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Cycling tribes: lifestyles, values, and aesthetics Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Matthew Masucci, Mark Falcous
Popular literature (Magnusson 2012; Weiss 2010; 2012; 2013) has celebrated varying ‘bike tribes’ including road cyclists, mountain bikers, BMXers, touring riders, commuters, and urban hipsters on f...
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The cultural dissonance of sustainable live music Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Sigrid Røyseng, John Vinge, Heidi Stavrum
This article explores the complexities of how environmentally conscious policies and values, often associated with ‘going green’, create cross-pressures for musicians. Successful musicians’ careers...
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Transformations and transgressions: explorations of ‘restricted’ leisure during COVID-19 Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Briony Sharp, Rebecca Finkel, Katherine Dashper
Published in Annals of Leisure Research (Vol. 27, No. 1, 2024)
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COVID-19, leisure, and inequalities: acceptance and transgression in the age of uncertainty Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Sandro Carnicelli
Published in Annals of Leisure Research (Vol. 27, No. 1, 2024)
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Staging Olympic sustainability? A critical analysis of the IOC’s framing of sustainable practices on YouTube Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Renan Petersen-Wagner, Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
As a significant pillar of the leisure world, the sports industry makes substantial contributions to climate change through carbon emission and its influence on sustainable practices, rendering som...
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Rights and wellbeing in sport policy and provision: a New Zealand case-study Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Jack Lane, Justin Richards, Alan Tomlinson
This article reviews ways in which leisure and sport provision have been seen as a social necessity or public good, or an element of a citizen's rights in a single democratic society. We present a ...
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Nightlife as counterspace: Potentials of nightlife for social wellbeing Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Jakob Kramer, Michael Wittmann
Nightlife is used to escape everyday life, meet others, and have fun. Empirical studies of nightlife nevertheless have been predominantly concerned with the night-time economy, the regulation of ni...
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Online festival experiences, eventscapes and cultural value: insights on the dilemmas faced by two South African festivals during COVID-19 Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Jen Snowball, Delon Tarentaal, Fiona Drummond, Roberta Comunian, Jonathan Gross
As in many countries, lockdown measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa resulted in the large-scale cancellation of cultural festivals. To preserve business continuity, many festiv...
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Correction Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-09-19
Published in Annals of Leisure Research (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Rethinking children’s right to leisure during school holidays Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Stephanie Chambers, Susie Smillie, Nicholas Watson
ABSTRACT Leisure and health are human rights that apply to both children and adults. Leisure can enhance health and enable people to participate fully in leisure activities. One of children’s main opportunities for leisure is during school holidays. Little previous research has focused on this time in children’s lives. This paper presents a review of the literature surrounding school holidays, providing
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Supporting rural low-income families: a municipal recreation department's response to community crisis Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Jackie Oncescu, Megan Fortune, Laura Fisher, Mary Sweatman, Julia Frigault
ABSTRACT Recreation is an important resource that can support residents’ capacity to cope with stress and deal with community crisis, such as a pandemic. However, rural low-income families often experience inequitable access to recreation provisions. COVID-19 pandemic forced municipal recreation departments across Canada to re-evaluate and adapt their provisions, of particular importance for rural
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Child labour in high performance and professional sport: The struggle for children’s rights Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Peter Donnelly
ABSTRACT Children’s right to play and leisure has historically and currently been violated by the many demands of adults. This is now evident in the widespread structuring of the time of middle-class children in programmed activities, including sports. In a contribution to this special issue on leisure, citizenship and human rights the paper begins with an overview of how participation in sports became
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Further towards the right to ‘safe leisure’: a case study of the Council of Europe’s 2016 Saint-Denis Convention Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Seamus Byrne, Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
ABSTRACT In the context of the right to leisure – enshrined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) – this article addresses how the Council of Europe’s (2016) Convention on an ‘Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports Events’ (‘Saint-Denis Convention’) provides a legal pathway towards what we conceptualize here as the right to ‘safe leisure’
