ŽÁKOVÁ, Michaela. “Cricket is a religion, and I am an extremist!” : meanings of the sport for the minorities in the Czech Republic. In ISORECEA conference: Religion on the Periphery, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic, 15 –17 April 2021, online. 2021.
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Original name “Cricket is a religion, and I am an extremist!” : meanings of the sport for the minorities in the Czech Republic
Authors ŽÁKOVÁ, Michaela.
Edition ISORECEA conference: Religion on the Periphery, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic, 15 –17 April 2021, online, 2021.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Presentations at conferences
Field of Study 60304 Religious studies
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English cricket; ritual; relocation; ethnography
Tags International impact
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Abstract
On the meadow far from the center of the town is the cricket playground situated. People from different countries, various races, habits, and religions play or visit cricket events every weekend there. From Saturday to Sunday, from April to the end of August. Some of them have been living in the Czech Republic for over twenty years, some just a few months. They create a community around one cricket club. Based on the observations of cricket events, formal and informal interviews with the club members and their relatives, the conference contribution portrays the meanings of cricket and cricket events for the minorities. Within the analysis of the emic conceptualizations of informants, the conference contribution, for example, clarifies what a statement ‘cricket is a religion’ means and what circumstances and practices the mutual closeness in such a multicultural community form.
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MUNI/A/1357/2020, interní kód MUName: Tradice a každodennost: Sociologický a antropologický výzkum náboženské praxe (Acronym: TRAKAP)
Investor: Masaryk University
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