Sport as Craftsmanship (Pt1) - Dr Noora Ronkainen - Meaningful Sport Series

What are the different things in your life that you do for their own sake? Is sport or exercise one of them?

The classic sociological writings (Mills, 1951; Sennett, 2008) describe craftsmanship as a desire to do our work well “for its own sake”. Craftsmanship involves a holistic understanding of the craft and possession of tacit knowledge that is difficult to articulate and is often considered a critical theory that is a response to alienating conditions in our work and educational institutions. There is a recent interest in studying craftsmanship in various organizations as well as leisure contexts, and one of them is sport and movement cultures.

In this episode, the podcast hosts Olli and Noora explore the ideas about craftsmanship and why they are promising when we are aiming to expand our understanding of what makes movement meaningful.