Class Sociology of Sports and Leisure

This UC finds its main reasons for pertinence and opportunity in the relevance of the scientific knowledge it transmits in all branches of the degree. The development of critical thinking, inquiring and observing society allows us to provide tools for contextualizing the reality of sport in changing societies and for deepening the transformations and trends of the current sports phenomenon through sociological knowledge of the various social realities that involve professionals in the field. of sport. It is intended that students analyze and understand essential aspects of the sporting experience in the light of sociology and, with this, that they acquire skills and competences for framing and understanding the action and social space where they will move within the scope of their professional activity. 

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The syllabus for the course is as follows: Introduction to the Sociology of Sport: theoretical approaches to social action, research problems, concepts and notions. The concept of sport: the historicity of sport in the context of social change, sport and society. Sport as a social, cultural and symbolic phenomenon. Sport as a product and producer of social and cultural transformation. The construction of science in the social sciences and the development of the research project to be developed in the course. Gender, sport and physical activity;  Social inclusion, physical activity and sport Violence in sport. Subcultures and violent hostilities.  Deviant behaviour in sport. Sports ethics and fair play. Communication/media and sport. Participation and sporting habits. Barometers, statistics, indicators and studies.

Active Methodology: students are encouraged to take the initiative in searching for bibliography (articles in indexed journals, theses and dissertations) and data (produced and worked on by accredited institutions, INE, IPDJ, OECD, Eurofound, etc.), in order to later use the product of this research to develop a research project associated with one of the themes integrated into the syllabus of the course. An active and participatory approach to research is encouraged, underpinning debate and the construction of knowledge in class dynamics. The process will begin with a search on search engines (ScieLO, Science Direct; Scopus, PUBMED, B-on, etc.) with the aim of finding literature and statistical data to carry out the research project. It will develop over the course of the academic year with regular presentations on the development of the work where theoretical frameworks, statistical data, results and conclusions of the work carried out will be debated.

Delaney, T., & Madigan, T. (2021). The sociology of sports: An introduction. McFarland. Loyal, S., & Malesevic, S. (2020). Contemporary sociological theory. Sage. Weiss, O., & Norden, G. (2021). Introduction to the Sociology of Sport (Vol. 1). Brill. Wenner, L. (2017). On the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, the field of play, and six years of more “more than less”. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 52(8), 903-909.