The Big Story of a “Small” Football Club: Gümüşlükspor as an Alternative Model Experience for Turkey

İnal R.

SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT JOURNAL, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.1-8, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 1 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1123/ssj.2022-0056
  • Dergi Adı: SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, CAB Abstracts, Communication Abstracts, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Gender Studies Database, Psycinfo, Sociological abstracts, SportDiscus, Veterinary Science Database, DIALNET
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-8
  • Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This article argues that counter-hegemony, which is at the heart of sports activism, is not just an action but also the construction of alternative institutional structures. For this purpose, it investigates the practices of an amateur football club and discusses the structural problems of the Turkish amateur football league. The data, collected during a 6-month field study, were interpreted from a critical perspective, using a dialectical dialogue method to apply the theory of hegemony in sports by applying Antonio Gramsci’s concept of the “organic intellectual.” Consequently, this sports club has provided socialization and free football training for children while creating an alternative football culture with local characteristics that are opposed to class and gender inequalities and to homophobic attitudes common in sport.