Mid term 1 Flashcards
Sport science leading to a ____ of _______ (john hoberman argued)
crisis of identity: between athletes, scientist and society
Early Specialisation (eg china)
- early success leads to adult success
- burnout a big issue
- more likely to have mental health problems
Balance is Better (NZ)
- developing at different ages and stages
- focus on inclusion and wellbeing
Big bang of body types
increase in sport creates search for unique body types - a form of artificial selection
What is an example of a big bang body type
1920s - average body types, more diverse range
Today - recruitment of sports in athletes are becoming more specialised in particular body types e.g basketball players
Transhumanism
human species in it current form doesn’t represent the end of our development but rather a comparatively early phase
What do Prision’s and woman health/fitness magazines have in common?
Panopticon
- society can see everything you do
- in a panoptic prision the guards are able to see everything that the prisioners do.
what does Panoptos mean?
Pan (all) + optos (visible)
Michel Foucault
modern society = an indefinitely generalizable mechanism of panopoticism
- form of power to control their bodies
Paradoxs of the flesh
5% of female have the ideal body and other only try to achieve it and fail
Corporate profit
Eg in magazines they create people to be subconscious but also supply training programs as a way of getting profit
Discourses
Communication about achieving the ideal body
____ thoughts and feelings influenced by the ____ sector
Private, Public
What is the Great sport myth?
- Sport is pure and good
- purity and goodness of sport transmitted to those who play or consume it
- sport always leads to individual and community development
Sports are games with…..
- goal directed activity
- rules
- institutionalised
- required demonstration of physical skill
Why does the definition of sport matter?
1) need a common concept for research
2) Avoiding cultural bias
3) Sport NZ funding- you have to get recognised to get funding
4) Dangers of excluding particular sport
What is a consented terrain?
A Battlefield of dominant groups that are challenged by resistance
e.g 1981 springbok tour
How do we see the world?
we need to connect private experiences with wider social structures, personal problems
Seeing is believing, what does this involve
- Facts/ reality
- illusions/myths
- attitudes/behaviours
e. g six men +elephant
Hegemony - A form of power that operated through ____ vs coercion
Consent
John Hoberman - how long ago did sport science start
development over past 100years
What was the treadmill built for? (1818)
Built for torture, putting prisoners to work, pumping water/grains
Sport can serve as a…
site of resistance against power and discrimination
Shape magazine
a ____ circulation of the _____ female body which influences _____ female experience
Public, preferred, Private
sport as a contested terrain
larger struggle over what is considered “natural, “commonsense” - “the way things should be” on society (morel/ethical”
Where does our knowledge about politics of identity come from?
- gender
- sexuality
- national identity
- race/ethnicity
What is spex101 about?
sport, science and society and how the all interlink together
How can science be cultural and political examples
- Dr joseph
- jurassic park
- politic of covid
Why does sport matter to nations?
- health of citizens
- economy: hosting sport events
- national identity
- nation- state strength
How does race impact sport
- denial of access to particular sports
2. stereotypes
example of denial of access
- tiger woods: couldn’t play on maters Augusta golf course until 1997
- Maori could only play as honorary white
stereotypes: black athletes
“water…. and sink”
water closes pores of their skin can’t get rid of carbon dioxide and sink
Stereotypes: racial representation
blacks are closer to beasts in terms of genetic and physical make than to humanity - indignity
sterotypes: stacking
“positional segregation based on social factors vs skills/performance”
White athletes considered
intelligent/smart
Black athletes considered
flashy, entertaining
