GENDER AND SPORT: DEGENDERING IN SPORT AND SOCIETY

PHED269 - Irene Kamberidou

Course Description

Responsible Prof/Course taught by: Irene Kamberidou (BA, MA, PhD),

Professor of Sociology-Gender in Society and Sport

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece www.uoa.gr

Curriculum Vitae: irene_kamberidou_detailed_cv._in_english_oct._31_2020_.pdf

Self-Portrait: https://www.uoa.gr/fileadmin/user_upload/Uni/Publications/UoA_en29062017.pdf

RESEARCH IMPACT: research_impact_1149_direct_citations_updated_jan_17_2023_.pdf

UoA Scholar: http://scholar.uoa.gr/ikamper/home [UoA-National and Kapodistrian University of Athens]

Publications: http://scholar.uoa.gr/ikamper/publications

SPESS, NKUA https://en.phed.uoa.gr/human_resources/professional_staff/staff/kamberidou_irene/

Sport&Dev.org:https://www.sportanddev.org/en/user/irene-kamberidou

Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=D0KjfRMAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3054-0767 (Connecting Research and Researchers)

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Irene_Kamberidou/?ev=hdr_xprf

Academia.edu: https://uoa.academia.edu/IreneKamberidou/Papers?s=nav#add

Semantic Scholar: https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Irene-Kamberidou/82242351

Web of Science: https://publons.com/researcher/3213713/irene-kamberidou/

Mendeley profile: https://publons.com/researcher/3213713/irene-kamberidou/

Appointments/contact information for undergraduate students (Erasmus), Email: ikamper@phed.uoa.gr , tel. no. 210-7276093.

GENDER AND SPORT: DEGENDERING IN SPORT AND SOCIETY (PHED269):

Recommended reading:

--Kamberidou, I. (2019). GENDER INTEGRATION IN THE MILITARY: GENDER-NEUTRAL STANDARDS AND COED SPORTS. European Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science, 5(11), 23-45. Open Access Publishing Group. Publisher's Version Abstract gender.integration.in_.the_.military_.pdf

--Kamberidou, I., Bonias, A., & Patsantaras, N. (2019). SPORT AS A MEANS OF INCLUSION AND INTEGRATION FOR "THOSE OF US WITH DISABILITIES". European Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science, 5(12), 99-128. Open Access Publishing Group. Publisher's Version Abstract inclusionintegrationdisability.sport_.oct_.32019_.pdf

--Kamberidou, Irene (2020). “Distinguished” Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital Economy and the Multitasking Whirlpool. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer Open (SPRINGER NATURE), Volume 9, Article number: 3 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13731-020-0114-y, https://rdcu.be/b0Qss, In Springer Nature: https://rdcu.be/b0Qss

1) Available in our campus library: Kamberidou, I. (2012). Gender, Social Capital, Multiculturalism and Sport [pp.256-347 in English]. Κοινωνικό Φύλο, Κοινωνικό Κεφάλαιο, Πολυπολιτισμικότητα και Αθλητισμός (first edition, pp. 347). Athens (Αθήνα): Εκδόσες ΤΕΛΕΘΡΙΟ / Telethrio S.A, Athens. (-Sixth chapter and last section of Book in English, available for international students in http://scholar.uoa.gr/ikamper/publications or in our campus Library)

2) Additional free pdf downloads in: UoA scholar: http://scholar.uoa.gr/ikamper/publications: (free pdf downloads for ERASMUS/international students), AND in the univerisity Digital Library: https://pergamos.lib.uoa.gr/uoa/dl/frontend/index.html

3) Articles, books, chapters, proceedings can also be downloaded from Pergamos: https://pergamos.lib.uoa.gr/uoa/dl/frontend/index.html

COURSE CONTENT FOR ERASMUS/INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

I. MOVING FORWARD THROUGH SPORT – ATHLETES UNITED FOR PEACE EDUCATION ΑND GENDER EQUITY

Introduction: theoretical perspectives on gender: social gender, biological gender (sex),
We’ve come a long way since […]: Gender and Sport,
Respect for Diversity; Multiculturalism; Migration
Racism and Xenophobia, and the refugee crisis
Sport and Development; Bridges to understanding or "the annihilation of European identities, cultures and national sovereignty"?
Racial intolerance in Sport
What is peace education today?
Peace First – Peace Games
Sport in Society: athletes as mentors in violence prevention
Athletes United for Peace

Football 4 Peace: bringing Arabs and Jews together; Ultimate Peace (UP) in the Middle East

World Youth Peace Summit: Peace Walks and Scholar-Athlete Games; Mercy Corps;

Teachers Without Borders, the International Institute on Peace Education, etc.

