CrossFit and “Cancel Culture”: Probing Practitioners’ Responses to the “Canceling” of Greg Glassman
Why is this work in the frame?
A frame that forgets how it found something cannot be audited. These are the routes that admitted this work.
The three-model screen
all 1,000 screened works →All three models called this out of scope.
Interview study of CrossFit practitioners on cancel culture; the OpenAlex topic label 'Academic Freedom' is misleading, the object is a sport community.
This studies CrossFit practitioners' responses to cancel culture, not research.
Sociology of sport study of CrossFit practitioners’ responses to cancel culture.
Abstract
In this article, we explore the responses of crossfit practitioners to the 'canceling' of Greg Glassman in the aftermath of racist tweets and comments made in response to the killing of George Floyd. We draw on 50 interviews with crossfit practitioners to understand how they interpret and respond to the 'canceling' of Greg Glassman and the disavowal of CrossFit by prominent CrossFit athletes and organizations. We probe how athletes, regardless of levels of involvement, in the wake of Glassman's comments respond to the refiguring of the sporting community of CrossFit. A cancel culture continuum from affirmation to rejection emerged from the interview data that typified their views of cancel culture, Greg Glassman's removal from CrossFit HQ, and the current state of the sport. We conclude with a discussion of the phenomena of canceling or cancel culture and reflects on crossfit as a sport in light of the Glassman affair.
Stored with the screening record, where it is evidence for the labels above.
The record
- Venue
- Journal of Sport and Social Issues
- Topic
- Academic Freedom and Politics
- Field
- Social Sciences
- Canadian institutions
- Western UniversityCarleton University
- Funders
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Keywords
- AthletesSociologyArtMedicinePhysical therapy
- Has abstract in OpenAlex
- yes