More than just a game: 国产麻豆AV event examines how sports build community, connection
Contact: Sarah Nicholas
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥撯揓oin a Mississippi State sociologist and local sports experts next week for 鈥淢ore Than Just a Game: A Conversation about Sports and Community,鈥 hosted by 国产麻豆AV鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences鈥 Institute for the Humanities.
Free and open to the public, the Tuesday [Jan. 20] event at 6:30 p.m. takes place at Taylormade Fitness, 306 University Drive in Starkville. Conversation will explore how sports鈥攆rom recreational leagues and fitness spaces to fandom and community pride鈥攆oster connection, belonging and shared experiences.
The event will feature Rachel Allison, 国产麻豆AV associate professor of sociology and celebrated author of 鈥淜icking Center: Gender and the Selling of Women's Professional Soccer,鈥澛燼 2018 Rutgers University Press publication; Starkville resident Chase Taylor, Taylormade Fitness CEO and owner; and Victoria Woodberry, Starkville Parks and Recreation athletic coordinator.
鈥淪ports offer a powerful lens for thinking about how people come together and what it means to belong,鈥 said Morgan Robinson, director of the Institute for the Humanities. 鈥淲hether through competition, collaboration or shared routines, movement and play create social bonds that extend far beyond the game itself.鈥
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