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Reflections on a community youth sport coach developer initiative Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Shane Pill, Deborah Agnew, Elizabeth Abery
ABSTRACT This study investigated a pilot community youth sport club coach developer initiative. Coach development and education literature indicate that coaches are central in Australian youth sport participation, development and retention. A Lead Coach Developer (LCD), 7 Club Coach Coordinators and 14 club coaches took part in interviews in this research. The interviews provided qualitative data that
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A case for ‘Collective Physical Activity’: moving towards post-capitalist futures Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Gianmarco Dellacasa, Emily J. Oliver
ABSTRACT This paper makes the case for a post-capitalist oriented ‘Collective Physical Activity’ (Co-PA) to contribute to individual well-being and social change here and now, while working towards more equitable post-capitalist futures. We begin by underlining systemic issues that exacerbate inequalities, highlighting the need for a ‘leisure for all’ contributing to system change. We briefly critique
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Bridging time: negotiating serious leisure in intimate couple relationships Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Samantha Punch, Miriam Snellgrove
ABSTRACT Engaging in competitive leisure and sporting practices can cause relationship tension and stress. This paper explores negotiations of gendered time and serious leisure participation. Using the card game bridge, as a case study, it discusses the ways elite tournament players combine intimate relationships with a competitive mindsport. By having an intimate partner who also plays bridge, participants
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Needs, motivations, constraints and benefits of people with disabilities participating in tourism activities: the view of formal caregivers Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-03-18 Celeste Eusébio, Joana Pimentel Alves, Maria João Carneiro, Leonor Teixeira
ABSTRACT Although access to leisure is a right for all, people with disabilities (PwD) face great constraints in exercising this right. Using a qualitative approach, this study examines the view of a group of Portuguese social organizations (PSO) that support PwD concerning the needs, motivations and constraints that they face when participating in tourism activities, as well as the benefits obtained
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Come on, baby, smile: moving through women’s anger while travelling Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Stefanie Benjamin, Alana Dillette, Carol Kline
ABSTRACT Anger, an emotional response to an external or internal perceived threat, violation, or injustice can be a powerful tool and motivator, especially in the case of women who have historically lived in a society steeped in patriarchal structures. This inequity within patriarchal societies often intersects with deeply ingrained racist, homophobic, ableist, and sexist stereotypes. Although anger
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The social world of drinkers: a study of waged workers drinking in urban Delhi Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-02-25 Sashi Sagolsem
ABSTRACT This paper is an ethnographic study of waged workers drinking in public spaces in urban Delhi. It focused on drinking practices among waged workers in the parking space of a market. The distinguishable feature of drinking in public spaces among waged workers was the use of tactics to evade police or consume alcohol uncaught. Sustaining participation in such leisure activities in public spaces
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Standing here: rituals, rights, and the radical democratization of football spectatorship Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-02-13 David Michael Webber, Mark Turner
ABSTRACT Since the mid-1990s, a hermeneutic struggle has unfolded within English football between those spectators who wish to stand at matches, and the ‘risks’ associated with this practice. Here, the authorities have sought to constrain this form of leisure through an anti-democratic, authoritarian regime of discipline and control. By designating the ritual of standing as ‘a right to leisure’, however
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Experiences and perceptions of motherhood and climbing Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2023-02-10 Emily Ankers
ABSTRACT This article employs a critical postfeminist lens to examine experiences and perceptions of motherhood and climbing, with a focus on negotiating childcare and risk. Drawing on interview data, I consider gendered societal pressures placed on mothers who participate in climbing. I argue that although climbing is a site that may facilitate agency and resistance to pressures, mothers’ experiences
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Is the medium the message? Exploring the intersection of social media and collective action in the San José Bike Party Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Jay Johnson, Matthew Masucci, Jessica Chin, Mary Anne Signer Kroeker
ABSTRACT The San José Bike Party (SJBP) is a diverse collective of cyclists gathering for monthly group rides around the urban centre of San José, California. By leveraging social networking platforms, the SJBP announces a route and theme just prior to the ride each month. We argue that organizing, producing, and participating in these rides constitute a political act which can help to promote civic
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An exploration of management perspectives on wellbeing outcomes in the aquatic and recreation industry Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-12-12 Ian O'Boyle, Leila Heckel, Adam Karg, Rochelle Eime, Heath McDonald
