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KPE 100

Physical Cultural Studies

Week 2 September 21, 2022

Agenda

• Guest Speaker
• What questions do you have?
• ‘Media minute’
• ‘Key Concept of the Week’
• Research – Peralta (2003)
• Break
• Reading – Chapter 2
• Important tutorial information
• Next week

WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?

Media Minute

• Using your device, search for a current event that you

can connect to the themes, ideas and/or topics of this

course.

• Do this quickly! (Don’t over-think it)
• 3 minutes maximum

Key Concept of the Week

10 Concepts for 10 Weeks

• Social stratification
• The ‘Sociological

Imagination’

• Agency vs. Structure
• Social construction
• Identity
  • Policy implications
  • Social stigma
  • The Body
  • Hegemony
  • Discourse

Social Stratification

WEEK 2 – Key Concept of the Week

‘Social Stratification’ - 2

• There are categories of social stratification that social scientists have traditionally focused on: - Race/ethnicity - Social class - Gender
• There are categories of social stratification that social scientists increasingly focus on: - Sexuality - Ability/disability

‘Social Stratification’ - 3

Social stratification is more of a reality than it is a desire.

Think poverty, racism, homophobia, etc.

‘Social Stratification’ - 5

We, as social scientists in Kinesiology and Physical Education,

are confronted with the ‘reality’ of social stratification.

WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?

• Write down 3 examples of social stratification in the field of Kinesiology and/or Physical Education
• Not sure? Use the textbook, or ask around…
• 3 minute time limit

Research – Peralta (2003)

Peralta, R. L. (2003). Thinking sociologically about sources of obesity in the United States. Gender Issues, 21(3), 5-16.