Northwestern Qatar is hosting a conference that will look at sports journalism from the perspective of the Global South. The one-day conference, Sports Journalism and the 2022 World Cup: Views from the South, is scheduled for October 13, 2022, and will feature journalists from South America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
“This conference,” Marwan M. Kraidy, dean and CEO of Northwestern Qatar said, “provides a platform at Northwestern Qatar for exploration and south-to-south dialogue among leading scholars and journalists on the culture of sports journalism. Leading journalists and scholars will engage in a series of panel discussions exploring the histories of football and politics, the journalistic coverage of FIFA and football governance worldwide, and perspectives on race, labor, and transnational capital.”
The conference will include journalists, documentary filmmakers, writers, and radio hosts from the Global South who will bring with them different forms of journalistic cultures, infused with their material realities, modes of storytelling, and aesthetics to share their views with a focus on journalism surrounding the tournament from their respective vantage points.
The conference will consist of four panels:
“This conference,” Marwan M. Kraidy, dean and CEO of Northwestern Qatar said, “provides a platform at Northwestern Qatar for exploration and south-to-south dialogue among leading scholars and journalists on the culture of sports journalism. Leading journalists and scholars will engage in a series of panel discussions exploring the histories of football and politics, the journalistic coverage of FIFA and football governance worldwide, and perspectives on race, labor, and transnational capital.”
The conference will include journalists, documentary filmmakers, writers, and radio hosts from the Global South who will bring with them different forms of journalistic cultures, infused with their material realities, modes of storytelling, and aesthetics to share their views with a focus on journalism surrounding the tournament from their respective vantage points.
The conference will consist of four panels:
- Football, (media) money, and politics
- Kick-off: covering politics and protest
- Football, literature, journalism: a view from Latin America
- On Qatar 2022 World Cup: critical perspectives on Western media narratives
“The conference will focus on the narrative ‘beyond the boundary’ of the pitch. The conversation will be painted by Global South journalists and scholars whose work and their own media histories reveal multiple forms of journalistic practice that are often invisible beyond their own national borders”
- Craig LaMay, professor in residence and director of the Journalism and Strategic Communication Program
Craig LaMay, professor in residence and director of the Journalism and Strategic Communication Program, pointed out that the conference will focus on issues that are more global and relevant to a broader audience than Western mainstream media. “The conference will focus on, as CLR James famously wrote, the narrative ‘beyond the boundary’ of the pitch. The conversation will be painted by Global South journalists and scholars whose work and their own media histories reveal multiple forms of journalistic practice that are often invisible beyond their own national borders,” he said.
The conference will feature a distinguished lineup of panelists including Ezequiel Fernandez, an Argentinian sports journalist and analyst since 1978, the year Argentina won the World Cup; Abdullah Al-Arian, a historian from Georgetown University in Qatar and author of Football in the Middle East: State, Society, and the Beautiful Game; Gerard Akindes, a sports broadcasting and media studies professor from Ohio University and former basketball player in Benin, Togo and Cote d’Ivoire; journalist, novelist, and author of Football isn’t that important, Juan Jose Becerra; Bagis Erten, journalist and production manager at Eurosport Turkey; and Algerian independent football journalist, Maher Mezahi.
Sports Journalism and the 2022 World Cup: Views from the South will provide simultaneous translation and is open to the public. Register now to attend.
The conference will feature a distinguished lineup of panelists including Ezequiel Fernandez, an Argentinian sports journalist and analyst since 1978, the year Argentina won the World Cup; Abdullah Al-Arian, a historian from Georgetown University in Qatar and author of Football in the Middle East: State, Society, and the Beautiful Game; Gerard Akindes, a sports broadcasting and media studies professor from Ohio University and former basketball player in Benin, Togo and Cote d’Ivoire; journalist, novelist, and author of Football isn’t that important, Juan Jose Becerra; Bagis Erten, journalist and production manager at Eurosport Turkey; and Algerian independent football journalist, Maher Mezahi.
Sports Journalism and the 2022 World Cup: Views from the South will provide simultaneous translation and is open to the public. Register now to attend.
