SOC 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Sociological Imagination
11 Apr 2016
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How do we define sports: traditional perspective, physical activity, competition, institutionalization, motivation: internal and external rewards, alternative perspective, sports are contested activities. Example: women"s ski jump and the 2010 vancouver games challenge. Ski jumpers" perspective: discrimination, canadian charter of rights and freedoms, solution, perspective. International olympic committee perspective: no discrimination, criteria for consideration ( technical issues , solution, perspective. What is the sociology of sport: looking at sports as social constructions that we create, examining social relations, the sociological imagination making connections (c. w. mills, 1959) Why study the sociology of sport: we attach special meaning to sport, debunking common sense ideologies. For next tomorrow"s discussion session, think about ideology and myth . From: artificial ice: hockey, culture, and commerce (whitson & gruneau, 2006: 4): Myths in any culture have a complex character. On the one hand, they often distil and dramatize the deepest truths about a society and its people.
