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Accepted Paper:
‘Saber impor-se’: strategies of female space appropriations in amateur football in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Julia Haß
(Freie Universität Berlin)
Paper short abstract:
In my presentation I reflect on strategies of women who appropriate spaces in amateur football in Rio de Janeiro – as amateur football coaches and referees.
Paper long abstract:
I plant an argument based upon my PhD research results in social and cultural anthropology. I understand spaces as physical and social areas. Women appropriate spaces – football fields – and at the same time take on new social roles, functions and responsibilities. I will give an overview of the history of women in Brazilian football and will introduce my theoretical and methodological framework, followed by case studies of several female coaches and referees and their strategies of space appropriation in amateur football in Rio de Janeiro. Most of the women are from lower social class and are affected by different forms of exclusion and discrimination in their daily life. At the end I would like to show how space appropriations in sport can have an impact on processes of female empowerment.