From an Institutional Sport to a Street Sport: Street Football as a Negotiated Social System

Abstract

Objectives: Our work, consists in analyzing, in terms of initiation to the negotiation and mastering violence, the socialization process of the street football that presents a widespread phenomenon between the children and the adolescent in the various neighborhoods in Gafsa. Material and Methods: In order for our hypotheses to be checked empirically, we made use of the observation as a method of investigation and we strengthened that observation by interviews. Furthermore, we performed observations sessions in six neighborhoods in Gafsa city to observe the games played in terms of regulation, relation with others, locations of practice, time, equipment, arbitration, measurement of the violence degree, and types of reactions against aggressions. Results: Our results show (demonstrated) that street football practice affects the socializing process of the adolescent who practices this kind of sport. As a result young people learn how to negotiate and how to master violence. Conclusion: The street football plays an educational role and affects positively the socialization process.