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- Correction to: Boys’ Love (BL) Literacy Products Consumption as Leisure
and its Impact on perceptions of LGBTQ + People: a Case Study of the
Chinese BL Fan Community in North America-
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PubDate: 2024-07-12
- U2’s (2009–2011) ‘360°’ tour: A Source and
Experience of Enchantment-
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Abstract: Abstract This paper examines the concept of enchantment in the context of U2’s (2009–2011) ‘360°’ tour. It contributes to leisure and sociology studies by offering a detailed insight into a rock music concert examining the sources and fans experiences of enchantment. Furthermore, the paper offers a number of new insights into the concept of enchantment in the context of a rock music event. Despite increasing academic interest in event experiences, so far, little attention is given to the notion of enchantment in events generally, or in relation to rock concerts specifically. This adds to existing music event research arguing that U2 concerts (in)tend to produce an intense atmosphere and create a modern form of enchantment that is experienced physically and emotionally. Notwithstanding the commercial motivations of the tour, these experiences enable fans to engage in a ritual of decommercialization (Cova, B., Kozinets, R., & Shankar, A. (Eds.). (2007). (Eds.) Consumer Tribes. Routledge.: 10). Enchantment provides a useful concept to understand how fans experience, create meaning from, and contribute to the creation of a spectacle. U2’s concerts although highly regulated and choreographed provide an enchanting liminal space, which offer a sense of spontaneous communitas, collective joy and transcendent experiences, and increase fans’ awareness of certain socio-political issues. The paper draws on the findings of a wider project examining rock music events as contemporary spectacle. An ethnographic approach combined with detailed insider knowledge of U2, and their concerts helped to achieve an empathetic understanding of how individuals interpret and create meaning out of their experiences of U2’s concerts.
PubDate: 2024-07-02
- Review of the Book Leisure, Activism, and the Animation of the Urban
Environment, by I. R. Lamond, B. Lashua, & C. Reid (Eds.)-
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PubDate: 2024-06-19
- The Message in a New Phase of Television: An Exploration of the Dichotomy
of Good and Evil-
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Abstract: Drawing on the ideas of several key sociologists, and the central argument that reality and representation have become blurred, this conceptual paper sets out to explore how television, one of the Big Seven leisure pursuits, has a damaging impact upon moral sightedness in a world where modernity has entered a state of flux. To link seemingly abstract ideas – those of ‘synopticism’, ‘reterotopia’ and ‘adiaphorization’ for example – and the language of poet-intellectuals with events and consequences occurring in people’s everyday lives, a selection of popular reality television shows and TV celebrities are considered. In its second part, the paper goes on to embrace intimations of hope. This is the hope that television can be used in experimental ways to stimulate moral consciousness. To further unpack this suggestion, the paper considers how television networks such as Channel 4, and shows such as Squid Games and Black Mirror, can excite moral impulses for the ‘Other’. In its conclusions, the paper explores whether the presiding message of television can be different to encourage viewers to question what is right and wrong.
PubDate: 2024-06-19
- More Than a Name: The Importance of Cultural Names and Identity in
Professional Sport-
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Abstract: Abstract Indigenous athletes have long been subject to racism throughout sporting systems. Such examples include being racially abused by opposition athletes and fans. For Indigenous peoples, their names carry their identity and history of generations; connecting them to their ancestors. Sadly, in some instances their esteemed names and identities have been bastardised intentionally. One incident includes an influential sport commentator making fun of an Indigenous name on air. Her inability to pronounce Indigenous names and their defensive mechanism of making fun of them, has added to the ongoing mistreatment of Indigenous athletes in sport. Another incident involving a highly regarded, sport coach, echoed racist behaviour by renaming an Indigenous athlete in his new team; because he did not want to learn how to pronounce his name, a name given to the athlete by his parents and gifted by his tūpuna (ancestors). These high profile examples demonstrate an ignorance to properly acknowledge the demographic who make up almost half of the playing contracts in this sport. This article will draw from the research of two Indigenous sport academics to address the importance of Indigenous identity for athletes as well as pushing-back against racism in professional sport. We advocate for the inclusion of our ancestral wisdom and the honouring of our names be etched in the fabric of professional sport.
