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Quidditch is a sport inspired by the successful literary saga Harry Potter, the work of British J.K. Rowling. Created by a group of American university students, it has achieved rapid expansion worldwide in a short time, giving rise to national and international organizations and competitions on all continents. The purpose of this work is to address local/global interactions. The origins of the practice in Argentina will be explored. They can be found around 2006, in the context of a Harry Potter's fan club aimed at a particular audience, under specific local conditions. To achieve these purposes, in-depth interviews with different actors have been carried out, and previous academic productions on the subject were consulted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to reconstruct the positions about sports of the Trotskyist newspapers Prensa Obrera and Politica Obrera of Argentina between 1995 and 2020, both belonging to two groups of militants who dispute control of the Partido Obrero. Emphasis will be placed on possible continuities and ruptures, as well as on the dialogue of these positions with the contributions of Marxism in the social sciences to think about sports phenomena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]