À propos de ce cours : Sports play a giant role in contemporary society worldwide. But few of us pause to think about the larger questions of money, politics, race, sex, culture, and commercialization that surround sports everywhere. This course draws on the tools of anthropology, sociology, history, and other disciplines to give you new perspectives on the games we watch and play. It's the new and improved version of Professor Orin Starn's original "Sports and Society" for Coursera, which drew more than 40,000 students. We will focus on both popular sports like soccer (or “football,” as anyone outside America calls it), basketball, and baseball, and also lesser-known ones like mountain-climbing and fishing. You will never watch or think about sports in the same way again.

Créé par : Duke University

Enseigné par : Orin Starn, Professor
Cultural Anthropology

Langue	English
Comment réussir	Réussissez tous les devoirs notés pour terminer le cours.
Notes des utilisateurs	4.8 étoiles Note moyenne des utilisateurs 4.8Voir ce que disent les étudiants

Programme de cours

SEMAINE 1

Getting Started! Games, Play, and Sports

7 vidéos, 7 lectures

Reading: The Course Basics (note: all essential class information here!!!)
Reading: Links to Course Readings
Reading: List of Key Terms
Reading: Grading Policy
Reading: About the Instructor
Reading: The Sports and Society Book Club (optional)
Reading: The Sports and Society Movie Club (optional)
Vidéo: Understanding Play and Sports, Part 2
Vidéo: Why Do We Like to Play? Part 1
Vidéo: Why Do We Like to Play? Part 2
Vidéo: The Origins of Modern Sports, Part 1
Vidéo: The Origins of Modern Sports, Part 2
Vidéo: Capoeira

Noté: Week 1 Quiz

SEMAINE 2

Globalization, Nationalism, and the Politics of Sports

7 vidéos

Vidéo: Nationalism and Sports, Part 1
Vidéo: Nationalism and Sports, Part 2
Vidéo: Athletes and Social Activism, Part 1
Vidéo: Athletes and Social Activism, Part 2
Vidéo: American Football, Part 1
Vidéo: American Football, Part 2

Noté: Week 2 Quiz

SEMAINE 3

Race, Cultural Identity, and the Sports World

9 vidéos

Vidéo: Race and American Sports, Part 2
Vidéo: The Native American Mascot Controversy
Vidéo: The Social Demographics of Sports, Part 1
Vidéo: The Social Demographics of Sports, Part 2
Vidéo: Zidane and Bruce Lee, Part 1
Vidéo: Zidane and Bruce Lee, Part 2
Vidéo: Golf, Part 1
Vidéo: Golf, Part 2

Noté: Week 3 Quiz

SEMAINE 4

Gender, Sexuality, and the Rise of Women's Sports

9 vidéos

Vidéo: A Short History of Women’s Sports, Part 2
Vidéo: Women’s Sports Today, Part 1
Vidéo: Women’s Sports Today, Part 2
Vidéo: The Long Sporting Life of Homophobia, Part 1
Vidéo: The Long Sporting Life of Homophobia, Part 2
Vidéo: The Transgender Athlete
Vidéo: The Fitness Revolution, Part 1
Vidéo: The Fitness Revolution, Part 2

Noté: Week 4 Quiz

SEMAINE 5

Why Do We Care So Much about Sports?

6 vidéos

Vidéo: The Phenomenon of the Fan, Part 2
Vidéo: The Dark Side of Fandom
Vidéo: Father Time and the Athlete
Vidéo: American College Sports, Part 1
Vidéo: American College Sports, Part 2

Noté: Week 5 Quiz

SEMAINE 6

The Megabusiness of Sports

4 vidéos

Vidéo: The Hypercommercialization of Sports, Part 2
Vidéo: The Rise of Sports Video Games, Part 1
Vidéo: The Rise of Sports Video Games, Part 2

Noté: Week 6 Quiz

SEMAINE 7

Outdoor Sports, Extreme Sports, and the Search for Adventure

6 vidéos

Vidéo: Outdoor Sports, Part 2
Vidéo: The Strange Case of Extreme Sports, Part 1
Vidéo: The Strange Case of Extreme Sports, Part 2
Vidéo: Skateboarding
Vidéo: Conclusion

Noté: Week 7 Quiz

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Comment cela fonctionne

Coursework

Each course is like an interactive textbook, featuring pre-recorded videos, quizzes and projects.

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Créateurs

Duke University

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Notation et examens

Note moyenne 4.8 sur 5 sur 305 notes

This online course is very interesting for people that enjoys playing and watching sports. To explain the impact of sports in society and the development of sports in general, ideas and studies of many social science experts are provided and translated to the sport reality. Many well-known sport facts and personalities are provided to support the arguments.

The lecturer (Orin Stark) presents the subjects and his personal opinion on an “easy-going” language. He is someone with who you could have a very pleasant pub conversation. His approach and “easy going” language make the course and its content interesting and easy to follow, also for people without any background in social sciences, like me.

I really enjoying this course!

It is an excellent Course!!Great insight into one of the important aspects of sports

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