1 Chapter One: Sports Feminism
Section One: The Fundamentals
A) What do we know about sport? What are common assumptions we make about sport and society?
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]
| Familiar metanarrative of sport the reason behind the narrative:
The character narrative of sport is the metanarrative recognized in my daily life. The type of metanarrative allows players to build identity and acknowledgement about themselves. Players are able to build teamwork and integrity about themselves. The audiences are able to observe personality of the player and root for the player during the sports game. Christiano ronaldo is a perfect example of how sport builds character of a person. The soccer fans know him as one of the greatest soccer players of all time. Christiano made a name for himself by achieving multiple goals and carrying the team to the football league. His personality is known throughout the world and gain massive followers on social media. I personally believe the character narrative does matter on the lives of the individuals. The narrative matters the most toward individuals with passion for sports. Sport is a type of activity that has a huge influence on a person’s life from childhood to adult life.
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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.
I think that sport and sport justice does co-exist in this world. The picture above is the clear example of its existence.
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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?
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The implication of the bodies-at-risk discourse looks at the individual’s responsibilities of their health. The person takes full accountability of the physical and mental healthcare in their lives. However, the issues lie on how society completely ignores the environmental factor around a person’s healthcare. The social determinant of health looks at an individual health care barrier or access based on race, ethnicity, class, gender and safety.
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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.
Whenever I think of feminism, I think of this picture above. Feminism is a movement and ideology that provide support or liberation toward the female communities.
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Exercise 8: Notes Prompt (optional)
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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