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Abstract
This paper examines children’s adult-organized recreational sport through the lens of Foucauldian disciplinary technologies. Despite decades of effort and changes to children’s sport, there is still difficulty in meeting the needs of many of the participants. This article argues that it is time to seriously reconsider the dominating role that adults occupy in children’s sport and that we need to find ways to give more of the control of sport to the participants.
Résumé
Cet article examine le sport récréatif pour enfants organisé par des adultes sous l’angle foucaldien des technologies disciplinaires. Malgré des décennies d’efforts pour changer et réformer l’organisation du sport pour enfants, la difficulté de répondre aux besoins variés des participants demeure. L’article défend qu’il est temps de reconsidérer sérieusement le rôle dominant occupé par les adultes dans les sports pour enfants et que nous devons trouver de nouvelles voies pour donner davantage de contrôle aux participants eux-mêmes.
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