131-022 Consuming Sport

Formerly available as 131-283/383. Students who have completed 131-283 or 131-383 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Fifty points of first year from any area of study within the Faculty of Arts.

This subject examines the origins of the reputation of Melbourne as the sporting capital of Australia and students will conduct interviews in order to investigate the relationship between the spectator and performance and the influence of the media in the development of the sporting spectacle. On completion of this subject students will be able to reflect critically upon the role of the spectator, the changing social and economic context in which sport is produced and will also contribute to an on-line archive.