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Section One: The Fundamentals
A) What do we know about sport? What are common assumptions we make about sport and society?
Sport encourages teamwork and unity, which may be a false statement for some people. Because of marginalization, people may be excluded from the sharing environment and may have less opportunities for teamwork. For example, the only girl on a mixed gender hockey team may not receive as many passes or opportunities to make plays. Furthermore, one player might speak a different language as the rest of the team giving them a disadvantage to collaborate to come up with plays resulting in the opposite of teamwork. |
Exercise 3: Notebook prompt
What are some other metanarratives about sport that you are familiar with? Find an image or video clip or draw something yourself that captures this idea…
So what? Why does any of this matter? Does it matter? As something we grow up with – live with – play through – we don’t often interrogate the meanings of sport, and perhaps we don’t want to.
But being aware of these assumptions and metanarratives is especially important, I would argue, because of the centrality of sport to our everyday lives, the role that sport plays in shaping our childhood and worldviews and….. [finish that thought]
| Another metanarrative about sport that I am familiar with is discovery narrative.
It matters because each athlete has unique experiences that lead them to their performance in sports. Discovery narratives can raise awareness about different illnesses, diseases, or obstacles athletes may face, like eating disorders or physical disabilities like cerebral palsy. [finish that thought] –> perception of sports because of the hidden meanings of sport we either choose to ignore or refuse to question. Not everything is as it seems to be and there are hidden stories behind every athlete, team, and sport to be investigated. |
B) What is social justice?
Exercise 4: Padlet Prompt
Think back to the last section and try to look at some of the ideas we discussed differently. How might sport and social justice actually co-exist?
Record any images, video clips, or gifs you added to the padlet and identify a point of intersection between sport and social justice (can be an issue or a barrier or a debate or something you would like to explore in more depth in this course) . Screenshot or paste in your response below.
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Each body is built differently, genders have different biological make ups, everyone has different skill sets, goals, advantages/disadvantages, access and opportunities, that form differences from player to player. These unequal qualities of each player are what creates a unique team. Some players get involved because of their family’s involvement in the community and become a great player due to the resources they have access to use to build their skills. Some people have less resources so therefore less practice. For example, playing sports in leagues can cost quite a bit, especially in sports like hockey where the proper equipment is needed. Families suffering from poverty may have less opportunities and access to play their desired sport. |
C) Social Justice Reading
(note: this activity is optional!)
D) KINESIOLOGY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Exercise 5:
Exercise 6:
What are the implications of bodies-at-risk discourse and the refusal to understand the health gap from a social justice perspective, according to the authors of this article?
| Louis Harrison, Laura Azzarito and Samuel Hodge find It may be difficult to understand the less fortunate because privilege is taken for granted. This is a major prediction of more cultural gaps, health disparities impacting marginalized groups because of lack of research, and people in the health gaps will be increasingly called “problems”. This may include women, people suffering from poverty, ethnic minorities. This leads to more labeling of “lazy” or “lack of self-management” when it may not be true. |
Section Two: Sport Feminism
Exercise 7: Notebook Prompt
What is feminism? What does it mean to you? Choose one of the images below and explain how it captures your understanding of feminism (or find one that does speak to you and paste this into your pressbook with an explanation of why it matters to you.
| Feminism is about equal rights for both male and females. To me, it’s about promoting the fact that women can do anything anyone else can do, we are no less than them and therefore should not be treated that way. It’s about carrying strength, and wisdom while surviving in a world built from the male’s perspective and way of living.
This is the image that spoke to me the most about feminism. I like the aspect of community they give off to indicate we are not alone, and we must speak up when being marginalized. |
Exercise 8: Notes Prompt (optional)
The different kinds of feminism the authors outline are liberal feminism, radical feminism, marxist/socialist feminism, black feminism, and poststructuralist feminism. Liberal feminism is connected to sports because playing sports is a positive experience and women should have access to, but are often underrepresented and not in decision-making positions. This relates to a social perspective because females are typically seen playing more feminine sports like gymnastics and males are more likely to play sports like football. Radical feminism relates to sports through the underlying structural power relations where men have social control over women forcing women to be objectified and portrayed as ‘sexy’. In addition, male violence is experienced in sports, including sexual assaults. Marxist/Socialist feminism is connected to sports through the unpaid domestic labour and the roles forced upon them in sports like washing sports clothing for their partner or transporting their kids. Black feminism is connected to sports because black women are constantly missed when advocating for feminism in sports and are othered by white women due to their taken-for-granted positions resulting in racism and marginalization. Poststructuralist feminism is a combined feminism including liberal, radical, marxist and socialist. It relates to sports through the lack of power women have and the reconstruction of the meaning of women to break the stereotype. It recognizes the potential they have in sports even if they have to work harder to achieve their ideal body.
NB: Cornell notes is a great resource that teaches effective notetaking. Unfortunately, our system can’t save notes taken in the H5P app, so this is fully optional.
Exercise 9: Crossword Activity
Exercise 10: Padlet Prompt
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