Foreword
No.48
September 2006
 
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Editorial - English
 
 

First of all, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Katrin Koenen and I am pleased to have taken over as Publications and Scientific Affairs Manager from the beginning of June. Some of you may know me already as I have worked for ICSSPE a couple of times before on a project basis. My last projects were the conferences on ‘Rehabilitation through Adapted Physical Activity and Sport for Children and Youth Affected by the Tsunami in Southeast Asia’ held in Bangkok, 2005, and it’s follow up conference in January in Berlin and I also published the last Bulletin. I am very happy to now be a real ‘member’ of the ICSSPE team and hope to be able to offer you some informative and interesting publications.
Bulletin 48 features ‘Sport and Human Rights’, with contributions from a range of countries, showing many different ways to look at this theme. It also contains - I think for the first time - profiles and quotes on Sport and Human Rights. This issue certainly would not contain the breadth and depth of papers and contributors without the much appreciated collaboration of Eli A. Wolff, Northeastern University Center for the Study of Sport in Society and Dr. Mary A. Hums, University of Louisville, to whom I wish to say a very special thank-you!
The Current Issues section contains a report from T.P. Reilly entitled ‘Environmental Aspects of the Olympic Games – an Interdisciplinary Approach’. It is extremely interesting and reflects on how environmental aspects influence the outcomes of major sports tournaments. The second article by Malek El Habil gives us an interesting view of the IAAF Athletics’ World Plan, with a focus on the IAAF World Athletics Day, and its outreach to schools.
Again, many events will be held in all fields of sport, sport science and physical activity, and many of them can be found in our Upcoming Events listing in the Partners and Events section of the Bulletin.
Please also keep up to date with news from Members, where you will find an article on ‘Sport for ancient People of Siberia’ by Valerii Krasilnikov.
Christophe Mailliet will give a summary of the ICSSPE meetings in Berlin in the ICSSPE news section, where we are saddened to announce the deaths of Jürgen Palm and Alain Poncet, who both dedicated their life to sport science and Physical Education.
In the Resources section, please find bibliographic information on Sport and Human Rights, along with a book review called “Wooden on Leadership” and our regular webliography.
Don’t forget that as an ICSSPE member, you are also able to complete a Conference Announcement Form online (in the Member’s section of our website) that will automatically be added to our Member’s Events list on the website (www.icsspe.org). Your announcement will also be included in the Bulletin Upcoming Events list. Please let us know about any meetings, conferences or events that you wish to share with everyone.

With best wishes for happy reading
Katrin




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