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Matt McDowell on Surfing & Modernity in the North of Scotland
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New podcast host and Editor Max Portman talks to Dr Matthew L McDowell about Dr McDowell's new book 'Surfing and modernity in the North of Scotland', published in September 2024 with Cambridge Scholars Publishing. The book discusses the existence and evolution of surfing in the region, from the 1960s to the present day. It does not, however, focus just on surfing: it also acts as a history of the region itself, and examines the possibilities and limits of surfing, sport, and activities like them being used as a means of reinventing communities.
These are all themes that Max and Matt cover in their interview as they discuss the global and local cultures of surfing, the history of the Caithness and Sutherland Regions and how Ceefax (remember Ceefax?!) & the BBC weather report were useful tools in a surfer's arsenal. We also talk about the Sport, “islands”, people, and politics conference that Matt is organising on Scottish island of Orkney in June 2025. All in all, it's an hour's worth of insightful research on an under-developed part of Sports History.
About Our guest: Dr Matthew L. McDowell is a Lecturer in Sport Policy, Management, and International Development at the University of Edinburgh, Moray House School of Education and Sport. He is the author of A Cultural History of Association Football in Scotland, 1865-1902 (2013), and an editor of The International Journal of the History of Sport. Previously, Matt was Chair of the British Society of Sports History (2017-19) and an editor of Northern Scotland (2020-23) and has a PhD in Scottish history from the University of Glasgow. His other publications examine a variety of phenomena in the history of Scottish, British Empire/Commonwealth, and Atlantic Rim sport, including: football, sporting events, lifestyle sport, curling, and sport’s relationship with politics. Matt is originally from New Jersey he has resided in Scotland for almost twenty years.
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Manage episode 446648197 series 3010003
New podcast host and Editor Max Portman talks to Dr Matthew L McDowell about Dr McDowell's new book 'Surfing and modernity in the North of Scotland', published in September 2024 with Cambridge Scholars Publishing. The book discusses the existence and evolution of surfing in the region, from the 1960s to the present day. It does not, however, focus just on surfing: it also acts as a history of the region itself, and examines the possibilities and limits of surfing, sport, and activities like them being used as a means of reinventing communities.
These are all themes that Max and Matt cover in their interview as they discuss the global and local cultures of surfing, the history of the Caithness and Sutherland Regions and how Ceefax (remember Ceefax?!) & the BBC weather report were useful tools in a surfer's arsenal. We also talk about the Sport, “islands”, people, and politics conference that Matt is organising on Scottish island of Orkney in June 2025. All in all, it's an hour's worth of insightful research on an under-developed part of Sports History.
About Our guest: Dr Matthew L. McDowell is a Lecturer in Sport Policy, Management, and International Development at the University of Edinburgh, Moray House School of Education and Sport. He is the author of A Cultural History of Association Football in Scotland, 1865-1902 (2013), and an editor of The International Journal of the History of Sport. Previously, Matt was Chair of the British Society of Sports History (2017-19) and an editor of Northern Scotland (2020-23) and has a PhD in Scottish history from the University of Glasgow. His other publications examine a variety of phenomena in the history of Scottish, British Empire/Commonwealth, and Atlantic Rim sport, including: football, sporting events, lifestyle sport, curling, and sport’s relationship with politics. Matt is originally from New Jersey he has resided in Scotland for almost twenty years.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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