Athletic identity of Arctic Winter Games (AWG) participants: between a sporting reference and local cultures

• Main Authors: Bertet, Elina, Fuchs, Julien
• Other Authors: Centre de Recherche sur l'Education, les apprentissages et la didactique (CREAD EA 3875), Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Institut Brestois des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société (IBSHS), Université de Brest (UBO), Université de Bretagne Occidentale - Faculté des sciences du sport et de l'éducation (UBO UFR SSE), Université d'Ottawa Ontario (uOttawa), Centre de recherche bretonne et celtique (CRBC Brest), Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Brestois des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société (IBSHS)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences; Arctic; Canada; Fuchs; Thomsen; Heine; Ronkainen; Skogvang
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04325173

The Arctic Winter Games (AWG) are a high-level circumpolar sports competition, which includes wide participation sports (such as hockey), 'traditional' Arctic sports, Dene games as well as emerging/potential sports (such as archery) (reports on past games; Lankford et al. (2010; 2015)). In...