Michael Heine

LA SEK II ( Bochum, Germany), MA (Western), PhD (Alberta)

Assistant Professor
School of Kinesiology

Office: Room 2360-C - Somerville House
Phone: 519-661-2111 ext. 87573

mheine@uwo.ca


Research Interests

  • Discourse Analysis of Olympic spaces
  • Discourse Analysis of economic processes and commodification in sports
  • Aboriginal Games Documentation in sub-Arctic and Arctic Canada

Research Affiliations

  • Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute
  • International Centre for Olympic Studies, University of Western Ontario
  • Arctic Winter Games Committee, Historian

Teaching Areas

  • Introduction to the Sociology of Sport and Physical Activity
  • Media analysis and social Theory of Sport
  • Graduate Seminar: Social Theory of Sport - Bourdieuan Analyses of Sporting spaces

Graduate Student Supervision

  • Master's
  • PhD
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