Scientizing performance in endurance sports: The emergence of ‘rational training’ in cross- country skiing, 1930-1980. By Daniel Svensson, Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
[email protected] Main supervisor: Sverker Sörlin, Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Supervisors: Nina Wormbs, Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and Leif Yttergren, Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences Cover picture: Blood test conducted on skier Lars-Göran Åslund during a training session, 27 Sept 1969. Photo: Hallings foto/Jamtlis fotosamlingar. 1 Table of contents Foreword Introduction The scientization of training in cross-country skiing: Bodies, landscapes, and modernization – Aim and research questions – Overview of the research field – Demarcations – How the study was conducted – methods and other considerations – Key concepts – Theories – Sportification, rationalization and the development of rational training – Gender in rational and natural training – Introducing the articles – Concluding remarks Articles 1. Svensson, D. (2013). “How Much Sport is there in Sport Physiology? Practice and Ideas in the Stockholm School of Physiology at GCI, 1941–1969”. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 30:8, pp. 892-913. 2. Svensson, D. (2014). “Changing tracks? The battle between natural and scientific training in Swedish cross-country skiing, 1948-1972”. Sport, history and society, vol. 33, pp. 12-41. 3. Svensson, D. (2016). “Technologies of sportification – Practice, Theory and Co-Production of Training Knowledge in Cross-Country Skiing Since the 1950s”. European Studies in Sports History, 2016 (accepted for publication).