APA 1302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Antonio Gramsci, Raymond Williams, Contemporary Sociology

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Human Kinetics
• Course: APA 1302
• Professor: Michael Robidoux

Document Summary

Able-bodied people tend to look down on the special olympics as inferior (as opposed to the olympics), but these hyper-competitive, hyper-masculine wheelchair rugby players also looked down on the special olympics. I. e. : long distance runners, experience intense pain/ self-awareness. Physical activity can drive us to the point of extreme exhaustion, but we feel a sense of accomplishment and gratification once we finish a big event. The sense of accomplishment, recognition can be a driving force. Sport can bring the worst out of people, the drive to win at all costs, no matter what. We must see sports as social phenomena that have meanings beyond everyday experience. What these meanings produce assist us in understanding: the societies in which sport exist, the social worlds that are created around sports; Sport is an important factor that contributes to our way of being. Certain realities are produced by one"s involvement in sport: the experiences of individuals and groups associated with sport.