
Jorge Knijnik
ABOUT
Jorge Knijnik
Jorge Knijnik is an Associate Professor in the School of Education and Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University. He was born in the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state. He moved to S ão Paulo with his family as a child and began his love for football whilst watching Pele play in the Pacaembu stadium. Jorge writes and researches on several topics, including sport in society, culture, and history; gender and human rights in education; physical education pedagogies; drama studies; and fandom culture. Jorge's current research examines the socialisation process among football fans in Greater Western Sydney and how football fandom has the potential to contribute significantly to community cohesion and regeneration in the area. He is also involved in several projects that examine the politically and culturally contradictory legacies of sports mega-events in Brazil.
PROGRAM SESSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
The Manly Writers' Festival acknowledges and thanks the original storytellers on the lands on which our events take place, the Gameraygal people of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing connection and culture, and we pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present, as well as emerging leaders.