ABSTRACT Public aquatic and recreation centres are a cornerstone of leisure infrastructure within Australia. However, the extent to which these facilities set community well-being as a specific strategic goal or measurable outcome is unknown. This paper adopts a qualitative exploratory approach with the aim of understanding key issues and challenges within these centres relating to obtaining well-being
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Special issue on being outdoors part 3. Outdoor leisure: other and othering Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-12-08 Neil Carr, Emma Stewart, Mandi Baker
Published in Annals of Leisure Research (Vol. 25, No. 5, 2022)
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Disconnection in nature-based tourism experiences: an actor-network theory approach Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-12-06 Eugenio Conti, Ioanna Farsari
ABSTRACT Recent studies question whether ubiquitous connectivity via mobiles represents an enhancer and facilitator in nature-based tourism experiences or a potential destructor to disconnect from. We argue that extant research approaches cannot fully grasp the complexity of the connectivity-disconnection dilemma, specifically how tourists appropriate, reinterpret, reshape, and negotiate with meanings
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Special issue of annals of leisure research: leisure, sustainability and power Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Tommy Langseth, Heidi Stavrum, Ingvar Haukland, Richard Giulianotti
Published in Annals of Leisure Research (Ahead of Print, 2022)
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Shattering negative stigmas and creating empathy and willingness to advocate for unpopular endangered species: evidence from shark watching in Israel Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Nurit Carmi, Nir Becker, Salay Cohen, Ziv Zemah-Shamir, Shiri Zemah-Shamir
ABSTRACT There are many endangered species that are not popular, but whose conservation is, nonetheless, important. The present study deals with sharks who suffer from demonization and, accordingly, from public indifference to the deteriorating state of their conservation. We used the seasonal appearance of sharks in the Israeli coastal zone to study public perceptions and attitudes towards sharks
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Exploring women’s engagement in leisure sport participation: the influence of serious leisure in Basque pelota Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Uxue Fernandez-Lasa, Miss Olaia Eizagirre-Sagastibeltza, Sheila Romero Da Cruz, Oidui Usabiaga Arruabarrena
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to analyse the meanings that underlie women’s participation in and commitment to leisure-time sport related to Basque pelota. Thirty-eight women between 22 and 60 years old participated in this ethnographic study, which conducted 21 semi-structured interviews. The theoretical framework used for the analysis was informed by a feminist approach and the Serious Leisure
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Currency exchange: sporting capital, cricket and South Asian communities Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-11-10 Kevin Hylton, Jonathan Long
ABSTRACT This paper examines the involvement of members of South Asian communities in cricket (in Bradford and Leeds, UK). The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) identified that despite the high level of interest in cricket within these communities, relatively few were participating in opportunities provided through ECB structures; instead, they were engaged in various forms of ‘informal’ cricket
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Indigenous feminist gikendaasowin (knowledge): decolonization through physical activity Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-11-09 Gloria Hinemoa Clarke
Published in Annals of Leisure Research (Ahead of Print, 2022)
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Paralympic legacy as seen through the lenses of spectators with physical disabilities: a case of the PyeongChang Paralympic Games Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-10-17 Hyangmi Kim, Chungsup Lee, Kyoung Tae Kim, Junhyoung Kim
In this qualitative study, the experiences of sport spectatorship by people with disabilities who watched the PyeongChang Paralympics were explored to add to the body of knowledge surrounding the l...
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Leisure and human rights: a sociological perspective on the World Leisure Organisation’s Charter for Leisure Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-08-29 A. J. Veal, Atara Sivan
ABSTRACT The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) declared leisure time and cultural participation to be human rights, but the idea of leisure rights has not featured significantly in the field of leisure studies, including the sociology of leisure. The recent revision of the World Leisure Organisation’s Charter for Leisure provides an opportunity to reconsider this omission. The article
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Introduction to special issue on being outdoors: challenging and celebrating diverse outdoor leisure embodiments and experiences Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-07-20 Mandi Baker, Neil Carr, Emma Stewart
Published in Annals of Leisure Research (Vol. 25, No. 3, 2022)
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Outdoorification of sports and recreation: a leisure transformation under the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-07-19 Susanna Hedenborg, Peter Fredman, Andreas Skriver Hansen, Daniel Wolf-Watz
Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, most European countries imposed lockdowns, whereas Sweden introduced soft restrictions. Sports and physical activity could continue if conducted ‘sa...
