The Beautiful Game: Soccer in Contemporary Society and CultureSemester Course

DIS Copenhagen, Elective Course, The Beautiful Game, Soccer in Contemporary Society and Culture
Major Discipline(s)
History, Media Studies, Sociology
Type
Elective Course
Available
Spring semester
Credit(s)
3

In recent decades, soccer has become a highly profitable and prominent global cultural phenomenon. This course looks at the sport as a reflection of society with historical ties to questions of national identity, ethnicity, gender, class, religion, and politics. We explore the particular dynamics of this sport through readings on games and play and also attempt to understand why ‘The Beautiful Game’ inspires the worlds of film, art, literature, video games, and fashion.

Related Discipline(s)

This course would also be of interest to the following discipline(s):
Visual Arts

Faculty

Andreas Brøgger

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

M.A. (Moderne Kultur og Kulturformidling, University of Copenhagen, 1997) and Executive Master of Public Governance (Copenhagen Business School, 2016). Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, NY, 1999-2001. Art critic, Dagbladet Information, 1995-1997. Editor, Hvedekorn magazine for art and poetry, 1996-2005. Lecturer, Dept. of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen, 2003-2006. Curator, Sorø Kunstmuseum, 2006-2009, and Nikolaj Kunsthal, 2009-2014. Director, Nikolaj Kunsthal, 2015-2018. With DIS since 2018.