Covid-19: Emerging Considerations for Body Sourcing and Handling. A Perspective View from Nigeria

The current Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic has spread to about 220 countries of the world and has resulted in a significant number of deaths globally. Infections are still on the rise, and the impact on the global death rate could be devastating. There are fears over the likely impact of a large number of deaths on body sourcing and handling of cadavers for teaching and research. Historically, epidemics come with several challenges and have often led to some level of negligence of ethical practices and health and safety regulations associated with body sourcing and handling. The authors highlighted some emerging problems in this article, focusing on Africa and Nigeria in particular. These problems include a higher risk of coronavirus exposure for body handlers, shortage of cadavers for teaching and learning, a lack of standard regulations leading to unethical body sourcing and handling, and a lack of monitoring and collaboration needed for a well-coordinated Covid-19 pandemic response strategy. If these issues are ignored, the previous gains made in anatomical ethical practices may be destroyed. Some useful recommendations for policymaking geared toward prevention or curtailing these emerging issues have been instilled in this article.     

‘Who is zooming who’? A study of young PE-students in their figurations

The article presents an analysis of 93 essays written in an upper secondary school context. The essays were collected in relation to a larger research project, which went on for 5 years in a Danish upper secondary school (2010–2015). The material represents both genders and the students are 15–17 years old. We deploy a theoretical framework taken from Norbert Elias’ notion on established-outsider relations [Elias, N., &; Scotson, J. L. (1994 [1965]). The established and the outsiders. London: SAGE] as well as his use of personal pronouns [Elias, N. (1978). What is sociology? London: Hutchinson, Elias, N. (2001). The society of individuals. New York: The Continuum International Publishing Group] in illustrating how people negotiate, position and navigate within figurational contexts [Elias, N. (1994 [1939]). The civilizing proces. Oxford: Blackwell.]. We do this in an effort to interpret how young people negotiate ‘we-I-relations’ when it comes to their sporting identity. Elias’ processual framework provides a tool for a much needed analysis of how young people continually orientate and develop their sense of selves. The web of human interdependencies and processes of change are key words when it comes to understanding the social practices and doings of the students’ constructions of self-steering. What social scientists may see as laziness and drop-outs of sports [Seippel, Ø. (2016). Prek, vekker og kjedelig? Trening og mening blant ungdom: 1985–2013. In Ø. Seippel, M. K. Sisjord, &; Å Strandbu (Eds.), Ungdom og Idrett. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk] can in the essays of students be analysed as a struggle for group connectedness and social inclusion in the classroom. The results of our research show that identity is a multiple concept and an ongoing process of emotional work [Elias, N. (1987). On human beings and their emotions: A process-sociological essay. Theory Culture Society, 4, 339–361], but also a power balance of playing and presenting what is imagined as the right performance as not being shamed as outcasts.     

建设小康体育的社会学分析

从社会学视角对建设小康体育相关的社会因素进行分析，其目的在于探讨小康体育所需的社会背景、社会结构及其对建设小康体育的影响。文章认为：新时期体育工作方向明确，全民健身工作稳步前进，社会背景透视出基本具备建设小康体育的条件；社会阶层分布、城市化程度、教育发展水平等是影响全面建设小康体育进程的主要因素。     

信息时代的医学资料室与人文精神

针对信息时代技术主义的上亢和医疗行业中一些有违人愿的现象，认为医学资料室在高扬人文精神的同时应倡导医学人道精神、善美人格精神、敬业奉献精神和开拓、进取、创新精神。     

我国运动员再就业问题的社会学思考

竞技体育的特殊性，决定了运动员不可能将其作为终生职业。如何解决运动员再就业问题是所有国家面临的一个重大的社会问题。从社会学的角度初步探讨了影响我国运动员再就业的社会学因素，并提出了相应的对策，以促进我国竞技体育的可持续发展和整个社会的安定。     

对我国体育专业教授的调查与研究

通过对全国 10 5名体育专业教授的调查 ,分析了他们的基本情况、学历、学科构成、学术活动和生存状况等 ,并提出了对高层次教师管理的意见。     

中学体育教师的职业困境与自我发展

从社会、学校和职业3个方面对中学体育教师的职业困境进行分析。以当前的社会转型、教育变革为参照,指出中学体育教师所面临的是挑战和机遇并存,进而提出中学体育教师应把握发展契机,理清职业困境,重塑职业使命,唤醒自我意识,体认职业角色,在互动中构建一种可能生活,实现自身的职业价值。     

中国体育社会学学科进展报告

报告从体育社会学的学科定义、学科性质、基本内容、研究对象、研究方法等基本理论出发,较详尽地阐释了中国体育社会学在改革开放年代的发展进程和社会作用,评述了体育社会学在各领域的主要研究成果。     

中国体育旅游迅速发展的社会学思考

章简要概括了目前我国体育旅游的发展状况，主要从社会学的角度：即国际环境的影响、政治体制改革、经济的发展和人们化生活的改善4个方面分析了引起我国体育旅游蓬勃发展的因素。     

闲暇体育兴起的社会学研究

对闲暇体育的内涵及目标进行了论述，并从社会学角度分析了我国闲暇体育兴起的环境和条件，提出了促进闲暇体育进一步发展的措施和建议。