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  • 1.
    Nilsén, Åke
    Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), Center for Social Analysis (CESAM), Social Change, Learning and Social Relations (SLSR), The Social Organisation of Participation (DSO).
    Scuba Diving and the "Right Attitude"2009In: World Leisure Journal, ISSN 0441-9057, E-ISSN 1607-8055, Vol. 51, no 3, p. 167-175Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Based on ethnographic fieldwork on scuba diving, this article explores the social homogeneity characterizing this specific leisure activity regarding questions on how deviance is treated within a group and on what grounds. The consequences of the dangerous context in which the activity is performed on the dyad (one is always diving with a “Buddy”) is analysed with the help of Georg Simmel (1950) and Erving Goffman (1967). The loyalty of the diving companion (the buddy) towards the “right attitude” which governs the activity may be turned against the scuba diver who does not adapt. The buddy is transformed from a friend into an opponent, who, by spreading anecdotes or rumours, questions the character of the scuba diver, which eventually may exclude him or her from the activity. The article also discusses how the “right attitude” in scuba diving is related to the so-called predominant masculine identity (Connell 1995) in a Swedish context.

  • 2.
    Nilsén, Åke
    Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), Center for Social Analysis (CESAM), Social Change, Learning and Social Relations (SLSR), The Social Organisation of Participation (DSO).
    Sportdykaren och den "rätta" manligheten2008In: Sociologisk forskning, ISSN 0038-0342, E-ISSN 2002-066X, Vol. 45, no 1, p. 28-41Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Based on ethnographic fieldwork on scuba diving, this article explores the social homogeneity characterizing this specific sport activity regarding questions on how deviance is treated within a group and on what grounds. The consequences of the dangerous context on the Dyad (one is always diving with a “Buddie”) in which the activity is performed, is analysed with the help of Georg Simmel (1950) and Erving Goffman (1967). The loyalty of the diving partner (the Buddie) towards the “right attitude” which governs the activity may be turned against the scuba diver who does not adapt. The Buddie is transformed from a friend into an opponent, who, by spreading anecdotes or rumours, questions the character of the scuba diver, which eventually may exclude him or her from the activity. The article also discusses how the “right attitude” in scuba diving is related to the so-called predominant masculine identity (Connell 1995) in a Swedish context.

  • 3.
    Nilsén, Åke
    Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), Center for Social Analysis (CESAM), Social Change, Learning and Social Relations (SLSR), The Social Organisation of Participation (DSO).
    The Performance of Masculinity Through Extreme Sports2009In: Idrottsforum.org, ISSN 1652-7224Article, book review (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    A limited part of sport studies concerns itself with a limited part of sports, viz. the so-called extreme sports. One might expect these modern expressions of the need for physical activity and perilous adventures would generate more interest from sport sociologists and psychologist than is witnessed by the body of publications in the area. It’s reasonable to suggest that studies of phenomena outside the norm, beyond mainstream, is valuable not only for what is reveals of those phenomena, but just as much for what it tells us about the normal, the everyday life most of us live. An illustrative example of this is a new book by Victoria Robinson, established and productive sociologist in the field of gender studies at Sheffield University. The book, with the working title “A Different Kind of Hard: Everyday Masculinities, Identity and Rock Climbing”, was published by Berg Publishers in 2008 without the obvious innuendo as Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport: Male Identity and Rock Climbing. Robinsons book, reviewed here by Dr. Åke Nilsén, also a sociologist and researcher in the field of extreme sports, is a study of male climbers and the construction of their masculinity in relation to the everyday male identity. Our reviewer would have liked a macro level analysis, but he is on the whole very positive to Robinson’s effort.

  • 4.
    Nilsén, Åke
    Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), Center for Social Analysis (CESAM), Social Change, Learning and Social Relations (SLSR), The Social Organisation of Participation (DSO).
    The Second Skin: Technology and Masculinity in the Context of Scuba Diving2008In: Debating futures: global trends, alternative visions, public discourse and the new tasks of social research: Program with proposed abstracts, 2008Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Based on an ethnographic fieldwork this paper explores the relation between technology and masculinity in the context of scuba diving. From a theoretical framework based on Heidegger/Kemp and Wajcman, two major questions are put to the material: How is technology influencing social relations and communication? And: How is technology perceived and handled? The first question is answered out of two angels: Judging performance out of handling the equipment and forming the social hierarchy. The second question is answered: out of a practical knowledge, through embodiment and trust.

  • 5.
    Nilsén, Åke
    Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), Center for Social Analysis (CESAM), Social Change, Learning and Social Relations (SLSR), The Social Organisation of Participation (DSO).
    The Social Forge – Cooperation and individual performance among young male climbers2009In: ESA 2009, European society or European societies?: Abstract Book, 2009Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Based on an ethnographic fieldwork on climbers this paper explores the relation between the group and the individual in the context of risk-performance. In the subculture of Bouldering (a kind of climbing) the performance of the single climber is dependent on the creativity and cooperation of the group with an ongoing negotiation between the participants. The paper focuses changing gender identities among young male climbers and challenges mainly the concept of "hegemonic masculinity" (Connell) with the help of "performativity" (Butler) and "experience-oriented" actions (Schulze).

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    Schmitz, Eva
    Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), Center for Social Analysis (CESAM), Social Change, Learning and Social Relations (SLSR), The Social Organisation of Participation (DSO).
    Systerskapet och solidaritetens möjligheter: Kvinnorörelsens politiska strategi 1968 och framåt2008In: Tidsignal: tidskrift för politik, kultur och samhällsdebatt, ISSN 1652-9081, no 8, p. 40-70Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
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