RSS 1042 Midterm #1 Flashcards
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Lecture 1
What are the goals of history of Physical Activity
To identify and describe patterns of change and stability in physical activity in specific societies of cultures during specific periods.
Why is studying history valuable in a multi-disciplinary field like kinesiology?
Studying history is a valuable field like kinesiology because it allows us to see how knowledge has advanced in the field and its sub-disciplines. It also gives insight into the mistakes made in the past and into how the field ended up with as many disciplines as it has now.
Lecture 2
Who paved the way for women to take part in men-only marathons ?
Katherine Switzer
What is history?
History is the study of change, or lack of change, over time.” Mechikoff & Estes (2006).
History can be as:
Something that has happened
A field of study
A process
History as Something that happened
Elements include:
People
Time
Change/Continuity
People:
Ultimately in human history, ______ are at the core
What they did _____ & _______
people
causes & consequences
Traditional history has looked at “_____ ______ ______” of the past; big events
“great white men” of the past; big events
__________ history interested in what people did, what it meant to them
______ history is under that
Traditional
Sports
Time:
Time is a key component as we’re talking about “_____ _____”
the past
The further away something is, the more we make __________ about it
The closer we get to the current, the shorter the time period we ______ ________
generalizations i
consider significant
Important to consider events ___ ______ _______ _______
Not put judgement on the past _____ ___ ______ ____ _____ ______
in their time period
based on where we are now
Used to be BC and AD but it was a one-sided religious connotation, so now its ______ and _____
BCE = Before Common Era
CE = Common Era
Change/Continuity:
Important element n history is ____ and ____ things change (or not)
how and why
Usually questions of _______ however, evolution is a loaded word, generally taken to mean progress
evolution
Change does not necessarily mean _______
progress
Who talked about “Progress traps”?
He believed in _____ progress back to Victorian era
Ronald Wright
unfettered
What if progress leads us into a trap?
nuclear weapons, agricultural chemicals, the overall global environment
History as a field of study
It is an academic pursuit dedicated to looking at the past ________ ____ ____, helping ___________ the present
learning from it, helping contextualize the present
Two ways of approaching historical research/writing
- _________ History
describe the events ___ ___ _______
Focus on the narrative ______ _______ version of history - the what
descriptive history
as they happened
story telling
- _______ History
Provide and interpretation or reinterpretation of events - the ____ and ______
Often structures as an _________
Interpretive History
how and why
argument
History as a process
History can be seen as a process ____ ______ _____ _____ ____ ______
Involves ______ data, _______ and ______ it, making _________ and _________, communicating them
of doing research about the past
collecting data
analyizng and criticizing it
making interpretations and conclusions
Questioning of sources
Influence of _____ on ways of seeing the ______
present on ways of seeing the past
Types of sources
______ sources
_____ with event
_______ accounts, media, reports, photos, letters etc.
The _____ that the historian ____
Primary sources
contemporary with event
eyewitness accounts
evidence, collects