Department of Education, Unit Catalogue 2011/12 |
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 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: The aim of this unit is to address the transformation of cities into post-industrial mega-complexes predicated on play, sporting facilities and experiences, the attraction of mega-events, waterfront leisure spaces, shopping malls, and other leisure-oriented environments. Learning Outcomes: In the completion of the unit, students will be able to: * Theorize the urban transformation of city-space within a climate of neoliberal social reform * Articulate the connections between the historical antecedents of urban sport culture with contemporary expressions of the relevance sport still holds within the social fabric of cities. * Critically identify the cultural economy and politics of contemporary sporting space * Identify how sport and leisure environments have become important cultural institutions and policy tools in the resurgence (or post-industrial renaissance) of cities. Skills: * Analysis of research and reflection (F/A) * Independent work (F) * Qualitative research skills * Written communication (A) * Integrated, cross-disciplinary understanding of sport and space (F/A). Content: Students will study: * The Urbanization of Britain: The city in historical perspective * The city as post-industrial playground * Place Wars: Tourism and the Re-invention of the city * The Metropolis & Mega-Sporting Events * Community Based Sport & Social Reform * Policy, Development & Governance in the Polarized Polis * The Night-time Economy: Sport, Space, Surveillance * The Resonance of Rural Space * A Case study of a chosen city-space. |
| Programme availability: |
ED20414 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Education
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