Mark Falcous, Academic staff, School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences

Mark Falcous Image BA (hons), PGCE (De Montfort), MA (Queen's), PhD (Loughborough)
Tel +64 3 479 8944
Email mark.falcous@otago.ac.nz

Background

Associate Professor Mark Falcous has been with the School of Physical education since 2002. His research, teaching and supervision are within the sociology of sport area.

Teaching

SPEX208 Sociology of Sport and Exercise
SPEX312 Advanced Sociology of Sport
SPEX401 Research Methods in Sport, Exercise and Health

Research

Sport and the Media
Globalisation and the Local-Global Nexus
Sport and Social Theory
Interpretive Methodology

Postgraduate Students

Current Students

Sebastian Potgieter, “(Re)Presenting 1981: Deconstructing the Springbok Tour”. Co-supervisor: D Booth, M Falcous.
Lourdes Turconi, “Diversity and inclusion in sport organizations. A critical perspective”. Co-supervisor: S Shaw, M Falcous.

Graduates

Luiz Uehera. Completion date: January 2015.”Examination of the sociocultural constraints influencing development of Brazilian football players”. Co-supervisor: C. Button, M Falcous.
Allen Hill. Completion date: Nov 2011 “re-envisioning sustainable outdoor education in Aotearoa New Zealand”. Co-supervisor: M Falcous, M. Boyes.
Geoffrey Kohe. Completion date: May 2011: "Making it Ordinary: An Unexceptional History of the Early Olympic Movement in New Zealand". Co-supervisor: M Falcous, D. Booth.

Publications

Joseph, J., & Falcous, M. (2024). Cultural hybridity, simultaneous embeddedness and the indigenisation of capoeira in New Zealand. In J. Maguire, K. Liston & M. Falcous (Eds.), Handbook on Sport and Migration. (pp. 162-174). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781789909418.00022 Chapter in Book - Research

Chiba, N., & Falcous, M. (2024). International student-athletes and the basketball world system: African talent pipelines and Japanese pathways. In J. Maguire, K. Liston & M. Falcous (Eds.), Handbook on Sport and Migration. (pp. 123-139). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781789909418.00019 Chapter in Book - Research

Maguire, J., Liston, K., & Falcous, M. (2024). Introduction: making sense of sport, space, place, identities and migration. In J. Maguire, K. Liston & M. Falcous (Eds.), Handbook on Sport and Migration. (pp. 1-9). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781789909418.00006 Chapter in Book - Research

Maguire, J., Liston, K., & Falcous, M. (Eds.). (2024). Handbook on Sport and Migration. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 131p. doi: 10.4337/9781789909418 Edited Book - Research

Potgieter, S., & Falcous, M. (2024, May). Shifting constructions of the sporting past: Narrating the 1981 Springbok tour. Verbal presentation at the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) Annual Conference, Denver, USA. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

2024

Edited Book - Research

Maguire, J., Liston, K., & Falcous, M. (Eds.). (2024). Handbook on Sport and Migration. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 131p. doi: 10.4337/9781789909418

Chapter in Book - Research

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Potgieter, S. (2024). National mythscapes and popular New Zealand rugby histories: Representing the 1986 Cavaliers. International Journal of the History of Sport. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2024.2371475

Masucci, M., & Falcous, M. (2024). Cycling tribes: Lifestyles, values, and aesthetics. Annals of Leisure Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/11745398.2024.2322438

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

2023

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Scott, G. (2023). New Zealand's princess of the pool: Post-ableism and the media narrativisation of Sophie Pascoe. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 58(5), 889-907. doi: 10.1177/10126902221135031

Journal - Research Other

Falcous, M. (2023). [Review of the book A guidebook for novice qualitative researchers]. Qualitative Research, 23(3), 842-844. doi: 10.1177/14687941211052276

