SOCb2271 Football and Sociology

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 16:00–17:40 U41
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Prerequisites
! SOC271 Football and sociology
None
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
A) Sociological presentation of soccer as an arena of modern culture and as a significant part of everyday life and political experience, as a space of articulation of ethnic, class or gendered relations and also as a relatively autonomous economic, legal, and social system; B) By the same virtue virtue, the course aims at illustrating the analytical reach and strategies of sociological analysis in general
Learning outcomes
Students will learn to understand football as a modern phenomenon in its historical and contemporary forms; especially are students led to understand and analyze football in its multiple dimensions: social, cultural, political, economic, legal, urban, etc.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction 2. The birth of football: historical and cultural perspective 3. Football in the context of changing modernity 4. Fan cultures and their developments 5. Football as an expert system 6. Club as a clan: the sacred and the profane in football 7. Football and globalization 8. Soccernomics: political economy of football 9. Football a radical politics 10. Football stadiums and urban development 11. Football, migration and social integration 12. Football in film and literature
Literature
    required literature
  • GIULIANOTTI, Richard. Football : a sociology of the global game. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press ;, 1999, xvi, 218. ISBN 9780745617695. info
  • Entering the field : new perspectives on world football. Edited by Gary Armstrong - Richard Giulianotti. Oxford: Berg, 1997, vii, 319. ISBN 1859731988. info
    recommended literature
  • Globalization and football. Edited by Richard Giulianotti - Roland Robertson. London: SAGE, 2009, 1 online. ISBN 9781446213544. info
  • GIULIANOTTI, Richard. Sport : a critical sociology. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2005, xvii, 267. ISBN 9780745625461. info
  • Game without frontiers : football, identity and modernity. Edited by Richard Giulianotti - John Williams. Aldershot: Arena, 1994, xiii, 381. ISBN 1857422201. info
Teaching methods
lecturing; critical discussion of academic texts and relevant case studies; individual field research and presentations
Assessment methods
Regular attendance and activity in discussions; quality of two interim tasks (seminar mini-projects based on a simple field observation); quality of individual presentations; quality of a final paper and/ or performance in a final test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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