Contents

Publisher's Statement
Foreword
Feature
Current Issues

Bulletin 61 print

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| Foreword | No.61 May 2011 |

Editorial
Katrin Koenen
Welcome to issue number 61 of the ICSSPE Journal, where we are delighted to present an exciting and comprehensive feature called `Essays on the Paralympic Movement: Certainties and Doubts´. It has been developed and edited by Prof. Keith Gilbert, University of East London, U.K.; Prof. Otto J. Schantz, University of Koblenz, Germany; and Dr. David Legg, Mount Royal University, Canada, and I would like to thank them for the fruitful cooperation and for a feature that offers an invaluable insight into different areas and perspectives on sport for persons with a disability. The feature includes articles such as “Youth, Disability and the Use of Sport in African Post-conflict Zones” by Ian Brittain; “Inclusive Research: Dis/ability, Difference and the Paralympic Games” by Jill M. Le Clair; “Positioning the Paralympic Games in Liquid Modernity” by Natalie Campbell; “The International Paralympic Committee Classification Code: Solid Foundation or Built on Sand?” by Colin Higgs; and many more. The feature also includes articles of the critical sciences and have in some cases adopted a particular position, which we hope will attract response and riposte from among our readers and also Paralympic athletes themselves.
The Current Issues section contains articles on the innovative way for developing individual coordination ability for sport arts and on the `Psychology of High Intent`. There is also, of course, the ICSSPE News, where you can find detailed information on ICSSPE´s current activities. In cooperation with our Boards and members, the ICSSPE office staff is very busily working on upcoming events: “Sport as a Mediator between Cultures”, which will be held from 15-17 September, 2011, at Wingate Institute, Israel and “Communities and Crisis – Inclusive Development through Sport”, a hands-on seminar running from 21-26 November, 2011, in Rheinsberg, Germany. We also continue working on our current publications, which include the new Perspectives on Lifelong Engagement in Sport and Physical Activity: Participation and Performance across the Lifespan, edited by Nicholas Holt, University of Alberta, Canada and Margaret Talbolt, ICSSPE President, which will be published in July in cooperation with Routledge, and the 6th edition of the Directory of Sport Science, which will be an amplified and modernised version, published in 2012 by Human Kinetics. These projects keep the office bustling!
Please remember, while you are reading about the latest ICSSPE events, to also keep us up to date with your events by using our online conference announcement form and sending information for the ICSSPE News, which is distributed every month. We are also happy to receive book-reviews and articles on current research and projects for our Current Issue section of the Journal.
I hope you enjoy this edition and I look forward to working with you all on future issues.
Katrin Koenen
Publication and Scientific Affairs Manager

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