Abstract
The seemingly innocent question in the subtitle of this paper, raised by the Moroccan
mother of a youth member at an annual membership meeting of a local voluntary
football club, will become relevant when one understands the layered context and
diversed setting in which, the moment when and the contested location at which it
emerged. Two weeks after the membership meeting, the chairman of the task force
asked the voluntary canteen manager about the purchase of tea. The manager answered
emotionally: “We will not sell tea in our canteen. Over my dead body”. Furthermore he
became abusive by shouting that the chairman was selling the club to the Moroccans.
In this paper I describe and analyse conflicts between committee members of an
externally (local government) organized task force during meetings and interactions in
and around the local necessitous football club ‘VVOO’.
Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of SCOS 2009 |
Publication status | Published - 8 Jul 2009 |