KNES 287 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Forces, Critical Consciousness, Soyou
11 Sep 2017
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Developing a sporting sociological imagination demands that we think about the relationship between sport culture and the societal context out of which it emerged, and which it emerged, and which it simultaneously helps to constitute. Sport is not substantial it is relational/ contextual. Not concrete statement, but can go into. No concrete essence to what sport is it is not fixed, it changes in relation to the context in which it is situated. Societal relations: sport is all related to, economy, politics, technology, culture. Connect sporting bodies to the social context in which they are located/out of which they emerged. Need to think contextual space there"s local, regional, and national space. Look at the bigger picture: sport is different in different regions, physical culture of spatial contexts (local/ regional/national) are often different, just as the social and cultural contexts are different local physical culture:
