandemic is another matter. Sport was heavily affected world-wide on all levels. In Sweden, gathering people for endurance...

Slutrapport för "Fjällens rörelsearv : Diskreta monument i hållbar fjällutveckling"

Abstract: Ansvarig institution, med fullständig institutionsadress Avdelningen för historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö, KTH Teknikringen 74D 100 44 Stockholm Medverkande institutioner eller discipliner KTH (miljöhistoria, landskapshistoria, idrottshistoria). Ájtte (arkeologi, kulturhistoria). Projektledare, med titel, födelseår, adress till nuvarande arbetsplats samt e-post adress Sverker Sörlin (1956), professor. Avdelningen för historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö, KTH Teknikringen 74D 100 44 Stockholm sorlin@kth.se Projektmedarbetare, med titel och födelseår Inga-Maria-Mulk

Don’t buy a pig in a poke: Considering challenges of and problems with performance analysis technologies in Swedish men’s elite football

Abstract: During the last decades, technologies to monitor, test and analyze athletes’ performance and health have rapidly developed. At present, global positioning systems (GPS), stadium camcorders, heart rate monitors and mobile applications are prominent performance analysis technologies (PATs) used in most elite sport environments. While PATs is understood as an aid, there is a growing body of literature that points to negative consequences. These negative consequences are concerning and call for research and measures to develop strategies for effective and productive implementation. To achieve this, this article first outlines key challenges and problems of PATs, using sport sociological research on coaching and athletes, historical knowledge of the scientization of training and the changing role of the coach, as well as scientific and experiential knowledge of performance analysis. Our findings show that key challenges and problems occur in a chain of six steps that concern the implementing of PATs: 1. Investment in PATs; 2. Production of performance data; 3. Interpretation of performance data; 4. Communication of performance data; 5. Decision-making based on performance data; and 6. Influence of PATs on coaches and athletes. The article then answers these challenges and problems by outlining recommendations for how sport managers and administrators can prevent buying “a pig in a poke” by acquiring competence about performance analysis and PATs, investing time, and developing effective communication between those working with PATs.

No sense of place : the impact of electronic media on socialbehavior

Abstract: How have changes in media affected our everyday experience, behavior, and sense of identity? Such questions have generated endless arguments and speculations, but no thinker has addressed the issue with such force and originality as Joshua Meyrowitz in No Sense of Place. Advancing a daring and sophisticated theory, Meyrowitz shows how television and other electronic media have created new social situations that are no longer shaped by where we are or who is "with" us. While other media experts have limited the debate to message content, Meyrowitz focuses on the ways in which changes in media rearrange "who knows what about whom" and "who knows what compared to whom," making it impossible for us to behave with each other in traditional ways. No Sense of Place explains how the electronic landscape has encouraged the development of: -More adultlike children and more childlike adults; -More career-oriented women and more family-oriented men; and -Leaders who try to act more like the "person next door" and real neighbors who want to have a greater say in local, national, and international affairs. The dramatic changes fostered by electronic media, notes Meyrowitz, are neither entirely good nor entirely bad. In some ways, we are returning to older, pre-literate forms of social behavior, becoming "hunters and gatherers of an information age." In other ways, we are rushing forward into a new social world. New media have helped to liberate many people from restrictive, place-defined roles, but the resulting heightened expectations have also led to new social tensions and frustrations. Once taken-for-granted behaviors are now subject to constant debate and negotiation. The book richly explicates the quadruple pun in its title: Changes in media transform how we sense information and how we make sense of our physical and social places in the world.

Besök och besökare i fjällen : Resultat från en undersökning avseende svenskarnas fritidsaktiviteter i fjällen, besök i olika fjällområden, landskapsrelationer, fjällen i sociala medier, upplevelser av vindkraft och attityder till skyddad natur

Abstract: I den har rapporten redovisas nagra forsta sammanstallningar fran en nationell enkatundersokning avseende svenskarnas fritidsaktiviteter i fjallen, deras besok i olika fjallomraden, landskapsrelati ...

Science, sport et environnement : Le développement des techniques d’entraînement en altitude depuis 1945

Abstract: Today, most elite endurance athletes use high-altitude training to some extent. For at least the last 40 years, it has been linked to increased performance. But how was high-altitude training estab ...

Spectators longing for live action: a study of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on (football) supporters in Sweden

Abstract: Abstract The purpose of the study is to investigate how sports audiences have been affected by being unable to attend competitions physically on site during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study shows how Swedish supporters, mainly football fans, have experienced the 2020 season, coinciding with the Covid-19 pandemic. The analysis highlights the importance of physical place for the audience and discusses the relationship between physical sports arenas and digital platforms during the pandemic. Finally, the effects of the suspension of live experiences are discussed. According to the persons studied, something essential—fellowship, solidarity, pulse, excitement—is lost when sporting events are held without an audience. The theoretical framework is derived from cultural sociology and draws inspiration from key concepts such as topophilia, space and place, and emotional attachments.

I fäders spår? Längdskidåkningens landskap som kulturarv

Abstract: This article discusses the landscapes of skiing from a heritage and memory perspective. Are there certain landscapes of cross-country skiing that can be seen as a national and/or local heritage? Wh ...