PubDate: 2024-06-12
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-024-00160-6
- Is Academia a Site of Struggle' A Critical Analysis of Resistance
Scholarship in Leisure Studies-
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Abstract: Abstract Scholars have long recognized that injustice pervades recreation and leisure. Some scholars have framed leisure activities or research as a meaningful response to injustice, a body of research we term resistance studies. However, this body of research has grown without a corresponding rise in analyses of unjust social structures. Given that injustice is rooted in the social structure, critical analysis of the resistance studies literature is needed to determine. if the field is tackling the oppression and domination of people. We address this gap through a systematic review of the resistance studies literature in leisure journals. The review was guided by the following questions: (a) what theoretical or conceptual frameworks have authors used to guide their investigations of resistance, (b) what are the targets of resistance (i.e., that which is being resisted), and (c) what acts are presented as resistance. We argue that many of the articles reviewed did not ground resistance historically or conceptually. Without such conceptual grounding, it was difficult for us to see how leisure activities or research could be an effective counter to injustice. We encourage future scholars to ground their work in non-Western thinkers who mapped social structures and worked for material change. The relevance of leisure activities to material change remains to be seen.
PubDate: 2024-06-08
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-024-00157-1
- Beyond Work and Play: Decolonising Children’s Right to Leisure
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Abstract: Abstract In this research note, I unpack the way children’s right to leisure and play has been understood and formulated in contemporary child rights discourses. Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) recognises children’s right to “rest and leisure” including their right to participate in age-appropriate play and recreational activities. I argue that this ‘right to leisure’ discourse within UNCRC reinforces a liberal, unitary model of citizenship that locates the individual child as the locus of rights. Instead, I connect contemporary debates around difference-centred model of children’s citizenship and living rights with decolonial approaches to leisure and vernacular rights cultures to offer a critical appraisal of children’s right to leisure. These inclusive approaches can offer new avenues for theorising and researching children’s right to leisure.
PubDate: 2024-05-30
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-024-00159-z
- Boys’ Love (BL) Literacy Products Consumption as Leisure and its Impact
on perceptions of LGBTQ+ People: a Case Study of the Chinese BL Fan
Community in North America-
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Abstract: Abstract This case study investigate show Chinese Boys’ Love (BL) fans in North America construct fandom based on their consumption of BL literacy products and whether such consumption can enhance acceptance and support of the LGBTQ+ community. Mixed methods were used with a small group of self-identified female BL fans using a convenience sampling method. Among the 34 responses received, the respondents were a group of highly educated women, non-religious, with an average age of 29, and with a long history with the BL genre (8 years). They were born in China and relocated to North America (U.S. or Canada) as young adults. They found the BL genre empowering because it depicts types of relationships and characters free from social norms and gender role constraints. They reported favorable views on gays and lesbians. Overall, this study showed that engaged BL literacy products consumption as leisure contributed positively to views and attitudes toward the LGBTQ+ group in general. Further research can be conducted to continue exploring the impact of the consumption of BL literacy products in other cultural settings.
PubDate: 2024-05-28
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-024-00156-2
- Martial Arts Interventions for Inclusion and Wellness: A Case of Children
with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)-
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Abstract: Abstract Martial arts are a Broad set of Activities that Offer the Opportunity to Engage in a Physical Activity that can Produce a Range of Benefits for Young People. The Broad Nature of Martial arts also Brings Merits to Children with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) as they have an Opportunity to Engage Better in more Activities and are not Limited to just Traditional Physical Activity Offered in Their Educational Settings. This Paper Draws on the Literature to show how Martial arts is Linked to Leisure Research and how it also fits into the Realm of Wellness Benefits for Young Children on SEND. The Paper Highlights the Potential Benefits of Martial arts Interventions and Discusses its Usefulness in Promoting Inclusion. The Preliminary Findings from a Pilot Study Suggest that SEND Children do Indicate some Changes in Their Behaviours through the Martial arts Interventions. Reduced Scores were Observed in Areas around those that might Cause Anxiety, Anger and Frustration, whilst Excitement and Calmness was Improved. The Reactions of Carers and Teaching Assistants Displayed Improvements in Anxiety and Positive Behaviours.
