SPORT TALENT FROM A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: REFLECTION ON THEOFFER OF LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURALINHERITANCE

Authors

  • Renato Rodrigues Marques
  • Jéssica dos Anjos Januário

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61303/07172257.v27i41.123

Keywords:

Talento deportivo, Sociología del Deporte, Deporte, Talento

Abstract

In sports field, there are usually processes of detection and selection of young talents based on the belief of predestination. This perspective depreciates the
educational and formative potential of the sport, based on the incorporation of habitus. Ignoring praxis within this field, creates a process of reproduction of learning
opportunities in benefit of those prematurely classified as gifted. This essay aims to present a sociological reflection, based on categories by Pierre Bourdieu, on the idea
of innate talent that persists on success in sports field and its implications on opportunities for development of young practitioners. The axes of analysis produced were: Arbitrary character of the criteria of perception and appreciation of talented agents; Talent as a relational, lasting and constructed process of learning and
possibilities of habitus incorporation and symbolic capitals valued in sport; Centrality of cultural heritage as a mechanism for reproducing inequalities in sport. It is
concluded that, instead of determinism that obscures sporting success, there is an arbitrary character on the processes of consecration, including cultural inheritance
as a mechanism for accumulating advantages concealed by sports success. Minimizing possible reproductive perspectives, it is proposed to consider sports
talent as a product of relational conditions, being developed by practitioners.

Published

2018-12-31

Issue

Section

Artículos

How to Cite

SPORT TALENT FROM A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: REFLECTION ON THEOFFER OF LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURALINHERITANCE. (2018). Revista De Ciencias Sociales, 27(41). https://doi.org/10.61303/07172257.v27i41.123

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