10471 (v.3) Anthropology 320 - Sport and Contemporary Culture

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

50.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

10470 (v.3) Anthropology 220 - Sport and Contemporary Culture

Syllabus:

The development of the social study of sport, the interrelationships of play, games and sport. The commodification of sports. The politics of sport. Sport and public policy. Issues of gender, violence and race. Contemporary sports and the media. Students must produce a major research project.

Unit Outcomes:

On completion of this unit students will have- Developed an increased sense of how contemporary sporting practices have been shaped through time and by differing cultural traditions, a heightened critical awareness of issues to the anthropological understanding of sport in the contemporary world. Acquired research techniques required for the creation and development of a body of evidence for anthropological analysis. Have the ability to present interpretations of complex social phenomena in a form recognisable as anthropology. Students will also have further developed their skills in- independent and critical thinking, written communication, identifying appropriate means of researching complex issues, presenting ideas and interpretations in a variety of ways.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Andrews D.L, Pitter R, Zwick D and Ambrose D., (1997) "Soccer's Racial Frontier: Sport and Suburbanization of Contemporary America.", Pp. 261-281, In Armstrong G and Giulianotti R., (Eds.), (1997), Entering the Field: New Perspectives on World Football. Oxford: Berg. Appadurai A., (1996) "Playing with Modernity: The Decolonization of Indian Cricket." Pp. 89-113, In his Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization. Public Worlds Number 1, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Dyck N., (1995), "Parents, Consociates and the Social Construction of Children's Athletics." Anthropological Forum 7(2):215-229. Geertz C., (1973), "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight." Pp. 412-453, In Geertz C., (1973), The Interpretation of Cultures.New York: Basic Books. Hughson J., (1997) Football, folk dancing and fascism: diversity and difference in multicultural Australia." The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology 33(2): 167-186. Lowell J.L., (1995), "Genre and Embodiment: From Brazilian Capoeira to the Ethnology of Human Movement." Cultural Anthropology 10(2):221-243.

Unit Texts:

No prescribed texts.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Draft essay 20%, Minor assignment 20%, Module workbook 20%, Research essay 40%. This is by grade/mark assessment.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y		Y