Kinesiology 2250A/B Lecture 7: Social foundations - unit 7

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

Document Summary

Social foundations (kin 2550a) sports, pa & the economy. This is the first of the societal institutions we will be covering. Sports in context: this is another way of saying (cid:498)societal institutions(cid:499). Used to understand sport behavior, we examine ways that societal institutions shape and are shaped by sports and pa. Societal institution: persistent patterns of behavior and accompanying forms of organization and regulation in a specific context. (another way of saying social context) Examples: law violence in hockey, western students organizing foco = come into contact w/ the law, education. ** provincial governments tried to remove physical education from schools to be filled with more important things: production, distribution (exchange, consumption. Types: material objects ex) nike runners, knowledge ex) sport sociology lecture, services ex) fitness consultation session. ** in order to offer a service, you usually need professional knowledge. Power relationships in economic systems leads to systems of ownership.