2022

Chapter in Book - Research

Falcous, M., & Potgieter, S. (2022). The sporting mythscapes of Aotearoa New Zealand. In D. Sturm & R. Kerr (Eds.), Sport in Aotearoa New Zealand: Contested terrain. (pp. 107-118). London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003034445-10

Falcous, M. (2022). Sports history and the challenge of Physical Cultural Studies. In M. G. Phillips, D. Booth & C. Adams (Eds.), Routledge handbook of sport history. (pp. 41-49). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429318306

Journal - Research Article

Turconi, L., Shaw, S., & Falcous, M. (2022). Examining discursive practices of diversity and inclusion in New Zealand Rugby. Sport Management Review, 25(4), 589-607. doi: 10.1080/14413523.2021.2014182

2021

Edited Book - Research

Maguire, J., Liston, K., & Falcous, M. (Eds.). (2021). The Palgrave handbook of globalization and sport. London, UK: Palgrave McMillan, 709p. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-56854-0

Chapter in Book - Research

Maguire, J., Liston, K., & Falcous, M. (2021). Introduction: Mapping the global sports sphere. In J. Maguire, K. Liston & M. Falcous (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of globalization and sport. (pp. 3-18). London, UK: Palgrave McMillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-56854-0_1

Falcous, M. (2021). Global mediasport: Contexts, texts, effects. In J. Maguire, K. Liston & M. Falcous (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of globalization and sport. (pp. 323-340). London, UK: Palgrave McMillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-56854-0_15

Journal - Research Article

Uehara, L., Falcous, M., Button, C., Davids, K., Araújo, D., de Paula, A. R., & Saunders, J. (2021). The poor "wealth" of Brazilian football: How poverty may shape skill and expertise of players. Frontiers in Sports & Active Living, 3, 635241. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.635241

Uehara, L., Button, C., Saunders, J., Araújo, D., Falcous, M., & Davids, K. (2021). Malandragem and Ginga: Socio-cultural constraints on the development of expertise and skills in Brazilian football. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 16(3), 622-635. doi: 10.1177/1747954120976271

2020

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Masucci, M. (2020). Myth and the narrativization of cycle racing in popular literature. Sport in Society, 23(7), 1146-1162. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2019.1631802

2019

Edited Book - Research

Maguire, J., Falcous, M., & Liston, K. (Eds.). (2019). The business and culture of sports: Society, politics, economy, environment. Macmillan Reference USA, 1400p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Falcous, M. (2019). Sports, the media, and national identity. In J. Maguire, M. Falcous & K. Liston (Eds.), The business and culture of sports: Society, politics, economy, environment (Vol. 3: Sociocultural perspectives). (pp. 281-294). Macmillan Reference USA.

Falcous, M. (2019). Sports and media globalization. In J. Maguire, M. Falcous & K. Liston (Eds.), The business and culture of sports: Society, politics, economy, environment (Vol. 3: Sociocultural perspectives). (pp. 257-266). Macmillan Reference USA.

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., Hawzen, M. G., & Newman, J. I. (2019). Hyperpartisan sports media in Trump’s America:The metapolitics of Breitbart Sports. Communication & Sport, 7(5), 588-610. doi: 10.1177/2167479518801557

Joseph, J., & Falcous, M. (2019). Negotiating the ‘Kiwi Bloke’: Accessing mosaic masculinities through Afro-Brazilian sport in New Zealand/Aotearoa. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise & Health, 11(2), 258-273. doi: 10.1080/2159676X.2017.1380694

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Masucci, M., & Falcous, M. (2019). Negotiating road cycling tribes, lifestyles, and the cycling industry. Proceedings of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) World Congress of Sociology of Sport. (pp. 46). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/issa-2019

Jenkins, M., Hargreaves, E., Rehrer, N., & Falcous, M. (2019). The experiences of electric bike users within the Dunedin community. In S. Mandic & K. Coppell (Eds.), Proceedings of The Active Living and Environment Symposium (TALES): Linking Transport, Health and Sustainability. (pp. 58). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. [Abstract]

