APA 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fernand Braudel, Social Forces

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Human Kinetics
• Course: APA 2302
• Professor: Eileen O' Connor

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History: (cid:858)the (cid:271)odies of k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge a(cid:271)out the past produ(cid:272)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) historians, together with everything that is involved in the production, media, landmarks, museums, and teaching a(cid:271)out that k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge(cid:859). A branch of knowledge that records and analyzes past events: helps us understand how sport is viewed and practiced today. Sport history can be communicated through media, landmarks, museums. Understand how to chart sport changes in the context of social life changes and power shifts in society. Monitor changes in the organization and meanings of games to different groups of people: not a lot of attention on literature after adulthood. Gain perspective on current problems and where future difficulties may arise in context of changing society, social relations, and values i. e natural disasters. Fernand braudel (french historian: focused on the mediterranean, capitalism and civilization, and the identity of. France: wrote about three periods (courte douree; moyenne duree; longue duree, longue: looking at the environment with slow change (e. g. ice age).