Spring 2021 - SA 352 D100
Games, Sports and Cultures (A) (4)
Class Number: 3198
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Noel Dyck
ndyck@sfu.ca
Office Hours: By appointment via email.
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Prerequisites:
SA 101 or 201W.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
An anthropological examination of games and sports that explores their cultural, political and aesthetic dimensions. Applies cross-cultural perspectives to explore the shaping of identities through athletic practices as well as the impacts of globalization on snorting passions. Particular attention is focused upon the creation of sport ethnographies.
COURSE DETAILS:
Ethnographic fieldworkers have reported games and sports of all manners from around the world since the founding of anthropology as an academic discipline in the nineteenth century. Moreover, individual anthropologists have in different places and times conducted detailed studies of specific indigenous games and forms of play, as well as of large-scale sporting events such as the modern Olympic games. These developments underpin the recent emergence of a vibrant and growing anthropology of sport.
This course will focus upon the social and cultural construction of games and sport in a broad range of ethnographic settings. It will also consider the distinctive theoretical, methodological, and substantive contributions that anthropology can make to the larger interdisciplinary field of sport studies.
Grading
- Seminar participation 10%
- Midterm exam #1 30%
- Midterm exam #2 30%
- Final essay project 30%
NOTES:
Grading: Where a final exam is scheduled and the student does not write the exam or withdraw from the course before the deadline date, an N grade will be assigned. Unless otherwise specified on the course syllabus, all graded assignments for this course must be completed for a final grade other than N to be assigned. An N is considered as an F for the purposes of scholastic standing.
Grading System: The Undergraduate Course Grading System is as follows:
A+ (95-100) | A (90-94) | A- (85-89) | B+ (80-84) | B (75-79) | B- (70-74) | C+ (65-69) | C (60-64) | C- (55-59) | D (50-54) | F (0-49) | N*
*N standing to indicate the student did not complete course requirements
Academic Dishonesty and Misconduct Policy: The Department of Sociology & Anthropology follows SFU policy in relation to grading practices, grade appeals (Policy T 20.01) and academic dishonesty and misconduct procedures (S10.01‐S10.04). Unless otherwise informed by your instructor in writing, in graded written assignments you must cite the sources you rely on and include a bibliography/list of references, following an instructor-approved citation style. It is the responsibility of students to inform themselves of the content of SFU policies available on the SFU website.
Centre for Accessible Learning: Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need classroom or exam accommodations are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (1250 Maggie Benston Centre) as soon as possible to ensure that they are eligible and that approved accommodations and services are implemented in a timely fashion.
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
There is no required textbook for the course, but there will be a Custom Courseware Package (available from the Bookstore) with required readings for the course that are not otherwise available online.
Other required readings available online can be accessed through the SFU Library.
RECOMMENDED READING:
The instructor may recommend additional readings that are available online.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
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TEACHING AT SFU IN SPRING 2021
Teaching at SFU in spring 2021 will be conducted primarily through remote methods. There will be in-person course components in a few exceptional cases where this is fundamental to the educational goals of the course. Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.
Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).