2018

Journal - Research Article

Pringle, R., & Falcous, M. (2018). Transformative research and epistemological hierarchies: Ruminating on how the sociology of the sport field could make more of a difference. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 53(3), 261-277. doi: 10.1177/1012690216654297

2017

Chapter in Book - Research

Falcous, M. (2017). Oceania: Football in the Pacific periphery. In J. Hughson, K. Moore, R. Spaaij & J. Maguire (Eds.), Routledge handbook of football studies. (pp. 445-456). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Falcous, M. (2017). Rugby league and the negotiation of Englishness. In T. Gibbons & D. Malcolm (Eds.), Sport and English national identity in a 'Disunited Kingdom'. (pp. 79-92). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315651613

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M. (2017). Why we ride: Road cyclists, meaning, and lifestyles. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 41(3), 239-255. doi: 10.1177/0193723517696968

Kumate, J. M., & Falcous, M. (2017). Grappling with judo: Reflections on the complexities of embodied ethnography. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise & Health, 9(2), 200-213. doi: 10.1080/2159676X.2016.1266024

Falcous, M., & Booth, D. (2017). Contested epistemology: Theory and method of international sport studies. Sport in Society, 20(12), 1821-1837. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2017.1232350

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Falcous, M. (2017). Understanding culture in cycling advocacy. In S. Mandic, C. Ergler & A. Moore (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium Active Living and Environment: Towards a Healthier and More Sustainable Future. (pp. 58). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. [Abstract]

2016

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Newman, J. I. (2016). Sporting mythscapes, neoliberal histories, and post-colonial amnesia in Aotearoa/New Zealand. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 51(1), 61-77. doi: 10.1177/1012690213508942

Uehara, L., Button, C., Falcous, M., & Davids, K. (2016). Contextualised skill acquisition research: A new framework to study the development of sport expertise. Physical Education & Sport Pedagogy, 21(2), 153-168. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2014.924495

Journal - Research Other

Falcous, M. (2016). [Review of the book English national identity and football fan culture: Who are ya?]. Sociology of Sport Journal, 33(1), 95-96. doi: 10.1123/ssj.2014-0151

2015

Chapter in Book - Research

Booth, D., & Falcous, M. (2015). History, sociology and critical sport studies. In R. Giulianotti (Ed.), Routledge handbook of the sociology of sport. (pp. 153-163). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Kumate, J. M., & Falcous, M. (2015). The lived experiences of taibatsu in Japanese high school wrestling. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport & Physical Education, 6(1), 41-56. doi: 10.1080/18377122.2014.997860

Falcous, M. (2015). White is the new black? Football, media and the New Zealand imagination. Soccer & Society, 16(4), 555-572. doi: 10.1080/14660970.2014.891987

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Falcous, M. (2015, June). Why we ride? Mid-life cyclists, consumption, meaning and status. Verbal presentation at the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) Congress, Paris, France.

2013

Chapter in Book - Research

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2013). Interrogating sporting pasts and presents: Whose Scholarship will count, and what will it count for? In R. Pringle & M. Phillips (Eds.), Examining sport histories: Power, paradigms and reflexivity. (pp. 251-271). Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology.

Newman, J. I., & Falcous, M. (2013). Political theories of social class, sport, and the body. In D. L. Andrews & B. Carrington (Eds.), A companion to sport. (pp. 78-95). Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118325261.ch4

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M. (2013). The paradoxes of provincialism, nationalism and imperialism: Otago rugby union(s), league and amateurism. Sporting Traditions, 30(2), 15-31.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Hill, A., Boyes, M., & Falcous, M. (2013). Exploring critical and transformative methodologies in outdoor education research [Extended abstract]. Proceedings of the Sixth International Outdoor Education Research Conference. (pp. 62-66). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/ioerc2013

2012

Journal - Research Article

Newman, J. I., & Falcous, M. (2012). Moorings and movements: The paradox of sporting mobilities. Sites, 9(1), 38-58. doi: 10.11157/sites-vol9iss1id161

Grainger, A. D., Falcous, M., & Newman, J. I. (2012). Postcolonial anxieties and the browning of New Zealand rugby. Contemporary Pacific, 24(2), 267-295.

