Kinesiology 2250A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Crossfit

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2250A/B
• Professor: Michael Heine

Document Summary

Sports and physical activity are related to the social and cultural contexts in which we live. Sports and physical activity provide stories and images used to explain and evaluate these contexts. Sports and physical activity provide a window into culture and society. The tools of sport sociology enable us to examine social life in context and see connections between our lives and the larger social world. Our bodies are our platform for activities. Definitions: sport sociology mostly canadian, culture. The study of social life, including all forms of interactions and relationships. Study of social life in context links between our biographies and the larger social world. The ways of life people create as they participate in groups or. Emerges as people struggle over society: what is important in their lives, how to do things, how to make sense of their experiences (what stories count, what stories do not?) Typically there is disagreement between groups and one.