Markus Stauff
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Liveness and Participation
This (and especially the 'lectro link') also seems to be an interesting variation on the cross-media staging of participation: while cinema and television do only become participatory through the addition of second screens etc., the translation ... -
Great example, Alex; I wonder
Great example, Alex; I wonder how much the public display and circulation of such specialist technology changes the perception and the aesthetics of sports more generally: during the last World Cup soccer, the organic store in my neighborhood campaigned w ... -
Re: Mascot Life
Very insightful post, thanks.
Very insightful post, thanks. From European pro basketball I know that the behavior of the mascots (not the person behind it) gets discussed and sometimes reprimanded in online forums; I understood this as the characteristic attitude of sports fans who wa ... -
This seems to be an
This seems to be an interesting example for sports' inevitable involvement in "spatial governing": the physical building itself, the necessary infrastructure but even more its well-defined audience are tools to restructure a city- which the ... -
History, Controvversy and 'Stealth Marketing'
Thank you, Travis, for the example and your helpful remarks. Similar to Ethan, I wonder which other scandals have shaped the meaning of a single competition in such a strong manner; one precondition for the resonance of this case might also have been that ... -
Indeed, Travis, a more
Indeed, Travis, a more comparative approach would be very helpful here. Sports (and the tension between contagion and separation) is one of the most universally established cultural practices / cultural technologies; since this is a quite abstract mechani ... -
This exciting example (and
This exciting example (and your remarks) reminded me that ‘controversy’ is, of course, a structural and even constitutive aspect of sports. As your piece shows, this is not only due to the partisanship that comes with sport but it is also due to the tensi ...