Ability is ….
- Variable
- Relational
- Contextual
Ableist ideology
Identifying people as disabled to justify treating them as inferior and to organize social worlds and physical spaces without taking them into account
- not adapting the able bodied world
2 dominant forms of ableist ideology
- Ageism - an evaluative perspective that favours one age group over the rest
- Ableism - evaluative perspective in which the label of disability marks a person as inferior and incapable of full participation in main stream activities
How are disabilities are produced?
being able bodied is a temporary condition and a projection of the biomedical model of disability. Being able bodied is simply a social construct. People are not born with disabilities, but they are created through social systems, institutions, and practices .
Medical model of disability
- Cause of the disability is based on the individual
- Person needs to be fixed rather than the environment needs to be changed
Examples of the bio medical model
- patronizing —> aren’t they incredible?
- curiosity—> can she really do that?
- tragedy
- inspiration
- mystification—> can’t believe she just did that
- pity - she tries sp hard
- surprise - stay tuned to see….
Emerging trends in Esport research (6)
- Integrity issues - cheating
- Violence stigma
- Addictions and mental health
- Social inequality
- Racism
- Gender inequality
Geek masculinity
Expression of masculinity that focuses on intellectualism, tech knowledge, and skill rather than physical power
Kim “geguri” se-yeon
- 19 year old pro esport gal
- Overwatch
- accused of using aim assist by other team
- showed herself playing to prove that she didn’t
- lots of people supported her but she got backlash on her looks
New media
- any media that exists
- increasing by 3.7 %
Digital divide
Inequities within the digital community between men and women, rich and poor, developed and non developed nations
Social media hegemonic ideology vs counter-hegemony ideology
Hegemonic- set of ideas and beliefs that are widely accepted as natural and normal, serve the interest of the dominant groups in society
Counter-hegemony - resists/challenges the dominant ideology and power structures in society, empowers marginalized groups
Sport social media that’s Struve for social justice
- sbnation outsports - LGBTQ+
- burn it all down - female sport podcast, lots of perspectives
- just not sports - how women are treated in sport media
- TIDES - social report cards
Muslim sports women in traditional mass media : orientalism (two ways)
- As passive and oppressive
- Focusing on hijab athletes
Legitimizing the hijab Nike perspectives
- they mainstreamed an oppressive garment
- Muslim women in sport is not new, if they want to wear a hijab they do, Nike is not the first to come out with an athletic hijab
- they are capitalizing on a culture
Dual assumption of sport evangelist (2)
- Sport is essentially good
- It’s goodness is experienced by those who partake in it
3 effects of sport for youth
- Fertilizer effect - sport grows and amplifies character
- Car wash effect - sport washes away character to make them socially acceptable
- Guardian angel effect - sport guides them and gives them direction
First and second wave of the global development project
1st
- Harry Truman wanted to developed underdeveloped countries
- this was critiqued and people said that it emphasized the money division between the countries (rich and poor was made more obvious), he didn’t look at the history of the country before trying to develop it
2nd
- the new policies didn’t work and made it so much worse for developing countries
Right to play
- what is it
- what’s the mission
- what’s the vision
Global organization that uses the transformative power of play
Mission : to use sport/play to educate/empower children to overcome the effects of poverty, conflict and disease in disadvantaged communities
Vision : to create a healthy and safe world through the power of play
Pitfalls of sport development of peace
- traditional notion sport are susceptible to the neoliberal development divison
- may not be able to sustain change
- individual achievement is used to justify inequality
- white is viewed as the normals social group
- must view sport as a tool to challenge the ideology of individual achievement
