

This project explores the role of sport in society, especially in processes of migration, globalisation, and community and identity formation. The project ran from 2008-2016.
Playing with Tradition? Mexican Indigenous Games in an Age of Globalisation and Migration focuses on pelota mixteca, an indigenous handball game originally from the state of Oaxaca (Mexico), that is played today on both sides of the US-Mexican border.
Three principal questions guide the research:
Photo credit: Leopoldo Peña