Kinesiology 2263F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Eurocentrism, Trampoline, Chinese Whispers
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Lecture 1 before colonization: aboriginal games and physical culture. Gambling game, guessing, they are hiding an object in your hand and you shuffle back and worth and then. Extremely important event for these folks, men only can play (gender issue and age issue) Is it really a sport? you show your hands to the opponent and they have to guess which hand it is in. They claim they are using medicine power to know what hand it is in. Two teams (4 players or up to 30+ players), each team has a captain, the captain calls the location. If the captain called correctly, you are out, if he didn"t you get a counting stick. Lacrosse - is one of the first sports played by aboriginals. Written records: explorers, traders, missionaries, letters, journals, diaries, reports etc. o. Oral records: aboriginal oral history o. How much do they change in the re-telling (broken telephone)