Paul Nya
Contact
GTA Principal Instructor, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation - Academic Programs
- pnya@ualberta.ca
Research Assistant, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation - Academic Programs - Research & Innovation
- pnya@ualberta.ca
Courses
AUPED 469 - Sport and Canadian Popular Culture
Examination of the role of sport in Canadian popular culture, historically and in the present. Topics include the power of the media to create audiences for sport; the role of sport in the construction of local, regional, and national identities; the continental dimensions of professional sport; the place of sport in the negotiation of gender relations; the use of sport by the Canadian government; and the position of sport in an increasingly global economy and culture.
KRLS 304 - Advanced Sociology of Sport and Leisure
Building on introductory sociological concepts from KRLS 104 and historical foundations from KRLS 204, the course focuses on developing a critical understanding of the power relations operating through contemporary social and cultural processes that shape the body, sport and leisure, such as colonialism, consumer culture, globalization and neo-liberalism. Prerequisites: KRLS 104 and 204. Credit will be granted for only one of KRLS 304 or PERLS 304.