Naslov
WP6: Report of Case Study of Varteks Varaždin FC - Croatia
(Report of Case Study of Varteks Varaždin FC - Croatia)

Autori
Perasović, Benjamin ; Mustapić, Marko

Izvornik
WP6: From Conflict to Innovation: Ethnographic Case Studies

Vrsta, podvrsta
Ostale vrste radova, izvještaj

Godina
2018

Ključne riječi
Youth, football, Varteks, White Stones, conflict, stigmatization, social activism, innovation

Sažetak
This is the first Croatian sociological research on special social actor – Varteks FC. It is football club founded and owned by its supporters. Old Varteks FC played important role in Croatian football untill its management and local political/football elites changed its name to Varaždin and brought the club to bankruptcy, participating in numerous affairs, legal cases and convictions because match fixing. The White Stones, passionate supporters of old Varteks, together with other supporters, founded new football club with the old name – Varteks, in 2011, so today people call that club 'Supporters' Varteks'. This paper is based on 16 months of ethnographic research. We decided to conduct research with this group because they are in conflict with local political establishment and local/national football establishment from the beginning of their activities. In Croatian context, ‘AMF’ movement is not only against rigid commercialization and police repression, it is also movement against corruption in football and politics. Because of those characteristics, they were good example of what Promise project is about.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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