When first assigned this project for ICT and Visual
Communications to identify a sense of place, I immediately thought of rugby as
that place.
Rugby connotes many strong views, some can be stereotypical,
for instance that of a group of testosterone fuelled men, uneducated and
looking for a fight, and although I’m very aware that this is in fact the case
for many rugby players, this I cannot, unfortunately, deny, for me there is so
much more to it than that. It is going to be challenging to put rugby across as
a sense of place, it is simply a game after all, no different to snooker, polo
or lacrosse, or is it? I think it is, I’m going to try and explain why by
showing it as my sense of place.
As a means of research for the project I sketched out a mind
map of the core benefits found in rugby. I felt that this was an appropriate
way to make note of the many aspects and advantages offered by the game and
more effective than writing a paragraph and listing these topics.
I have decided to look at three topics in particular that I
believe are the most important and can best be attached to a sense of place in
the game of rugby; these are teammates, family and glory. These aspects are key
and can be easily linked to many other benefits of rugby.
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