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Soccer: Folk and Popular

Soccer: Folk and Popular. Introduction. Most popular sport in the world. Earliest record: 11 th century England Evolved from folk to popular culture. Spatial Focus Folk: Hearth. Origins are obscure, but first recorded event: 1042, England (hearth)

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Soccer: Folk and Popular

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  1. Soccer: Folk and Popular

  2. Introduction • Most popular sport in the world. • Earliest record: 11th century England • Evolved from folk to popular culture.

  3. Spatial Focus Folk: Hearth • Origins are obscure, but first recorded event: 1042, England (hearth) • Excavators use a Danish soldier’s head for a ball • Ball evolves to an inflated cow bladder. • Evolved to a “mob game” between local villages. • Local folk culture at this point.

  4. Spatial Focus Popular: Hearth • Clubs founded in 1800s England • Churches & Factory workers • Taught in schools • Professional players by mid-century • Soccer exported through colonization

  5. Creative Focus • Folk: Traditional • Local start • Rivalries between English villages • Popular: Innovative • International organizations and rules • Adoption of modern technology

  6. Social Focus • Folk: communal • Village competitions • Local clubs • Popular: individualistic • Still communal event • Also, accessible at the individual level: • Video games • Stats analysis

  7. Rate of Evolution • Folk: Slow • Local diffusion for many years • Spread slowly throughout centuries Popular: Fast Diffused internationally within several centuries

  8. Diffusion Patterns • Folk: Slow and Limited • Possible contagious diffusion within England • Popular: Rapid and Extensive • Hierarchical and contagious diffusion through colonialism

  9. Medium of Diffusion • Folk: Oral Communication • Small village contests • Contagious diffusion • Popular: Mass Media • Adoption of mass media and technology

  10. Distribution of Consumers and Producers • Folk: Highly Similar • Homogenous population • Popular: Highly Dissimilar • Heterogeneous population

  11. External Influence • Folk: Limited • Limited to England • Popular: Extensive • International

  12. Works Cited • Rubenstein, James M. The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography. Tenth ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011. Print.

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