II. A question of Identity and Equality in Sport.

The under-representation of minority/ethnic groups in sport governing bodies (SGBs)
Respect for diversity (ethnic, racial, gender, etc.)
Racism, Football and the Internet: racist football sites
Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics
Men's Synchronized Swimming

III. Women in the Olympic Movement: 1896 - 2018

Tokenism and gender devaluation
The glass ceiling, the leaky pipeline and the glass cliff phenomenon
The glass esclator in Sport
Sport and Social Entrepreneurship

4.1. Women Entrepreneurs and Sport

4.2. Gender, Leadership Skills and Sport

IV. Today's Gender Agenda

Outstanding Women in the social space of sport and physical education

V. AVAILABLE-ACCESSIBLE READING (FOR PAPERS AND CLASSWORK): Reading material/publications (free pdf) in: UoA Scholar: Publications: http://scholar.uoa.gr/ikamper/publications

Articles can also be downloaded from ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Irene_Kamberidou/?ev=hdr_xprf

Articles, books, chapters, proceedings can also be downloaded from Pergamos: https://pergamos.lib.uoa.gr/uoa/dl/frontend/index.html

-Kamberidou, I., & Chroni, S. (2016). The Greek Experience: Outstanding Women in the Social Space of Sport. In Inspirational Women in Europe: making a difference in Physical Education, Sport and Dance (pp. 224–242). Rosa Diketmüller (editor). Juiz de Fora: NGIME/UFJF Continent Series. Brazil: Publication of the International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW), ISBN 978-85-67380-55-1.

-Patsantaras, N., & Kamberidou, I. (2017). Virtual Bodies and Sport Activities: The case of the Avatars in Second Life Fitness Club. 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association “Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities”. Session: Science, Technology, Innovation & Society II, PANTEION University of Social & Political Sciences, 01 Sept. 2017, Athens Greece. Publisher's Version

-Kamberidou, I. (2013). Women Entrepreneurs: we cannot have change unless we have men in the room. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2(6). [full pdf - women_entrepreneurs.pdf; URL: http://www.innovation-entrepreneurship.com/content/2/1/6)

-Kamberidou, I. (2012). New Realms of Agency: Promoting Peace Education and Gender Equity through Sport. Sport Science and Physical Education, [Ed. Luminita Georgescu ], Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Eolss Publishers, Oxford ,UK. Developed under the Auspices of UNESCO, Eolss publ.

- Kamberidou, I. (2012). Athletes United for Peace: Reconciliation through Sport. Proceedings of the international conference SPORT AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN CULTURES, pp. 187–202. International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE), Hanns-Braun-Strase Friesenhaus II D-14053 Berlin. Editors Ronnie Lidor, Karl-Heinz Schneider & Katrin Koenen.

-Kamberidou, I. (2011). Athlete Activism and Peace Education: Bridging the Social Inequality Gap through Sports. NEBULA 8.1, a Journal of Multidisciplinary Scholarship, 168–180. Australia

-Kamberidou, I., Tsopani, D., Dallas, G., & Patsantaras, N. (2009). A Question of Identity and Equality in Sports: Men’s Participation in Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics. The Routledge Falmer Reader in Gender and Education, 220–237.

- Kamberidou, Irene & Patsadaras, Nikolaos (2007). A new concept in European sport governance: sport as social capital. Biology of Exercise, 3, 21-34.

