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Bright B. Antwi
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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
An ethnographic study on the use of smartwatches in Ghanaian fitness spaces published in @qrseh.bsky.social

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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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Bright B. Antwi @yawbaffour.bsky.social · Jul 29
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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QRSE Society @qrsesociety.bsky.social · May 8
📣 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
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Dr. Derrick Charway @derrickocharway.bsky.social · Apr 7
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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Dr. Derrick Charway @derrickocharway.bsky.social · Apr 7
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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Dr. Derrick Charway @derrickocharway.bsky.social · Apr 7
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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Dr. Derrick Charway @derrickocharway.bsky.social · Apr 7
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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Dr. Derrick Charway @derrickocharway.bsky.social · Apr 7
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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Dr. Derrick Charway @derrickocharway.bsky.social · Apr 7
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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Dr. Derrick Charway @derrickocharway.bsky.social · Apr 7
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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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · Feb 11
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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Book cover of Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal by The DISCO Network
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Bright B. Antwi @yawbaffour.bsky.social · Mar 31
An ethnographic study on the use of smartwatches in Ghanaian fitness spaces published in @qrseh.bsky.social

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
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Bright B. Antwi @yawbaffour.bsky.social · Mar 31
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
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