UHVD3449 Social history of sport

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
work with English texts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar focuses on the history of modern sport that was formed mainly in England since the end of the 18th cnetury by a codification of rules. The course should give methodological tools to deal sport as a serious historical issue, as an important modern social phenomenon. The students will learn about the sources as well as contemporary ways of research in sports history abroad. Some aspects of sports history will be discussed more profoundly, such as the relations between sports and media, sports and arts etc.
Syllabus
  • 1. Mask and Vertigo/ Philosophy of play2
    2. Pre-history of modern sport/Antiquity ? England ? etc.
    3. The brith of modern sport
    4. The continental tradition of physical training: collective and the body
    5. Medialization and commercionalization of sport/ sport and media
    6. Community of play: sport and fans
    7. Exclusive sports?/ the case of lawn-tennis
    8. Plebeian sport?/ the case of football
    9. Sport and politics
    10. Sport as a masculine domain
    11. Sport and art
    12. Sport in the life of a city/ the case of Opava
    13. Everything you always wanted to know about sport (But were afraid to ask)
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Waic, M. (ed.). Češi a Němci ve světě tělovýchovy a sportu - Die Deutschen und Tschechen in der Welt des Turnens un des Sports. Praha 2004. info
  • Krátký, F. - Kössl, J. - Marek, J. Dějiny tělesné výchovy. II. díl. Praha 1982. info
  • Kolář František. Dokumentace k dějinám českého olympismu. Praha. info
  • Eisenberg, C. "English sports" und deutsche Bürger. Eine Gesellschaftsgeschichte 1800-1939. Paderborn - München - Wien - Zürich 1999. info
  • Švácha, R. a kol. Naprej. Česká sportovní architektura 1567-2012. Řevnice 2012. info
  • Waic, Marek a kol. Německé tělovýchovné a sportovní spolky v českých. info
  • Švácha, R. a kol. StArt. Sport jako symbol ve výtvarném umění. Praha 2016. info
  • Bosák, E. a kol. Stručný přehled vývoje sportovních odvětví v Československu. I. díl Praha 1969. info
  • Roubal, P. Československé spartakiády. Praha 2016. 2016. info
  • Marek Waic. Tělovýchova a sport ve službách české národní emancipace. Praha, 2013. info
  • Pope S. W./Nauright John. Routledge companion to sports history. London/New York, 2010. info
  • Pelc Martin. Struktury opavského sportu. Opava, 2009. info
  • Děkanovský, J. Sport, média a mýty. Praha, 2008. info
  • Nolte Claire Elaine. The Sokol in the Czech Lands to 1914. Training for the Nation. Basingstoke, 2002. info
  • Caillois Roger. Hry a lidé. Maska a závrať. Praha, 1998. info
  • Fink Eugen. Hra jako symbol světa. Praha, 1993. info
  • Fink Eugen. Oáza štěstí. Praha, 1992. info
  • Kössl Jiří. Dějiny československého olympijského hnutí. Praha, 1977. info
  • OLIVOVÁ, V. Lidé a hry. Praha, 1977. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
* Minimum 80% presence
* active cooperation / work with selected texts
* delivering a presentation on an assigned topic
* passing of a test
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Winter 2022.
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