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Valuing subjective well-being benefits from leisure activities: informing post-Covid public funding of arts, culture and sport Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-07-16 Daniel Wheatley, Craig Bickerton
The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the leisure sector as lockdowns and social distancing resulted in a temporary shutdown. Using large-scale UK social survey data from two waves of Un...
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Understanding everyday creativity: a framework drawn from a qualitative evidence review of home-based arts Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-07-07 Louise Mansfield, Norma Daykin, Alex Golding, Nick Ewbank
The COVID-19 pandemic propelled the arts and leisure into crisis. Public and policy responses have shown positive adaptations and the potential of everyday creativity (EC) in response to restrictio...
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A review of Jepson and Walters' Events and well-Being (2022) Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Jacob Padget
Published in Annals of Leisure Research (Vol. 27, No. 1, 2024)
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Influence of leisure on sexual behaviour of young people with hearing and vision loss in Ghana Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-06-22 Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, Issahaku Adam, Charles Atanga Adongo, Georgina Yaa Oduro, Eugene Kofuor Maafo Darteh, Yvonne Ami Adjakloe
Despite the potential of leisure to shape the sexual behaviour of young people with disability, there is limited knowledge on the subject. This paper explores the influence of leisure on the sexual...
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Special issue on being outdoors part 2: being in the urban outdoors Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-06-19 Emma Stewart, Neil Carr, Mandi Baker
Published in Annals of Leisure Research (Vol. 25, No. 4, 2022)
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Camping at home: escapism, self-care, and social bonding during the COVID-19 pandemic Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-06-16 Nina Jane Morris, Kate Orton-Johnson
The restrictions imposed by COVID-19 lockdown(s) left many feeling trapped at home. One leisure activity that saw a surge in popularity during lockdown was ‘home’ camping. Camping has long been ass...
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Securing hipster leisure: park policy in gentrifying neighbourhoods Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-05-19 Kyle Rich, Erin Sharpe
In this research note, we situate the policy response of park circles enacted by the City of Toronto at Trinity Bellwoods Park in the context of urban gentrification. Rather than a public health me...
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Should I stay or should I go out? Leisure and tourism consumption of geocachers under the existence of COVID restrictions and economic uncertainty in Poland Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-05-11 Joanna Kosmaczewska
Geocaching is a sport-recreation activity considered as a post-modern treasure hunting game. The aim of this study was to group geocachers by how they consumed leisure and tourism services during C...
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Dropout and social inequality: young people’s reasons for leaving organized sports Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-05-11 Lars Erik Espedalen, Ørnulf Seippel
Few quantitative studies have looked at how reasons for quitting organized sports vary according to social backgrounds. The present paper addresses this gap by investigating how youths’ perceptions...
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Blending work and leisure: a future digital worker hybrid lifestyle perspective Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-05-10 Mattia Rainoldi, Adele Ladkin, Dimitrios Buhalis
Work performed by digital means is one of many societal transformations caused by the prevalence and continuous adoption of digital technologies. Free of the constraints of location and time, digit...
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Relationships between leisure and life worth living: a content analysis of photographic data Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-05-03 Shintaro Kono, Shinichi Nagata, Jingjing Gui
Many studies have examined the relationships between leisure and subjective well-being. However, eudaimonic (e.g. meaning) and non-Western perspectives are lacking. Moreover, comparing leisure with...
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From SARS through Zika and up to Covid-19: destination recovery marketing campaigns in response to pandemics Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-05-02 Eli Avraham, David Beirman
ABSTRACT The Covid-19 pandemic has altered the paradigm of risk and recovery management but it is just one of many pandemics to have impacted destinations during the last two decades. This study examines how destination officials combated the image crises that followed SARS-2003, H1N1 Swine flu 2009–2010, Zika 2016–2017 and Covid-19 2020. The literature dealing with combating pandemics has focused
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Parks for profit: selling nature in the city Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Justin Harmon
Published in Annals of Leisure Research (Vol. 27, No. 2, 2024)
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From the theatre to the living room: comparing queer film festival patrons and outcomes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-03-30 Jarrett R. Bachman, John S. Hull
As a strategy for survival from the COVID-19 pandemic, festivals and events have been conducted virtually to provide this form of leisure from home. Replicating transformative outcomes such as soci...
