Associate Professor, Department of Communication
Member of the Research Centre for Sport in Canadian Society (University of Ottawa)
Member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and thereby authorized to supervise theses.
Office: 556 King Edward Avenue
Telephone: 613-562-5800, ext. 3824
E-mail: mlowes@uOttawa.ca
University degrees
1993: B.A., Law, Carleton University
1995: M.A., Canadian Studies, Carleton University
1999: Ph.D., Communication, Simon Fraser University
Fields of interest
- Media, sport and popular culture
- Urban geography and mega-sport events
- Sport tourism and socio-economic development in the Canadian North
- Media law
Ongoing research
Examining the role that major sport events play in the economic and cultural growth strategies of cities.
Selected publications
Books
LOWES, M. (2002). Indy Dreams and Urban Nightmares: Speed Merchants, Spectacle, and the Struggle Over Urban Public Space. University of Toronto Press.
LOWES, M.(2004 [1999]), Inside the Sports Pages: Work Routines, Professional Ideologies, and the Manufacture of Sports News. University of Toronto Press.
Book chapters
LOWES, M. (2004). "Sports Page". In A Reader in Sport, Culture and the Media, edited by David Rowe. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2004. " Reprinted from M.
LOWES (1997). "Sports page: A case study in the manufacture of sports news for the daily press," Sociology of Sport Journal. 14(2):143-159.
LOWES, M. (2002). "Major league sports, civic discourse, and the 'world-class' city". In Civic Discourse and Cultural Politics in Canada: A Cacophony of Voices , edited by S. Ferguson and L. Shade. Ablex Publishing.
LOWES, M. (2000). "Indy Dreams in the World-Class City". In Taking Sport Seriously: Social Issues in Canadian Sport, edited by Peter Donnelly. Thompson Educational Publishing, pp. 147-149.
Journal articles
LOWES, M and P. Tranter. Forthcoming a, Spring 2008. “Space, Sport and Sustainability: The Geography of the Environmental Impacts of Motorsport in Australia,” International Journal of Sport Marketing and Sponsorship.
Tranter, Paul and M. LOWES. Forthcoming b, Spring 2008. “Communicating Public and Environmental Health Values and the Question of Sustainable Urban Sporting Environments,” Journal of Sport and Social Issues.
Tranter, Paul and M. LOWES. 2005. “The Place of Motorsport in Public Health: An Australian Perspective,” Health and Place, vol. 11, pp. 379-91.
LOWES, M. (2004). "Neoliberal power politics and the controversial siting of the Australian Grand Prix motorsport event in a public park". Loisir et Soiété/Society and Leisure 27(1).
LOWES, M. (1997). "Sports page: A case study in the manufacture of sports news for the daily press". Sociology of Sport Journal 14(2):143-159.
Papers in refereed conference proceedings