Falcous, M., & McLeod, C. (2012). Anyone for tennis? Sport, class and status in New Zealand. New Zealand Sociology, 27(1), 13-30.

2011

Edited Book - Research

Maguire, J., & Falcous, M. (Eds.). (2011). Sport and migration: Borders, boundaries and crossings. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 318p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2011). Future directions: Sporting mobilities, immobilities and moorings. In J. Maguire & M. Falcous (Eds.), Sport and migration: Borders, boundaries and crossings. (pp. 274-277). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2011). Globetrotters in local contexts: Basketball migrants, fans and local identities. In J. Maguire & M. Falcous (Eds.), Sport and migration: Borders, boundaries and crossings. (pp. 175-188). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Maguire, J., & Falcous, M. (2011). Introduction: Borders, boundaries and crossings: Sport, migration and identities. In J. Maguire & M. Falcous (Eds.), Sport and migration: Borders, boundaries and crossings. (pp. 1-12). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Anderson, W. (2011). Fighting whose corner? Boxing, the sports press and the Australian imagination. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 25(5), 743-753.

Journal - Research Other

Falcous, M. (2011). [Review of the book A social history of English rugby union]. Sport, Education & Society, 16(1), 132-134. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2011.531539

2010

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Silk, M. L. (2010). Olympic bidding, multicultural nationalism, terror, and the epistemological violence of 'making Britain proud'. Studies in Ethnicity & Nationalism, 10(2), 167-186. doi: 10.1111/j.1754-9469.2010.01073.x

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Falcous, M., & Newman, J. (2010, November). The paradox of sporting im/mobility. Verbal presentation at the Mobilities Symposium: Towards a Movement-driven Social Science in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2009

Chapter in Book - Research

Falcous, M. (2009). Sport, tourism and cultural encounter: The 2005 Lions tour and the 'Barmy Army' in Aotearoa New Zealand [Case study]. In J. Higham & T. Hinch (Eds.), Sport and tourism: Globalization, mobility and identity. (pp. 223-226). Oxford, UK: Elsevier.

Silk, M. L., & Falcous, M. (2009). Sporting spectacle and the post-9/11 patriarchal body politic. In M. J. Morgan (Ed.), The impact of 9/11 on the media, arts, and entertainment: The day that changed everything? (pp. 221-233). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & West, A. (2009). Press narratives of nation during the 2005 Lions tour of Aotearoa-New Zealand. Sport in Society, 12(2), 156-173. doi: 10.1080/17430430802590961

2008

Journal - Research Article

Scherer, J., Falcous, M., & Jackson, S. J. (2008). The media sports cultural complex: Local-Global disjuncture in New Zealand/Aotearoa. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 32(1), 48-71. doi: 10.1177/0193723507307813

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Falcous, M., & Anderson, W. (2008, November). 'The man' versus 'the machine': Discourses of old and new nationalisms in the Australian sports press. Verbal presentation at the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2007

Chapter in Book - Research

Silk, M., Bracey, B., & Falcous, M. (2007). Performing America's past: Cold War fantasies in a perpetual state of war. In S. Wagg & D. L. Andrews (Eds.), East plays West: Sport and the Cold War. (pp. 289-313). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Chapter in Book - Other

Bruce, T., Falcous, M., & Thorpe, H. (2007). The mass media and sport. In C. Collins & S. Jackson (Eds.), Sport in Aotearoa/New Zealand society. (2nd ed.) (pp. 147-169). Melbourne, Australia: Thomson.

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M. (2007). The decolonizing national imaginary: Promotional media constructions during the 2005 Lions tour of Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 31(4), 374-393.

