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Department of Education, Unit Catalogue 2011/12


ED20414: Sporting spatialities: tourism, cities & development

Click here for further information Credits: 6
Click here for further information Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)
Click here for further information Period: Semester 2
Click here for further information Assessment: CW 100%
Click here for further information Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Click here for further information Requisites:
Click here for further information 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.
Click here for further informationProgramme availability:

ED20414 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Education
  • UHED-AFB01 : BA (hons) Coach Education & Sports Development (Full-time) - Year 2
  • UHED-AKB01 : BA (hons) Coach Education & Sports Development (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 2

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