Editorial: The Ethnography of Sport and E-Sport. Methodological Experiences from the Fieldwork

Abstract

This article introduces the subject of the thematic issue: The Ethnography of Sport and E-Sport: Methodological Experiences from the Fieldwork. The Editor points to the most crucial threads in the contemporary literature on the subject. He underlines the relevance of the authors and articles collected in this issue. Also indicated are gaps in the academic literature regarding the methodology of ethnographic research into broadly understood sport. The issue is a modest attempt to fulfill these gaps. The Editor also briefly recounts the contents of the articles, both from the thematic section and from the varia section.