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Mid term 1 Flashcards

1
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Sport science leading to a ____ of _______ (john hoberman argued)

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crisis of identity: between athletes, scientist and society

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2
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Early Specialisation (eg china)

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  • early success leads to adult success
  • burnout a big issue
  • more likely to have mental health problems
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3
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Balance is Better (NZ)

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  • developing at different ages and stages

- focus on inclusion and wellbeing

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4
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Big bang of body types

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increase in sport creates search for unique body types - a form of artificial selection

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5
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What is an example of a big bang body type

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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

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6
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Transhumanism

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human species in it current form doesn’t represent the end of our development but rather a comparatively early phase

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7
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What do Prision’s and woman health/fitness magazines have in common?

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Panopticon

  • society can see everything you do
  • in a panoptic prision the guards are able to see everything that the prisioners do.
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8
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what does Panoptos mean?

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Pan (all) + optos (visible)

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9
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Michel Foucault

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modern society = an indefinitely generalizable mechanism of panopoticism
- form of power to control their bodies

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10
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Paradoxs of the flesh

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5% of female have the ideal body and other only try to achieve it and fail

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11
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Corporate profit

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Eg in magazines they create people to be subconscious but also supply training programs as a way of getting profit

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12
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Discourses

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Communication about achieving the ideal body

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13
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____ thoughts and feelings influenced by the ____ sector

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Private, Public

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14
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What is the Great sport myth?

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  • 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
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15
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Sports are games with…..

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  • goal directed activity
  • rules
  • institutionalised
  • required demonstration of physical skill
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16
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Why does the definition of sport matter?

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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

17
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What is a consented terrain?

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A Battlefield of dominant groups that are challenged by resistance
e.g 1981 springbok tour

18
Q

How do we see the world?

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we need to connect private experiences with wider social structures, personal problems

19
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Seeing is believing, what does this involve

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  • Facts/ reality
  • illusions/myths
  • attitudes/behaviours
    e. g six men +elephant
20
Q

Hegemony - A form of power that operated through ____ vs coercion

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Consent

21
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John Hoberman - how long ago did sport science start

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development over past 100years

22
Q

What was the treadmill built for? (1818)

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Built for torture, putting prisoners to work, pumping water/grains

23
Q

Sport can serve as a…

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site of resistance against power and discrimination

24
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Shape magazine

a ____ circulation of the _____ female body which influences _____ female experience

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Public, preferred, Private

25
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sport as a contested terrain

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larger struggle over what is considered “natural, “commonsense” - “the way things should be” on society (morel/ethical”

26
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Where does our knowledge about politics of identity come from?

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  • gender
  • sexuality
  • national identity
  • race/ethnicity
27
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What is spex101 about?

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sport, science and society and how the all interlink together

28
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How can science be cultural and political examples

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  1. Dr joseph
  2. jurassic park
  3. politic of covid
29
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Why does sport matter to nations?

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  • health of citizens
  • economy: hosting sport events
  • national identity
  • nation- state strength
30
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How does race impact sport

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  1. denial of access to particular sports

2. stereotypes

31
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example of denial of access

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  • tiger woods: couldn’t play on maters Augusta golf course until 1997
  • Maori could only play as honorary white
32
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stereotypes: black athletes

“water…. and sink”

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water closes pores of their skin can’t get rid of carbon dioxide and sink

33
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Stereotypes: racial representation

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blacks are closer to beasts in terms of genetic and physical make than to humanity - indignity

34
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sterotypes: stacking

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“positional segregation based on social factors vs skills/performance”

35
Q

White athletes considered

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intelligent/smart

36
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Black athletes considered

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flashy, entertaining

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