bp962 Sociology of Sport

Faculty of Sports Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Aleš Sekot, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Aleš Sekot, CSc.
Timetable of Seminar Groups
bp962/s1: Thu 11:10–11:55 K205, A. Sekot
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Sociology is very helpful when it comes to studing sports as a social phenomena. It provides concepts, theoretical approaches, and research methods to describe and unerstand behaviour and social interactions as they occur in particularg social and cultural contexts. Just qualitative changes in sports have updated new concepts as a physical recreation, professional sport, high performance sport, elite sport etc. becoming involved and staying in sports occurs in connection with general socialization process in lives of people. The phenomenon of sport has been strongly transformed during past two or three decades, mostly as a consequence of the process of commercionalization and medialization of elite professional sportts, mostly in global extend. Main objective of the lesson is to properly understand mutual relations of sport and society in local, regional and global context.
Syllabus
  • Theoretical terminus a quo of sociologyx of sport Sport and socialization Leisur sport versus performance top sports Sport subcultures Communal aspects of sport Sport and youth Youth versus doping in sport leisur and sport Contemporary Czech society and sport Sport and mass media Fascination with sport medialized sport Global aspects of sport Migration in sport Feminity versus masculinity Women and sport in historical perspective Sportive subcultures Sport - its perspectives Main objective of this lesson is to understand broader cultural relations of sport and society
Literature
  • SEKOT, Aleš. Sociology of Sport: Topical Issues. 1st ed. BRNO: Masarykova univezita a Paido, 2006, 130 pp. Edice pedagogické literatury. ISBN 80-210-4151-X. info
Assessment methods
Written test confronting relevant knowledge on mutual relations sport and society Aleš Sekot: Sport a společnost, Paido 2003 Aleš Sekot: Sociologie sportu. MU a Paido 2006 Sociologické problémy sportu, Grada 2008
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011.
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