7 Dec. 2018 - 9th Symposium on Sport politics - Disability Sport from a Sport Political Perspective
Title: Disability sport from a sport political perspective:
Possibilities and Limitations of Political Intervention to Overcome Inequality
Structures - Actors - Conflict
Date: December 7th, 2018
Location: Senate Hall of the DSHS Cologne
Public perception of disabled sport has so far been limited. Only during the Paralympic Games, following the Summer Games in Rio and the Winter Games in Pyeongchang, the media and the public briefly focuses on disabled sports.
In this context, the question of classifications in disabled sports and the decision of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to suspend Russia attracted more attention, as disabled sport is attributed an important role in the debate on values in sport. Overall little is known about the basic structures, actors and areas of conflict of disabled sport.
The Paralympics are only one facet of major events in disabled sport. Deaf people compete in the Deaf Olympics, mentally handicapped people in the Special Olympics. The structures of other important areas, such as rehabilitation sports, are - despite the of some recently published scientific research - also rarely in the field of vision.
Against this background, the 9th Symposium on Sports Policy deals with the development and structures of sports policy for the disabled. Within the framework of the symposium, experts from sports policy and association research will come together with representatives from sports policy and organizations to discuss which policy the National Paralympic Committee Germany (DBS) pursues, which cooperation with federal ministries is pursued, which developments are taking place in the international arena and to what extent the inclusion concept in sport is taken into account.
