Algoritmi e piattaforme nel CrossFit competitivo: due studi di caso

Algorithms and platforms in the competitive CrossFit field: two case studies Through two case studies resulting from a multi-year enactive ethnography on competitive CrossFit, the paper analyzes the close relationship between the sportifi- cation process of CrossFit and the role of algorithms that are developed and used within the field. Drawing from a Bourdieusian perspective, the paper will be devoted understanding the dynamics that invest the creation and use of platforms and algo- rithms within the practice of competitive CrossFit and the social field that is being institutionalized around it. We will focus on two areas of practice: one related to automated workout management and the other to the ranking and management of CrossFit competition entry.