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The making of modern sports

The making of modern sports. Required reading: Bruce Kidd, ‘The State of Play’, in The Struggle For Canadian Sport , Ch. 1. Lecture outline:. Is sport trans-historical? The ‘making’ of sports The characteristics of folk games The Kirkwall ball game The characteristics of modern sports

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The making of modern sports

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  1. The making of modern sports Required reading: Bruce Kidd, ‘The State of Play’, in The Struggle For Canadian Sport, Ch. 1.

  2. Lecture outline: • Is sport trans-historical? • The ‘making’ of sports • The characteristics of folk games • The Kirkwall ball game • The characteristics of modern sports • The process of transformation • The economic and social context

  3. The transformation of folk games, e.g. From folk football (e.g., kirkball) to Canadian football From tewaarathon to lacrosse The invention of new sports, e.g. Basketball Volleyball Water polo Triathlon The ‘making’ of modern sports

  4. Characteristic Folk Games Purpose & organization Task, loosely organized Scope Local Role & structure differentiation Low role and structural differentiation Rules Oral traditions, local Space Unbounded Acceptability of violence High levels of violence Before the capitalist era: Folk Games

  5. Characteristic Sports Purpose & organization Time, highly organized Scope Regional or national Role & structure differentiation High specialization: roles, spectators, organizers, equipment Rules Codified & standardized Space Specialized spaces Acceptability of violence Respectability With industrial capitalism:Sports

  6. As a general process, the ‘making’ of sports • Began under the conditions of capitalist industrialization in Britain, and spread by evangelism, immigration, emulation, commodity production and imperialism throughout the world • Continues to this day

  7. The context World-wide transformation to industrial capitalism, including • Rapid industrialization • Rapid urbanization • Global migration and immigration • New forms of communication • New approaches to social organization, work and leisure, and so on • Transformation of gender relations

  8. Questions: • Who were the humans responsible for these developments? • Did everyone participate in the same way? To what extent did women and the under-classes contribute to and participate in this process? • How did the economic and social development of Canada contribute? How did sports contribute to the making of Canadian society?

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