Pyschologist Garriy Shteynberg talks to The Conversation Weekly about his theory of the collective mind – and why you should think about it when watching the Olympics this summer.
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Connecting the rich, and often unknown, histories of open swimming in urban waterways to the growing swimmable cities movement could help to shape the futures of urban swimming.
What makes the Olympics’ five rings such a powerful brand, and do they deliver value for host nations?
When tech makes an athlete perform beyond their natural ability, you might call that “technological doping”. How can we make it fair for everyone?
For Olympic sports to thrive, the government must commit and find additional financing, notably through the private sector and sponsorship.
France is using experimental AI-enabled surveillance and data collection tools before, during and after the 2024 Summer Olympics. Here’s what that means for the trade-off between security and privacy.
Billions have been spent making the Seine swimmable for the first time in a century. It might not be enough.
While there has been large advances and successes for athlete-mothers and progress since the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, there is still work to be done to improve postpartum care and support.
The shoes have sparked controversy, but they seem to be here to stay.
It would be fair to assume elite athletes focus intensely on their chosen sport. However, some are now turning to exploration, which can deliver surprising benefits.
Sports keep evolving – and so must the Olympic Games. But can the inclusion of new events like breakdancing and kiteboarding also create a new generation of fans?
Regularly watching sporting events – whether in person or on TV – is linked to higher wellbeing.
Athletes who see stress as beneficial are likely to interpret moments like a knockout match in the European Championships as a challenge rather than as a threat.
When it comes to the Olympics, sports like athletics and swimming often spring to mind. But many events have been tried and discarded over the years, including Jeu de paume, polo and tug-of-war.
One biblical verse bans tattoos, but the full story of Christianity’s relationship with body modification is more complicated.
Many athletes dream of reaching the Olympics but very few reach it. What is the process for identifying and developing athletic talent?
As world sports fans zero in on Paris ahead of the Olympics, what should Brisbane’s games organisers look to learn ahead of the 2032 event?
Sporting events form a vital space where Americans display their ‘civil religious devotion,’ according to a scholar of religion and sports.
Most Olympic stadiums, venues and structures continue to be used long after the games finish. But how are they used and what happened to the venues that have fallen into disuse?
Despite the IOC’s optimistic rhetoric, environmental exploitation by host nations, and the suppression of opposition to such exploitation, have remained a troubling feature of the Olympic Games.
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