Falcous, M. (2007). Rugby league in the national imaginary of New Zealand Aotearoa. Sport in History, 27(3), 423-446.

2006

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Silk, M. (2006). Global regimes, local agendas: Sport, resistance and the mediation of dissent. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 41(3), 317-338.

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2006). Imagining ′America′: The NBA and local-global mediascapes. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 41(1), 59-78.

Journal - Research Other

Falcous, M. (2006). [Review of the book Kiwis, Wigan & The Wire: My life and rugby league]. Football Studies, 9(2), 79-81.

2005

Chapter in Book - Research

Falcous, M. (2005). Global struggles, local impacts: Rugby league, Rupert Murdoch's 'Global Vision' and cultural identities. In J. Nauright & K. S. Schimmel (Eds.), The Political Economy of Sport. (pp. 57-84). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Falcous, M. (2005). Media-sports complex. In D. Levinson & K. Christensen (Eds.), Berkshire encyclopedia of world sport. (pp. 990-996). UK: Berkshire Publishing Group. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2005). Making it local? National Basketball Association expansion and English basketball subcultures. In M. L. Silk, D. L. Andrews & C. L. Cole (Eds.), Sport and corporate nationalisms. (pp. 13-34). Oxford: Berg.

Maguire, J., & Falcous, M. (2005). 'Making touchdowns and hoop dreams': The NFL and the NBA in England. In J. Maguire (Ed.), Power and global sport. (pp. 23-40). Oxon: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Silk, M., & Falcous, M. (2005). One day in September/A week in February: Mobilizing American (sporting) nationalisms. Sociology of Sport Journal, 22, 447-471.

Falcous, M., & Silk, M. (2005). Manufacturing consent: Mediated sporting spectacle and the cultural politics of the 'War on Terror'. International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics, 1(1), 59-65.

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2005). Globetrotters and local heroes? Labor migration, basketball, and local identities. Sociology of Sport Journal, 22, 137-157.

Falcous, M., & Rose, C. (2005). Cultural identities in transition: Hypercommodification and fandom in English rugby league. Football Studies, 8(1), 5-26.

2004

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Falcous, M. (2004). [Review of the book Theory, sport and society]. European Physical Education Review, 10(3), 323-328.

2003

Journal - Research Other

Falcous, M. (2003). [Review of the book Power games: A critical sociology of sport]. Sport, Education & Society, 8(2), 277-279.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Silk, M., & Falcous, M. (2003, October/November). One day in September/A week in February: Reimaging Amercian (sporting) nationalisms. Verbal presentation at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2003, October/November). The media sports complex and local-global hierarchy: A textual anaylsis of televised basketball in Britain. Verbal presentation at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.

2002

Chapter in Book - Other

Falcous, M. (2002). Rugby league and the media: Power without responsibility. In R. Gent & T. Wilkinson (Eds.), Fanpower: For the love of league. (pp. 122-126). London: London League Publications.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Falcous, M., & Rose, C. (2002). No sox please, we're British? Cultural identities, globalisation and rugby league. In R. Gent & T. Wilkinson (Eds.), North American Sociology of Sport Society (NASSS) Conference Abstracts. (pp. 69). [Abstract]

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Falcous, M. (2002). Sport and globalisation: Basketball, consumption and identities Loughborough University, Loughborough, England.

2001

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2001). Power play: Global basketball, player migration and local identities. European College of Sport Science. Scientific Communication, 1235.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (2001). Making it local?: NBA expansion and the English basketball subculture. Marginality, Power and Sport: North American Sociology of Sport Society Conference (NASSS). (pp. 84). [Abstract]

1999

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M., & Maguire, J. (1999). Globalisation and sport: NBA strategies, English basketball and local lives. Perspectives & Profiles, 170.

1998

Journal - Research Article

Falcous, M. (1998). TV made it all a new game: Not again! Rugby league and the case of the 'Superleague'. Occasional Papers in Football Studies, 1(1), 4-22.