Thursday, February 11, 2010

basketball

I've decided that the social dynamic among team sports varies significantly and thus I'm going to focus on basketball, both professional and nonprofessional, in my ethnography. Although I'm disappointed I can't cover a variety of sports I realize that there are some sports that are more classed than others (tennis), some that are more ethnicized than others (cricket, american football) and some more racialized than others (basketball). As far as I know the NBA is the most diverse american sporting league with nearly 40% of its members being of foreign descent. I've contacted my two interviewees and now have to get them their consent forms and start coming up with interview questions.
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  1. Claudia C.February 14, 2010 at 4:21 PM

    This is great, and it looks like you're staying on schedule. Yes, when you are analyzing your interviews and observations, you will need to account for the social and historical context of basketball, both in general and in terms of the actual teams you are looking at. We will work on an interview guide on Monday, so that should come in handy.

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