**CONTACT INFORMATION: Office in (main building): Irene Kamberidou, Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Issues in Sports Contact information: 210-7276093 (office) or email: ikamper@phed.uoa.gr

SHORT BIO: Irene Kamberidou (BA, MA, PhD) is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Issues at the University of Athens, the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science (http://www.phed.uoa.gr) where she teaches the undergraduate courses Principles of Sociology (2003-2018), Gender issues and Sport (2006-2018), Olympism: a Sociological Approach (2009-2010) and the graduate Sociology Seminar (2011-2017) She received her BA and MA from Emmanuel College and Boston College respectively, Boston, Massachusetts, USA and her PhD from the Sociology Department of the Panteios University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens, Greece. Dr. Kamberidou also studied at the la Sorbonne de l'Université Paris (Paris IV)–dedicated to Literature, Civilizations, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Dr. Kamberidou is the Greek representative of the International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW) and currently going through the application procedures for membership in the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE/CIEPSS). She is also a member of Sport & EU, the Panhellenic Union for the Promotion of Women in Sports (PEPGAS), the International Sport for Development and Peace Association Platform (ISDPA), the European Sports Development Network (ESDN), as well as a member of the Executive Committee of the ECWT- European Centre for Women and Technology (http://www.womenandtechnology.eu, email: irene.kamberidou@womenandtechnology.eu. Dr. Kamberidou—with active participation at international and European conferences, including publications— has also contributed as a gender expert and moderator in many of the European Commission’s high-level conferences, meetings, projects and workshops addressing exclusionary practices [see public profile in Women for Smart Growth: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/daa11/person.cfm?personid=21537] and detailed CV at http://www.phed.uoa.gr/an8ropino-dynamiko/melh-dep-kai-biografika/alfabhtika.html] .

Units

MOVING FORWARD THROUGH SPORT – ATHLETES UNITED FOR PEACE EDUCATION ΑND GENDER EQUITY

I. Class discussion/content:

Introduction: social gender/biological gender, gender in sport.
We’ve come a long way[…]: Gender and Sport
Bridges to understanding or " the annihilation of European identities, cultures and national sovereignty"?
Racial intolerance in sport
What is peace education today?
Peace First – Peace Games
Sport in Society: athletes as mentors in violence prevention
Athletes United for Peace

8.1. Football 4 Peace: bringing Arabs aand Jews together

8.2.Ultimate Peace (UP) in the Middle East

8.3.World Youth Peace Summit: Peace Walks and Scholar-Athlete Games

Mercy Corps, Teachers Without Borders, the International Institute on Peace Education, Volunteer Action for Peace, α many more!
A question of identity and equality in sport.
and so forth

II. Available- Accessible Reading for papers and classwork

Reading material/publications (full pdf) in: UoA Scholar: http://scholar.uoa.gr/ikamper/publications

Articles can also be downloaded from ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Irene_Kamberidou/?ev=hdr_xprf

1. Kamberidou, I., & Chroni, S. (2016). The Greek Experience: Outstanding Women in the Social Space of Sport. In Inspirational Women in Europe: making a difference in Physical Education, Sport and Dance (pp. 224–242). Rosa Diketmüller (editor). Juiz de Fora: NGIME/UFJF Continent Series. Brazil: Publication of the International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW), ISBN 978-85-67380-55-1.

The Voices of Six Inspirational Greek Women in Sport: What inspired them to take that leap; the Obstacles they faced; how they moved forward and Tips for Success. Many inspirational and outstanding women have made a difference in the lives ofgirls and women in sport, physical education (PE) and physical activity in Greece,despite their invisibility in the mainstream media, the life stories of which would need volumes. They succeeded in making a difference while respecting and celebrating diversity with regard to gender, ethnicity, culture, disability, age and sexual orientation. Beginning with a brief discussion on the underrepresentation of women’s sports and the female athlete in the Greek media, this chapter shares the contributions of some inspiring and motivating Greek women in sport whose achievements have been excluded from the country’s mainstream media. It is through six in-depth interviews and follow-up meetings that we learn how these pioneers influenced the lives of sporting girls and women by daring to disregard social barriers and spread awareness. We conclude the chapter with tips from these successful, namely inspirational women, who all agree that success requires ethos and taking that leap.

2. Kamberidou, I. (2016). Interacting, sharing and bonding: ‘notes of personal experience’ by nineteenth-century women travellers. Gender, Place & Culture, 23(3), 381 - 397, Routledge.