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‘Essential for the soul’?: leisure as a flashpoint during COVID-19 lockdowns in Ontario, Canada Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-03-28 Mark Norman, Derek Silva, Liam Kennedy, William Cipolli III
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded in Canada, leisure activities and spaces became major sites of public debate and emotional expression about the efficacy, ethics, and social impacts of restrictive...
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Women and leisure on the agendas of Brazilian social movements Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-03-14 Cláudia Regina Bonalume, Helder Ferreira Isayana
This paper results from an investigation aiming to map possible relations between women and leisure on the agendas defending Brazilian women's rights inside Brazilian social movements. Using Deleuz...
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Fact, faction and fiction: exploring fictional composition as a tool for knowledge production in leisure research Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-03-10 Belinda Wheaton, Louise Mansfield
In this research note, inspired by the SI in ALR ‘finding truth in fiction’ [Justin Harmon and Rudy Dunlap. 2021. “Leisure Seen Differently: Conclusion to the Special Issue on ‘Finding Truth in Fic...
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The value of events in times of uncertainty: insights from balcony performances in Italy during the COVID-19 lockdown Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-03-05 Vladimir Antchak, Valentina Gorchakova, Giulia Rossetti
The paper explores the role and value of the so-called ‘balcony performances’ – community special events, organized during the first national lockdown in Italy in March-May 2020. Following the cons...
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Diving with dignity? Older women scuba divers, constraints and accessible tourism on the Great Barrier Reef Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-03-03 Sally F. Gregory
ABSTRACT The average age of travelers is rising. Research shows increases in the older tourist segment, which prefers opportunities to participate in adventurous activities. Recent figures from Australia show increases in numbers of over 50's women who are signing on for dive classes and trips, yet few studies have examined this group. Older divers often require specialized services. This autoethnographic
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Events, urban spaces and mobility Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-02-22 David McGillivray, Michael B. Duignan
(2022). Events, urban spaces and mobility. Annals of Leisure Research: Vol. 25, Events, Urban Spaces and Mobility. Guest Editors: Mike Duignan and David McGillivray, pp. 1-4.
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A new framework: non-Western perspectives on international volunteering Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-02-22 Reni Polus, Neil Carr, Trudie Walters
International volunteering has typically been conceived as a Western sociocultural phenomenon. Within this paper, we aim to apply a non-Western lens to the development of a conceptual framework, th...
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You Want to go where? Shifts in social media behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-02-18 Statia Elliot, Michael William Lever
COVID-19 restrictions have transformed acceptable sociability, shifting behaviours toward technology-facilitated interactions as a substitute for face-to-face connectivity. Virtual communities are ...
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Older adults benefit from a new community-based physical activity programme Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Jungsu Ryu, Jinmoo Heo, Hyunmin Yang
ABSTRACT Flow and balance (FAB) is a non-pharmaceutical leisure-time physical activity programme, known as a common health practice for older adults in Korea. It comprises a series of coordinated dance routines, including breathing, balancing, and tapping motions performed on Korean folk music. This study explored a range of experiential characteristics associated with exercising FAB. We used in-depth
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Exploring the role and meaning of leisure in healthy aging among older adults with chronic conditions Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-01-28 Jaesung An, Laura Payne, Toni Liechty
There is currently no consensus on the definition of healthy aging and healthy aging can mean different things in different contexts. Therefore, this study explored the meaning of healthy aging and...
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From dancefloors to tables: socially distanced clubbing, temporary urbanism, and the gentrification of London’s nightlife Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2022-01-24 Ben Assiter
Published in Annals of Leisure Research (Vol. 27, No. 1, 2024)
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Clubhouses and locker rooms: sexuality, gender and the growing participation of women and gender diverse people in Australian football Annals of Leisure Research Pub Date : 2021-12-27 Kade Booth, Adele Pavlidis
ABSTRACT The launch of the Australian Football League Women’s (AFLW) combined with the introduction of grassroots women’s Australian football across the country have challenged the landscape of Australian sport and sport media in recent years. Many young women and gender diverse people have had the opportunity to participate in contact sports such as Australian football for the first time. With this