Bright B. Antwi
@yawbaffour.bsky.social
PhD candidate with a research focus on sociocultural analysis of smartwatch technologies in 🇬🇭
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Bright B. Antwi
@yawbaffour.bsky.social
· Mar 31
The fitness boom and the pursuit of body ideals: domesticating the use of smartwatches in Ghanaian fitness spaces
This study explores the use of smartwatches within fitness spaces in Ghana. As part of the fitness boom, the pursuit of body ideals has become increasingly intertwined with digital self-tracking, h...
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An ethnographic study on the use of smartwatches in Ghanaian fitness spaces published in @qrseh.bsky.social
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Our new paper explores the rising adoption of smartwatches in Ghana's fitness communities. Should we wonder about the extent to which we are seeing the neoliberisation of health and fitness, particularly in societies that thrive on communal lifestyles? Perhaps.
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July 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Our new paper explores the rising adoption of smartwatches in Ghana's fitness communities. Should we wonder about the extent to which we are seeing the neoliberisation of health and fitness, particularly in societies that thrive on communal lifestyles? Perhaps.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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📣 We're excited to announce the launch of our very first Special Interest Group (SIG) at QRSE!
🗓️ Date: Tuesday 13th May between 4pm-5pm
🔗 The event flyer includes a QR code linking to registration and the online meeting.
📘 Learn more about the SIG here: lnkd.in/eMfnTndk
🗓️ Date: Tuesday 13th May between 4pm-5pm
🔗 The event flyer includes a QR code linking to registration and the online meeting.
📘 Learn more about the SIG here: lnkd.in/eMfnTndk
May 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
📣 We're excited to announce the launch of our very first Special Interest Group (SIG) at QRSE!
🗓️ Date: Tuesday 13th May between 4pm-5pm
🔗 The event flyer includes a QR code linking to registration and the online meeting.
📘 Learn more about the SIG here: lnkd.in/eMfnTndk
🗓️ Date: Tuesday 13th May between 4pm-5pm
🔗 The event flyer includes a QR code linking to registration and the online meeting.
📘 Learn more about the SIG here: lnkd.in/eMfnTndk
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Sustainable Development Goals through Sport: An Analysis of Policy Implementation in Ghana
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Brage NIH: Sustainable Development Goals through Sport: An Analysis of Policy Implementation in Ghana
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April 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Sustainable Development Goals through Sport: An Analysis of Policy Implementation in Ghana
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Football leadership and public value in Ghana
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Football leadership and public value in Ghana | 12 | Embedded Multi-Le
This chapter is about how the national football association of Ghana worked to restore its legitimacy within the Ghanaian society. It addresses the importance
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April 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Football leadership and public value in Ghana
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By Derrick Charway, Davies Banda, Bella Bello Bitugu, Iain Lindsey
A Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Sport as a Tool for Development in Afr
This chapter presents a novel comparative analysis of distinctive features of government-led policy implementation using sport as a tool for development in
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April 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
By Derrick Charway, Davies Banda, Bella Bello Bitugu, Iain Lindsey
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Leave No One Behind? Analysing Sport Inclusion Policy‐Implementation for Persons With Disabilities in Ghana | Article | Social Inclusion www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
Leave No One Behind? Analysing Sport Inclusion Policy‐Implementation for Persons With Disabilities in Ghana | Article | Social Inclusion
Derrick Charway, Francis Asare, Allan Bennich Grønkjær
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April 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Leave No One Behind? Analysing Sport Inclusion Policy‐Implementation for Persons With Disabilities in Ghana | Article | Social Inclusion www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
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Participation of girls and women in community sport in Ghana: Cultural and structural barriers - Derrick Charway, Åse Strandbu, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Participation of girls and women in community sport in Ghana: Cultural and structural barriers - Derrick Charway, Åse Strandbu, 2024
Despite numerous international and national policy documents promoting girls’ and women's empowerment and participation in community sports, the actual acc...
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April 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Participation of girls and women in community sport in Ghana: Cultural and structural barriers - Derrick Charway, Åse Strandbu, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Full article: Sport and sustainable social development in Ghana: analysing the policy-implementation gap www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sport and sustainable social development in Ghana: analysing the policy-implementation gap
The global optimism for sport as ‘an important enabler of sustainable development’ by the United Nations appears in many countries’ policy documents. In Ghana, sport is linked to the social dimensi...
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April 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Full article: Sport and sustainable social development in Ghana: analysing the policy-implementation gap www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Full article: Country profile of Ghana: sport, politics and nation-building www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Country profile of Ghana: sport, politics and nation-building
The profile gives an overview of the changing trends of sport policies adopted in Ghana and highlights how past political upheavals made it difficult to have stable sport development strategies. Cu...
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April 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Full article: Country profile of Ghana: sport, politics and nation-building www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Technoskepticism is a book about possibility and refusal in relation to new technologies. From Munchausen by Tiktok to wellness apps to online communities to AI, @disconetwork.bsky.social explores the possibilities that technoskepticism can create.
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February 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Technoskepticism is a book about possibility and refusal in relation to new technologies. From Munchausen by Tiktok to wellness apps to online communities to AI, @disconetwork.bsky.social explores the possibilities that technoskepticism can create.
www.sup.org/books/media-...
www.sup.org/books/media-...
An ethnographic study on the use of smartwatches in Ghanaian fitness spaces published in @qrseh.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The fitness boom and the pursuit of body ideals: domesticating the use of smartwatches in Ghanaian fitness spaces
This study explores the use of smartwatches within fitness spaces in Ghana. As part of the fitness boom, the pursuit of body ideals has become increasingly intertwined with digital self-tracking, h...
www.tandfonline.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
An ethnographic study on the use of smartwatches in Ghanaian fitness spaces published in @qrseh.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New ethnographic study on the digital self-tracking in Ghana. Available here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The fitness boom and the pursuit of body ideals: domesticating the use of smartwatches in Ghanaian fitness spaces
This study explores the use of smartwatches within fitness spaces in Ghana. As part of the fitness boom, the pursuit of body ideals has become increasingly intertwined with digital self-tracking, h...
www.tandfonline.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
New ethnographic study on the digital self-tracking in Ghana. Available here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....