Australian sport tour: Advice?
In February and March, I’m planning an extended tour around Australia. (My department told me to put the funding request through. I’ll get that in Monday.) My current planned itinerary runs something like this:
- Sydney (Manly, Parramata, Newcastle, Wollongong): 10 days.
- Brisbane (Robina, Gold Coast): 6 days.
- Townsville: 4 days.
- Darwin: 2 days.
- Perth (Fremantle): 6 days
- Adelaide (Port Adelaide): 6 days
- Melbourne (Burwood, Geelong, Fitzroy): 10 days
- Hobart (Launceston): 5 days
The goal of this trip would be to talk to sport culture/management academics in sport studies departments, to talk to league and club officials and to try to talk to representatives of government bodies about sport fandom in Australia. I want to talk to these groups about what they are doing to develop sport fandom, athlete and organizational policies in regards to social media, and to talk about how they are using technology increase participation rates in their sport.
Are there any sport cities I am missing that have people I really should be plan on trying to talk to? Does it look like I have enough time in each city?
