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Fornire le principali coordinate delle politiche sportive contemporanee. Sviluppare capacità di analisi delle trasformazioni territoriali e delle politiche di gestione del territorio. Favorire la capacità di intepretazione di aspetti specifici dell'organizzazione sociale come profondamente connessi alle dinamiche sociali di lungo periodo.

Il corso propone un'analisi dello sport, come pratica sociale e come campo di politiche, come un elemento fondamentalee paradigmatico nella costruzione delle politiche contemporanee di gestione e trasformazione del territorio. Verranno approfondite le caratteristiche dello sport in prospettiva storica e con particolare attenzione allo sport contemporaneo. Si proporrà una riflessione circa le principali modalità con cui lo sport entra nei differenti livelli di gestione delle politiche urbane e territoriali.

Il corso affronterà il tema delle relazioni tra sport e territorio, concentrandosi in particolare sulle seguenti tematiche:
Lo sport come prospettiva di analisi sociale.
Le trasformazioni sociali e territoriali contemporanee.
Lo sport contemporaneo.
Sport e globalizzazione.
Sport e branding territoriale.
Grandi eventi sportivi e politica urbana.
Sport e riqualificazione sociale.
Sport, sicurezza e controllo sociale.
La sportivizzazione.
Gli spazi dello sport: fan zones, stadi.
Sport e turismo.

Nessuno

  • Lezioni frontali
  • Seminari di presentazione di casi studio
  • Esercitazioni su casi studio
  1. Presentazioni, durante le lezioni, di articoli accademici da selezionare dalla piattaforma di e-learning. Gli articoli, per lo più in inglese, saranno indicati durante il corso.
  2. Valutazione di una relazione, prodotta durante il corso e presentata a fine corso, su temi proposti nelle prime settimane di lezione.

Per tutti gli altri studenti l’esame sarà ORALE e si svolgerà in lingua italiana

La bibliografia è composta da una selezione di articoli/capitoli di libri in lingua inglese disponibili su piattaforma e-learning.

Verranno valutate chiarezza espositiva, precisione terminologica, capacità di analisi critica.

  1. Tosi, S. (2018). Cultural stadi. Calcio, città, consumi e politiche. Milano: Ledizioni.
  2. Wilcox R.C., Andrews D.L., “Sport in the City. Cultural, Economic, and Political Portraits”, in Wilcox R.C., Andrews D.L., Pitter R., Irwin R.L. (2003). Sporting Dystopias : The Making and Meanings of Urban Sport Cultures. Albany: SUNY Press, pp. 1-16.
  3. Schimmel, K. S. (2015). Assessing the sociology of sport: On sport and the city. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 50(4–5), pp. 591–595.
  4. Pye, P. N., Cuskelly, G., & Toohey, K. (2016). Social benefits and the planning of the East Manchester Sportcity. Managing Sport and Leisure, 21(6), pp. 375–398.
  5. Smith, A. (2010). The Development of “Sports-City” Zones and Their Potential Value as Tourism Resources for Urban Areas. European Planning Studies, 18(3), pp. 385–410.
  6. Ricatti, F., Dutto, M., & del Bono, A. (2022). Sport, social inclusion and the logic of assimilation in Prato (Italy). International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 57(1), pp. 129–145.
  7. Gammon, S., & Robinson, T. (2003). Sport and Tourism: A Conceptual Framework. Journal of Sport & Tourism, 8(1), pp. 21–26.
  8. Gammon, S., & Fear, V. (2005). Stadia tours and the power of backstage. Journal of Sport & Tourism, 10(4), pp. 243–252.
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Provide the main coordinates of contemporary sports policies. Develop skill in the analysis of territorial transformations and land management policies. Foster the ability to understand specific issues of social organization as deeply connected to long-term social dynamics.

The course offers an analysis of sport, as a social practice and as a policy field, as a fundamentaland paradigmatic element in the construction of contemporary spatial management and territorial transformation policies. The characteristics of sport in historical perspective and with particular attention to contemporary sport will be explored. A reflection will be presented about the main ways in which sport enters the different levels of management of urban and territorial policies.

The course will address the issue of the relationship between sports and the territory, focusing in particular on the following topics:
Sport as a social analysis perspective.
Contemporary social and spatial transformations.
Contemporary sport.
Sport and globalization.
Sport and urban branding.
Major sporting events and urban policy.
Sport and social regeneration.
Sport, security and social control.
Sportivization.
Sports spaces: fan zones, stadiums and more.
Sport and tourism.

None

  • Lectures
  • Case study presentation workshops
  • Case study exercises

Presentations of academic articles to be selected from the e-learning platform. The articles, mostly ar in English, ill be indicated during the course.

Evaluation of a paper produced and presented during the course on topics proposed in the early weeks of the course.

For all other students, the exam will be oral.

The bibliography is composed of a selection of articles/chapters of books in English available on e-learning platform.

Expository clarity, accuracy of terminology, critical analysis skills will be evaluated.

  1. Tosi, S. (2018). Cultural stadi. Calcio, città, consumi e politiche. Milano: Ledizioni.
  2. Wilcox R.C., Andrews D.L., “Sport in the City. Cultural, Economic, and Political Portraits”, in Wilcox R.C., Andrews D.L., Pitter R., Irwin R.L. (2003). Sporting Dystopias : The Making and Meanings of Urban Sport Cultures. Albany: SUNY Press, pp. 1-16.
  3. Schimmel, K. S. (2015). Assessing the sociology of sport: On sport and the city. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 50(4–5), pp. 591–595.
  4. Pye, P. N., Cuskelly, G., & Toohey, K. (2016). Social benefits and the planning of the East Manchester Sportcity. Managing Sport and Leisure, 21(6), pp. 375–398.
  5. Smith, A. (2010). The Development of “Sports-City” Zones and Their Potential Value as Tourism Resources for Urban Areas. European Planning Studies, 18(3), pp. 385–410.
  6. Ricatti, F., Dutto, M., & del Bono, A. (2022). Sport, social inclusion and the logic of assimilation in Prato (Italy). International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 57(1), pp. 129–145.
  7. Gammon, S., & Robinson, T. (2003). Sport and Tourism: A Conceptual Framework. Journal of Sport & Tourism, 8(1), pp. 21–26.
  8. Gammon, S., & Fear, V. (2005). Stadia tours and the power of backstage. Journal of Sport & Tourism, 10(4), pp. 243–252.
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Key information

Field of research
SPS/10
ECTS
7
Term
Second semester
Activity type
Mandatory to be chosen
Course Length (Hours)
49
Degree Course Type
2-year Master Degreee
Language
Italian

Staff

    Teacher

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    Simone Tosi

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Sustainable Development Goals

REDUCED INEQUALITIES - Reduce inequality within and among countries
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable