Naslov
Football and Emigration – Identity and emotions

Autori
Vukušić, Dino

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Forth Conference in Balkan Studies – Connected Balkans

Mjesto i datum
Marseille, Francuska, 30.06.2022. - 02.07.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Diaspora, Football, Identity, Fans, Emotions

Sažetak
The paper will present the results of research related to the fans of three football clubs in Australia: Melbourne Knights FC, St. Albans Saints (Dinamo), and North Geelong Warriors FC. The link between these three football clubs is the fact that all three were founded by the Croatian émigré community in different parts of Melbourne. Throughout their history, all three clubs have emphasized the symbolic affiliation with the Croatian roots, also in different periods of history they have played a role in homogenizing the emigrant community and creating group identities among their fans. The phenomenon of football fans in sociological research is not unambiguous and we can observe it from the widest sports audience to a specific subcultural group (ultras). These different "strata" of football audiences build their identities around supporting their club to different extents, and it is especially interesting in our case that we can investigate the existence of multiple identities with the example of these fans, and ultimately try to create a hierarchical structure between them. Another important thing that is often associated with sports audiences are emotions, and in the context of our research, emotions as a phenomenon go beyond sports itself, moving into the sphere of symbolic belonging to the emigrant ethnic group. The aim of this research is to establish the underlying components of fan identity of these clubs and connect them with the role of emotions in their creation. Due to the necessity of "virtual research", we use the method of semi- structured in-depth interviews, with a sample of 7 fans from each club (conducted via Zoom). The respondents were selected using the snowball method after making initial contact with the fans via social networks.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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