Fighting for What Matters: Care, Supporting People and Preserving a Form of Life in Baton Twirling Clubs

Abstract

In this article, we look at twirling baton clubs characterized by a specific sociality which is part of a life form. This was threatened by the demands of sportivisation from the sport institution. The protests expressed by the clubs show the attachment to a logic of care with the aim of protecting the vulnerabilities and the singular identities of the athletes who are mostly young girls.

Keywords

• care
• life form
• sports clubs
• ethnography
• inquiry