Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaBetween idiosyncratic features and market needs
Athletic Bilbao is known in the world of football for its unique player policy. It only recruits footballers who were born and/or raised in one of the seven provinces that comprise the Basque Country. Thus, academy and territory represent the variables of allegiance, which are interdependent and rec...
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Universidad Centro Latinoamericano de Economía Humana (Universidad CLAEH)
2021
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| description | Athletic Bilbao is known in the world of football for its unique player policy. It only recruits footballers who were born and/or raised in one of the seven provinces that comprise the Basque Country. Thus, academy and territory represent the variables of allegiance, which are interdependent and reciprocally regulatory. This policy, of a customary nature, is still in force in an era marked by globalization and commercialization of football. In this context, the article seeks to explore the concepts of local and global built by its fans through the philosophy of the team (policy of the club). The purpose is to know how the local is redefined, interpreted, and how it persists in the current context of football globalization and marketability. To this end, a qualitative approach is mainly used. Ethnographic fieldwork has been chosen. Semi-structured interviews have been conducted in depth with 25 followers of the team, born in Bizkaia and Castilla y León, who reside in the latter autonomous community. It can be concluded that the concept of idiosyncratic features defines the local scene. Conversely, the global one is conceived as aligned with the international commercialization of players. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO462182022-03-17T17:21:11Z Between idiosyncratic features and market needs Entre lo propio y lo comercial Gutiérrez-Chico, Fernando Athletic Bilbao is known in the world of football for its unique player policy. It only recruits footballers who were born and/or raised in one of the seven provinces that comprise the Basque Country. Thus, academy and territory represent the variables of allegiance, which are interdependent and reciprocally regulatory. This policy, of a customary nature, is still in force in an era marked by globalization and commercialization of football. In this context, the article seeks to explore the concepts of local and global built by its fans through the philosophy of the team (policy of the club). The purpose is to know how the local is redefined, interpreted, and how it persists in the current context of football globalization and marketability. To this end, a qualitative approach is mainly used. Ethnographic fieldwork has been chosen. Semi-structured interviews have been conducted in depth with 25 followers of the team, born in Bizkaia and Castilla y León, who reside in the latter autonomous community. It can be concluded that the concept of idiosyncratic features defines the local scene. Conversely, the global one is conceived as aligned with the international commercialization of players. El Athletic Bilbao es conocido en el mundo del fútbol por su singular política de jugadores. Solo capta futbolistas que se hayan formado o nacido en alguna de las siete provincias que componen el País Vasco. Así, la cantera y el territorio representan las variables de pertenencia, que resultan interdependientes y recíprocamente reguladoras. Esta práctica, de carácter consuetudinario, sigue vigente en una época marcada por la globalización y la comercialización del balompié. Con todo ello, el presente artículo busca explorar los conceptos de local y global construidos por la hinchada mediante la filosofía del equipo. Se trata de conocer cómo se redefine, interpreta y persiste lo local en un contexto de globalización y mercantilización del fútbol como el actual. Para ello se emplea, principalmente, un enfoque cualitativo. Se ha optado por un trabajo de campo etnográfico. Se han realizado entrevistas semiestructuradas en profundidad a 25 seguidores del equipo, nacidos en Bizkaia y Castilla y León, que residen en esta última comunidad autónoma. Los resultados invitan a plantear el concepto de lo propio como definidor de lo local. Por el contrario, lo global se concibe como alineado con la comercialización internacional de jugadores. 2021-12-30 2022-03-17T17:21:11Z 2022-03-17T17:21:11Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares http://publicaciones.claeh.edu.uy/index.php/cclaeh/article/view/499 10.29192/claeh.40.2.6 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/46218 spa http://publicaciones.claeh.edu.uy/index.php/cclaeh/article/view/499/401 Derechos de autor 2021 Cuadernos del Claeh http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 application/pdf Universidad Centro Latinoamericano de Economía Humana (Universidad CLAEH) Cuadernos del Claeh; Vol. 40 Núm. 114 (2021); 85-99 2393-5979 0797-6062 |
| spellingShingle | Gutiérrez-Chico, Fernando Between idiosyncratic features and market needs |
| title | Between idiosyncratic features and market needs |
| title_full | Between idiosyncratic features and market needs |
| title_fullStr | Between idiosyncratic features and market needs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Between idiosyncratic features and market needs |
| title_short | Between idiosyncratic features and market needs |
| title_sort | between idiosyncratic features and market needs |
| url | http://publicaciones.claeh.edu.uy/index.php/cclaeh/article/view/499 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/46218 |