PubDate: 2024-05-18
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-024-00155-3
- Introducing ‘Everyday Moments of Leisure’: Highlighting
Enjoyable Breaks and Pauses-
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Abstract: Abstract Momentary experiences of leisure in the context of routine activities, such as pausing to watch a sunset out the kitchen window, or to chat with a friend as you pass them on the street, have received little attention in the leisure literature, yet are common in the context of everyday lives. Where the boundaries of such momentary experiences have not been well considered, we used a process of concept synthesis to develop a conceptual definition of everyday moments of leisure, drawing on 15 cross-disciplinary articles and book chapters systematically identified and reviewed, with key concepts and examples extracted and analyzed. Everyday moments of leisure are subjectively-defined and noticed enjoyable, personally-resonant momentary experiences that occur within ordinary places and activities. Such moments have antecedents of perceived sense of safety, receptivity to the activity, and ease of participation, and involve a juncture, or shift in attention from the obligatory to the enjoyable, as well as the attributes of noticing and connection to the self. Although short in duration and seemingly insignificant, we assert that noticing short-duration leisure experiences may offer an important avenue for experiencing leisure in the context of everyday lives.
PubDate: 2024-05-06
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-024-00153-5
- Sport for Development: A Social Movement Captured by Elites'
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Abstract: Abstract Over the last 30 years there has been a growth of actors involved in Sport for Development (SFD). Though some of these actors aligned with prevailing power structures, others challenged existing power structures. In that sense, the SFD movement became disparate and multi-faceted and could be seen as an emerging area that could challenge dominant structures. With time, the SFD sector has coalesced around a variety of formal structures, and these more ‘rebellious’ tendencies have been dampened. Though some have argued that these structures show adaptation or professionalisation, using Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò’s work as a foundation, I will argue that these changes emerged as part of a purposeful process of elite capture. In particular, elite capture has occurred in three interconnected ways. First, elite actors established standards, policies and guidelines that aligned with their interests. Second, elites imposed those standards by funding and controlling projects in the field. Finally, elites legitimised the standards they set by taking over avenues for knowledge production within SFD. Taken together, elite capture limits the ability of SFD actors to challenge the systemic factors that impede their participants and communities. To escape this, as Táíwò argues, means more than just offering representation to ‘marginalised’ groups. New structures outside of the constraints of existing ones are needed.
PubDate: 2024-04-30
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-024-00154-4
- Using Preliminary Data to Guide a Research Project: Bear Safety and Bear
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Abstract: Abstract This methodological and theoretical note is the cornerstone of empirical research I began this past summer (2023) on bear safety in backcountry wilderness settings. I am using this pilot data to inform the future iterations of the study to learn more about people’s relationships to bears and their knowledge of safe practices while recreating in the presence of bears. This note, written in the early months of 2024, focuses on refining the pilot survey and developing the research program which will be expanded to four locations in the U.S. to assess the knowledge of backcountry hikers regarding bear safety and their preferences for bear management. This essay ponders the development of future iterations of this research agenda, including methodology, theoretical development, and practical value.
PubDate: 2024-04-26
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-024-00152-6
- “Parece Que Están Dándote Una Bienvenida”: Testimonios of Chicana/o
Families Sense of Belonging Through Nature-
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Abstract: Abstract This study aims to deconstruct racialized hetero-normative narratives of the outdoors and “hold space” (Cairo, 2021) for Latine stories and perspectives. Environmentalism and social structures are deeply intertwined; therefore, addressing racial disparities for communities of color is crucial for attaining justice for our natural world and the people within (Ybarra, 2016). The purpose of this study is to explore how the natural world influences Chicana/o families’ sense of belonging within their communities. This study uses testimonios (Silva et al., 2021) as a methodology coupled with a LatCrit (Solorzano & Yosso, 2001a) theoretical framework to develop Chicana/o counterstories that intervene against colonial and white supremacist constructions of “Nature.” Data generation included intergenerational family interviews (garnering testimonios) around sense of belonging through nature. Results include curated excerpts that reflect core ideas of belonging, connection to the land, and experiences of injustice among Latine families participating in outdoor youth activities. These testimonios reflected experiences of both societal belonging and exclusion within the context of Latine engagement with natural spaces in the United States. The testimonios end with consejos: words of wisdom for future generations. The study concludes with reflexive poems comprised of the testimonios shared using antropoesía.
