Day 3 Flashcards
(14 cards)
What is ethnography?
Immerse qualitative research method
- positive and negative views
- takes forever
- understood through observation
What is autoethnography?
Focused observation and introspection by either:
- subjective to the point of being untentable
- effective tool to connect personal to broader social and political contexts
What, why you did and why it matters
Personal experience reflection
What was Vertinsky’s research about?
About the incline in overweight population in the states
What is Vertinsky’s overall message?
Ideal weight and how to achieve them are not facts but constructed ideals to be considered fit
When did the quest to find a ‘normal body’ begin?
Late 1800 and early 1900s
Used tech like photos
What is the problem with ‘normal’?
Normal is established on statistical, social, moral, and medical judgment
Can mean average or socially desirable
What did Dudley Sargent create?
1893 created random numbers that people felt like they needed to compare themselves to it
How did R. Tait mackenzie influence the ideal body standards?
Referenced sculptors and anthropometric studies (difference between average person and athletes)
What was the bodies referenced by sculptors and painters?
Perfectly portioned bodies from athletes or soldiers
Ideal body was physically fit and highly functional not just ‘look good’
What are the concerns of ‘overweight’?
The way we speak of weight is always negative perspective
Weight was a concern before the medical profession determined the health issues
What are concepts and conceptions of ‘fit’?
Concepts - general statements that people in diverse time periods and geographic locations can interpret differently
Conceptions - specific interpretation used by individuals or groups
What are the necessary distinctions of fit?
Fit and fitness
Fit and healthy
Healthy lifestyle and active lifestyle
All or nothing term?
What is the denotation and connotation of ‘fit’?
Denotation - literally meaning of the word
Connotation - association evoked by the word (emotional)
Is unfit a euphanism for fat?
What was the analysis of Anderson and johannson?
Exercise to entertainment from new fitness cultures
