SOC 885 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Vanoc, Caster Semenya, The Sociological Imagination
27 Apr 2016
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How do we define sports: traditional perspective. Physical activity: sweat, exert, energy, ex) suspicious suspect sports: poker, race car driving, darts, billards, video games, spelling bee, fishing, dog shows, bowling. Competition: losers/winners, advantage over another (gained) Institutionalization: when the action and practices of given sport activities is standardized, standardized in 4 ways. Official regulator agency governs and enforce rules. Organization and technical aspects become important (uniforms and when replays are on) Learning of the skills associated with sport become formalized: becomes habitual, cultural. Motivation: internal and external rewards: internal: par cord, maintain health and general enjoyment, challenges. Self satisfaction: external rewards: award given by association. Ex) super bowl , opening and closing ceremonies: alternative perspective. Sports are contested activities: open up definition of who can define sports from different perspectives, challenges in sport practice that can be change, sports in contested activity. Example: women"s ski jump and the 2010 vancouver games challenge. Only competition women are allowed to jump in.