3. Kamberidou, I. (2017). Gender, Volunteerism and Military Hospitals: War Nurses, Educators and Philanthropists of the Nineteenth-Century. The 14th ERGOMAS Conference: Military and Society: New Models for New Challenges, Working Group “Gender and the Military”. Athens Greece: Biennial conference of the European Research Group on Military and Society (ERGOMAS) http://ergomas.ch/, hosted by the Hellenic Army Academy in Athens, Greece (www.sse.army.gr), June 26-30 2017

Thousands of European and American women provided their services, lobbied, raised funds, food supplies and clothing to support the Greek Revolution. Along with the relief activities of the 1820’s and 1830’s, the great interest in Greece produced a strong desire to send teachers and missionaries to Greece in Bondage. Women’s 19th century accounts examine theposition of the subjugated Greeks in the Aegean Islands and Asia Minor. European and American women—educators and philanthropists—worked for the advancement of female education. They even established schools for the preservation of Hellenic cultural heritage. This paper focuses on the first-hand accounts of 19th century European aristocratic and middle-class women volunteers, and specifically their social contribution during the Crimean War (1853-1856), when the English and French colonial experience encouraged female volunteerism. It spotlights the social service provided by English, French and German nurses and philanthropists—as agents of social change—who cared for the soldiers in the hospitals of Constantinople and its environs, concluding with their invaluable recommendations. The female accounts describe the British military and naval hospitals, hospital huts, nurses duties and difficulties confronted (1,500 patients per 3 volunteers); the Women’s Hospital; the French hospitals; the French military system; the Sisters of Mercy; the Sisters of Charity; the women who followed their husbands to war, including thedestitute wives and babies of the English soldiers. Astonishing are the accounts concerning the degrading social status of the English soldier’s wife as opposed to the respect and protection enjoyed by the French soldier’s wife.

4. Patsantaras, N., & Kamberidou, I. (2017). Virtual Bodies and Sport Activities: The case of the Avatars in Second Life Fitness Club. 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association “Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities”. Session: Science, Technology, Innovation & Society II, PANTEION University of Social & Political Sciences, 01 Sept. 2017, Athens Greece. Publisher's Version

5. Kamberidou, I. (2017). The Multiethnic Slavery Institution through the Eyes of Western Women and 'the real position of women in the religious system of Islam'. In Miriam Diez Bosch and Jordi Sanchez Torrents (eds). Media, Religion and Gender in Europe (pp. 53-79), Second Edition. Barcelona: Blanquerna Observatory on Media, Religion and Culture. Faculty of Communication and International Relations, Blanquerna- Ramon Llull University.

6. Kamberidou, I. (2013). Women Entrepreneurs: we cannot have change unless we have men in the room. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2(6). [full pdf - women_entrepreneurs.pdf; URL: http://www.innovation-entrepreneurship.com/content/2/1/6)

7. Kamberidou, I. (2012). New Realms of Agency: Promoting Peace Education and Gender Equity through Sport. Sport Science and Physical Education, [Ed. Luminita Georgescu ], Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Eolss Publishers, Oxford ,UK. Developed under the Auspices of UNESCO, Eolss publ.

8. Kamberidou, I. (2012). Athletes United for Peace: Reconciliation through Sport. Proceedings of the international conference SPORT AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN CULTURES, pp. 187–202. International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE), Hanns-Braun-Strase Friesenhaus II D-14053 Berlin. Editors Ronnie Lidor, Karl-Heinz Schneider & Katrin Koenen.

9. Kamberidou, I. (2011). Athlete Activism and Peace Education: Bridging the Social Inequality Gap through Sports. NEBULA 8.1, a Journal of Multidisciplinary Scholarship, 168–180. Australia

10. Kamberidou, I., Tsopani, D., Dallas, G., & Patsantaras, N. (2009). A Question of Identity and Equality in Sports: Men’s Participation in Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics. The Routledge Falmer Reader in Gender and Education, 220–237.

11. Kamberidou, Irene & Patsadaras, Nikolaos (2007). A new concept in European sport governance: sport as social capital. Biology of Exercise, 3, 21-34.

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No classes on the 16th and 17th of November 2022

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 2:10 PM
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Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 9:50 AM
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Course : GENDER AND SPORT: DEGENDERING IN SPORT AND SOCIETY

Course code : PHED269