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

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Area:	Department of Social Sciences
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	2494 (v.5) Geography 214 - Urban Development and Planning in Australia and Europe - Historical, Political and socioeconomic Perspectives 3421 (v.4) Geography 314 - Urban Development and Planning in Australia and Europe - Historical, Political and socioeconomic Perspectives 11285 (v.3) Australian Studies 354 12684 (v.2) Australian Studies 254
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.
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. Have a heightened critical awareness of issues central to the anthropological understanding of sport in the contemporary world. Developed 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. In the course of developing these outcomes we will further the development skills for- Independent and critical thinking, written communication, identifying appropriate means of researching complex issues and 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 L.J., (1995), Genre and Embodiment, From Brazilian Capoeira to the Ethnology of Human Movement, Cultural Anthropology, 10(2):221-243. Wacquant L., (1998), The Prizefighter's Three Bodies, Ethnos 63(3):325-352.
Unit Texts:	No prescribed texts.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Major essay 40%, Minor assignment 20%, Module workbook 40%. This is by grade/mark assessment.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y Y Y