EDKP 405 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Claude Lemieux, Nate Jackson, Ingroups And Outgroups
9 May 2018
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Lecture 1 – EDKP 405
Book circled paged + no about heights.
And Bill Knight
What is Sociology?
1. Sports are more than just games and meets – it’s a social phenomena
2. Studying sociological approach is key to understanding and thinking about sports
3. People who study sports in society (sociologists) are concerned with deeper meanings and stories
associated with sports:
a. The culture and societies in which the
sports exist
b. Social worlds created around sports
c. Experiences of individuals and groups
associated with sports
*People in Sociology digs deeps they look at inequality and injustice
4. Sociology is the study of social life, including all forms of interactions and relationships
5. The course is about critically examining sports as they exist in people’s lives and the social contexts
where people live, work, and play.
6. Nazem Kadri from the Toronto Maple Leafs he’s the first player of Muslim descent playing in the
NHL**
What is Sociology
1. Culture: Big link between culture and sports
1. The ways of life people create as they
participate in a group or society
2. It consists of all the socially invented ways
of thinking, feeling, acting that emerge in
particular groups as people try to survive,
meet their needs, and achieve a sense of
significance with the process.
3. Cultural sports practices change over time,
and have different forms and meaning from
one place to another
Ex: College football in Canada vs. America
(like Night and Day)
Whereas Hockey is not so different between
both countries
*Use videos to provide examples for short answers & essays
Pelada – Brazilian Soccer Video: Depicts culture of Brazilian soccer (needs to be from the pelada, the slums)
1. A pelada is someone that grew up on playing soccer in dirt fields.
2. Pelada is the soul of Brazilian soccer
3. These are players from the slums, and Brazilian sees this as a necessity to get the smartness.
a. If people don’t have this “smartness”, they won’t make it according to Brazilian culture.
4. If a guy is 20, and he didn’t play professional in Series A to C, he will never become a professional.
5. Video pertains to Santa Kruz (a team – aka pelada since they play on dirt field) going for the Kaiser cup.
6. Pelada, pertains to “favela’s soccer”, which means the slums.
All Blacks: Most successful sports franchise (Rugby in New Zealand)
1. The All Black’s Haka is a traditional Maori Dance
2. It was traditionally performed before going into battles.
3. In 1888, the first Haka was performed by the NZ rugby team in Britain.
4. The All Black’s do this before every match – they are tied to Maori culture
5. Culture & Pride is a big part of the All Blacks
2. Society
1. Society is a collection of people living in a
defined geographical territory and united by
a political system and shared sense of self-
identification that distinguishes them from
other collections of people.
2. Sport is a social construction, explaining
different forms and meaning from place to
place and time to time.
3. Sports is influenced by relationships,
politics, and economic processes.
Ex: Canada & Hockey, USA & Football, Brazil & Soccer (football) countries/societies liked to sports
cultural implications
Ex: Miami vs. Buffalo Bulls, Bulls won after 15 years Americans went nuts (Bloom & his son went to the
game)
What are Sports?
Sociological definition of Sports:
1. Sports are institutionalized competitive activities that involves rigorous physical exertion or the use of
relatively complex physical skills by participants motivated by personal enjoyment and external
rewards.
1. A Physical Activity
2. A Competitive Activity
3. An institutionalized Activity
4. An activity played for personal enjoyment and
external rewards
Physical Activity:
1. Ex: Chess vs. Tennis Tennis is considered PA since we require greater physical exertion than our
daily activities, whereas chess is not considered PA.
Competitive Activity
1. Need to separate cooperative and individualistic activities from competitive sports activities
An Institutionalized Activity (organized)
1. Need formal rules and organizational structure:
1. Standardization rules
2. Official regulatory agencies (governing bodies)
3. Rules are enforced, training schedules followed,
equipment and technology developed
4. Learning of game skills becomes formalized.
An activity played for personal enjoyment and external rewards
1. Sports have to be distinguished from play and dramatic spectacle
Play involves expressive activity done for its own
sake
Dramatic spectacle involves performance to
entertain the audience.
Ex: World Wrestling Entertainment
*WWE is preplanned in terms of who’s going to win
for entertainment
2. Sports are distinguished from play and spectacle because they both contain:
1. intrinsic enjoyment
2. Extrinsic rewards for performance
3. Elements of play and spectacle
What are Sports?
Sports may be defined based on the following questions: He just put up these questions that we’ll answer as
we go.
1. Should children younger than 6 y.o be allowed to
play sports. If so, what should be their meaning and
purpose?
2. Should provincial high schools include
cheerleading as an official sport?
3. Should synchronized swimming be covered in the
sports or lifestyle section of newspapers?
4. Should professional wrestlers be nominated for a
“sports person of the year” award?
Pros and Cons of a Precise definition of Sport:
Pros –
1. Allows sports to be distinguished from other
activities
2. Provides a common focus for people doing
research and developing theories.
*Helps researchers contribute their idea/theory
Cons –
1. Privileges people with the resources to organize
competitive games and the interest in doing so.
*Privilege people who have resources, positions
with power, and so on they use their resources
for their own goods and welfare.
2. Overlooks those without resources or inclinations
to compete.
Limits of the sociological definition of Sports: 3 questions
1. What are the meaning, purpose, and organization
of sports?
*What activities will be defined as “official sports”?
*What will be the relative importance of different
types of physical skills in those activities.
**He says eSports is getting big and got contacted
for mental training.
2. Who will participate in sports and under what
conditions will this participation occur?
*Will females and males play at the same time or be
segregated by sex.
Document Summary
Book circled paged + no about heights. The culture and societies in which the sports exist. Experiences of individuals and groups associated with sports. Ex: college football in canada vs. america (like night and day) Whereas hockey is not so different between both countries. *use videos to provide examples for short answers & essays. Ex: canada & hockey, usa & football, brazil & soccer (football) countries/societies liked to sports cultural implications. Ex: miami vs. buffalo bulls, bulls won after 15 years americans went nuts (bloom & his son went to the game) Sociological definition of sports: sports are institutionalized competitive activities that involves rigorous physical exertion or the use of relatively complex physical skills by participants motivated by personal enjoyment and external rewards, a physical activity, an institutionalized activity. Competitive activity: need to separate cooperative and individualistic activities from competitive sports activities.
