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Abstract

An attempt was made to understand how masculinity is learned by members of the soccer community of practice by situated learning approach and thus the transforming of soccer into a masculine field in this study. The conceptual framework of the study is based on both Lave and Wenger’s conceptualization of community of practice and Connell’s conceptualization of hegemonic masculinity. The findings of the study indicate that “winning” and “violence for winning” are the shared repertoire of members of the soccer community of practice and there is a mutual engagement in those concepts among members. In conclusion, in this study, it was observed that masculinity is reproduced by learning and undertaking violence practices in the soccer community of practice and this contributes to the recognition of soccer as a male profession.

Keywords

• Situated learning, communities of practice, soccer, masculinity, violence

Masculinity in Soccer As a Community of Practice by Situated Learning Approach

Abstract

Çalışmada, erkeklik pratik topluluğu olarak ele alınan futbolda erkekliğin nasıl öğrenildiği durumsal öğrenme yaklaşımı ile ele alınmıştır. Bu çalışmanın kuramsal yapısında Lave ve Wenger’in durumsal öğrenme yaklaşımının pratik topluluğu ve Connell’ın hegemonik erkeklik kavramları temel alınmıştır. Çalışma bulguları; kazanmak ve kazanmak için şiddetin futbol pratik topluluğu üyelerinin paylaştığı ortak bir repertuar bulunması, şiddet ve kazanma konusunda, üyeler arasında karşılıklı sözleşmenin olduğunu göstermektedir. Sonuçta, çalışmada, futbol pratik topluluklarında, şiddet pratiklerinin öğrenilmesi ve uygulanması ile erkeklik yeniden üretilirken, aynı zamanda futbol pratik topluluğunun bir erkek mesleği olarak tanımlanmasına da katkıda bulunduğu gözlenmiştir.

Keywords

• Durumsal öğrenme, pratik toplulukları, futbol, erkeklik, şiddet

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