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Leisure (otium) is an unfettered lingering in time set loose from instrumental rationality and utilitarianism. It aims to be free from regimes of time and pressures to perform, that is, it aims at freedom set in time yet not subjected to time's dominion. Leisure may hence at first glance appear to be an individual experience and remove individuals from societal constraints, but it is also an eminently social phenomenon. Capacities for successfully claiming spaces of leisure for oneself are distributed in an extremely unequal manner. Freedom for leisure often becomes a defining and fiercely contested feature of specific social roles. This volume, which contains seventeen essays from ten different disciplines, illuminates leisure's societal dimension in varying historical and cultural contexts, while illustrating its symbolic capital in its respective manifestations.
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This volume offers eight studies on different historical and present-day aspects of leisure in Asia. It critically engages with the predominant Eurocentric focus of leisure studies, bringing into the discussion a number of crucial issues such as the role of leisure as a transcultural contact zone. The volume engages with a field that has been rapidly growing due to the heightened role of leisure activities in defining a person’s identity, the fading of the work/leisure divide in the post-industrial age, and the increasing economic importance of leisure pursuits such as tourism. Bringing Asia into the discussion contributes in resetting the study of leisure into a truly global context. Abstract in other languages
Leisure activities --- Transculturality --- Freizeitaktivitäten --- Transkulturalität
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The link between leisure and contemplative activity, as paradigmatically developed in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, has a pre- and long post-history reaching into present day philosophy and theology. Aristotle's melding of leisure with theory is explained anthropologically because human nature's capabilities are perfectly realised in a contemplative form of life. The contributions in this volume investigate models of connecting theory and leisure in the history of ideas with regard to the question of an anthropological foundation of theory.
Philosophy --- Leisure --- Contemplative Activity --- Philosophy --- Theology
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Cinema-going was the most popular commercial leisure activity in the first half of the twentieth century, peaking in 1946 with 1.6 billion recorded admissions. Though ‘going to the pictures’ remained a popular pastime, the transition to peacetime altered citizens’ leisure habits. During the 1950s increased affluence, the growth of television ownership and the diversification of leisure led to rapid declines in attendance. Cinema attendances fell in all regions, but the speed, nature and extent of decline varied widely across the United Kingdom.By linking national developments to detailed case studies of Belfast and Sheffield, this book adds nuance to our understanding of regional variations in film exhibition, audience habits and cinema-going experiences during a period of profound social and cultural change. Drawing on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative sources, Cinema and Cinema-Going conveys the diverse nature of this important industry, and the significance of place as a determinant of film attendance in post-war Britain.Dr Sam Manning teaches at Queen’s University Belfast and is a postdoctoral researcher on the AHRC European Cinema Audiences project at Oxford Brookes University. He has recently published articles on the history of cinemas in Northern Ireland in Cultural and Social History and Media History.
cinema --- leisure --- television --- programming --- post-war
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The literary discourses of this volume on »Muße«, »dosug«, and »prazdnost'« (leisure) open up new perspectives on the development of Russian culture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by means of lexical and semantic approaches, and by probing philosophical, production-aesthetic and socio-historical aspects. In four comprehensive essays emanating from the Slavic studies division of the joint project SFB 1015 »Muße« and its international co-operations, questions of how transferable the phenomenon of »Muße« is to Russian literature and culture are investigated. Discursive processes of the assessment and re-evaluation of work, laziness and leisure can act as indicators for gauging societal processes as much as the condoning or discrediting of »Muße«. Besides the history of mentalities, aesthetic developments and, in particular, the emergence of new literary genres are also included.
Literature --- Leisure --- Russian Literature --- Russian culture --- eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
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Finally the weekend! The time to escape the dense city to enjoy quieter en-vironments? While leisure occupies a central place in our lifestyles, what is the relationship between urban styles and mobility? Are the inhabitants of city centers more mobile, seeking a greener environment in which to spend their free time? This would be the "barbecue effect," which invites stopping advocating for density and upgrading to suburban styles. This book explores this controversy by examining the cases of Geneva and Zurich, to answer some questions: Does the barbecue effect really exist?
consommation énergétique --- mobility leisure --- loisirs --- hypthèse de compensation --- energy consumption --- zurich --- switzerland --- genève --- microrecensement --- microcensus --- formes urbaines --- mobilités --- geneva --- suisse --- compensation hypothesis --- urban styles
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Climate Change --- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts --- Climate Change Management and Policy --- Tourism Management --- Environmental Sciences --- Earth System Sciences --- Industries --- Klimawandel --- Tourismus --- Klima --- Mobilität --- Transport --- Fremdenverkehr --- Beherbergungsbetriebe --- Gastronomie --- Outdoor-Aktivitäten --- Wirtschaft --- The environment --- Hospitality, leisure & tourism industries
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This open access book is the proceedings of the International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT)’s 28th Annual International eTourism Conference, which assembles the latest research presented at the ENTER21@yourplace virtual conference January 19–22, 2021. This book advances the current knowledge base of information and communication technologies and tourism in the areas of social media and sharing economy, technology including AI-driven technologies, research related to destination management and innovations, COVID-19 repercussions, and others. Readers will find a wealth of state-of-the-art insights, ideas, and case studies on how information and communication technologies can be applied in travel and tourism as we encounter new opportunities and challenges in an unpredictable world.
Tourism Management --- IT in Business --- Environmental Management --- Cultural Economics --- Open access book --- Augmented reality in tourism --- Virtual reality tourism --- ICT for tourism --- Smart tourism --- IFITT --- ENTER conference --- Hospitality, leisure & tourism industries --- Business mathematics & systems --- Business applications --- Environmental management, --- Economics
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Gambling is now a legitimate sector of the entertainment industry. In the 1990s, opposition emerged in North America but failed to build a social movement on a large scale. This book specifically examines one of these coalitions in Vancouver, Cana-da. The local anti-gambling movement is analyzed as an expression of civic and political engagement. The study focuses specifically on the process of denouncing gambling practices and their conversion into a "public issue." The author analyzes a highly relevant current social debate.
opposition movement of gambling --- north america --- leisure --- loisirs --- sociology --- anthropologie --- engagement militant --- casinos --- vancouver --- adtivism --- construction sociale des problèmes publics --- sociologie --- critique anti-capitaliste --- social construction of public issues --- amérique du nord --- anti-capitalist critique --- mouvement d'opposition au jeu d'argent --- anthropology
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Raum --- Inklusion --- Qualitative Sozialforschung --- Behinderung --- Freizeit --- Barrierefreiheit --- Sozialraum --- Öffentlichkeit --- Schule --- Verein --- Betreutes Wohnen --- Migration --- Demenz --- Moral --- Politik --- Körper --- Flucht --- Sozialpädagogik --- Sozialpolitik --- Sozialarbeit --- Pädagogik --- Space --- Inclusion --- Qualitative Social Research --- Disability Studies --- Leisure --- Accessibility --- Public Sphere --- School --- Dementia --- Ethics --- Politics --- Body --- Fleeing --- Social Pedagogy --- Social Policy --- Social Work --- Pedagogy
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