PubDate: 2024-02-14
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-024-00151-7
- Negotiating Leisure Constraints in the Pandemic: The Case of Migrant
Domestic Workers in Hong Kong-
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Abstract: Abstract How did migrant domestic workers accomplish serious leisure during the pandemic (Stebbins RA (1982) Serious leisure: A conceptual statement. Pac Sociol Rev 25(2):251–272, 1982)' In this paper, I look at the uneven effects of the disruptions in leisure activities as governments introduced lockdowns and physical distancing measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus. While the restrictions were applied broadly across societies, it is necessary to examine how these played out for ‘temporary’ migrant communities subjected to different conditions of stay in their host countries. I address this question by looking at the experience of One Filipino Migrants – a network of Filipino domestic worker organizations in Hong Kong engaged in advocacy work for migrant workers’ welfare even prior to the pandemic. In the Special Administrative Region, the prescribed living-in arrangements and the absence of spatial separation between home and work life steer these mostly female workers to spend their leisure time outside their domicile. But with the spread of COVID-19, their leisure activities are now met with stringent physical distancing measures. Through interviews and participant observation, I narrate how their pre-pandemic activities were scaled down through government and employer regulation of their use of leisure spaces and mandated time off. But I also show their capacity to negotiate with constraints through behavioral changes while challenging notions that portray them as virus carriers. This paper shows how leisure constraints could grow in disaster situations. But it also highlights how leisure agents can come up with negotiation tactics to maintain participation.
PubDate: 2024-01-23
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-024-00150-8
- A Matter of Distinction' A Case Study Examining the Development of a
Sporting Habitus Amongst Male Sixth-Form Pupils in a Private School in the
United Kingdom-
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Abstract: Abstract This research project explores how upper-middle-class private school pupils are socialised into and through sports. Particularly around major sporting events such as the Olympics, there has often been commentary in the mass media regarding the extent to which former private school pupils tend to be overrepresented in Team GB within many elite-level sports. However, a need remains to research the experiences and underpinning processes that contribute to the sporting participation patterns of private school students. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore private school pupils’ lived experiences and better understand how they are socialised into and through sports. Primary socialisation within the family and secondary socialisation within primary school, private school, and other external agents such as sports clubs were discussed. The research findings show that an individual’s sporting habitus is not static but changes and develops throughout their lifetime depending upon the ‘fields’ they are exposed to. Pierre Bourdieu’s (1984) theoretical ideas relating to [(Habitus) (Capital)] + Field = Practice proved helpful in enabling the research to conceptualise and interpret how parental and family upbringing shaped this relationship and, therefore, provides the theoretical lens used to analyse this phenomenon. Participants demonstrated a robust sporting habitus, regularly engaging in sports and physical activity inside and outside school. The social class background of an individual affects the volumes of economic, social, cultural and physical capital they possess. Members of the upper-middle classes, therefore, seek to invest in developing different forms of capital for their children linked to the sporting ‘tastes’ and ‘distinctions’ of their class (Bourdieu, 1984).
PubDate: 2023-11-23
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-023-00149-7
- Exploring Laotian Immigrants’ Experiences of Leisure Gambling and
Perceived Place Meaning in a Casino Setting-
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Abstract: Abstract Existing literature about place meanings and leisure mostly focused on outdoor recreation space and utilized quantitative methods to investigate individuals’ sense of place, while indoor commercial space is less explored. Meanwhile, despite the popularity of casino gambling among Asians, the perceived meaning of their gambling behaviour as well as its relationship with a specific casino space among a particular Asian group remain unknown. Therefore, this study selected Laotian immigrants as research subjects and aimed to examine their lived experiences in a particular casino setting and their perceived place meaning. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 19 participants who identified as Laotian and observation within the casino space. The findings demonstrated that Laotians’ lived leisure experiences within that particular space was a complex and multidimensional construct. In addition to being a third place for their collective leisure (e.g., socialization, entertainment), the casino was also perceived as a place of addiction and a place of providing a livelihood for the community. The place meanings of Laotian participants assigned to the casino stemmed from personal experiences, social interactions, and collective community memories.
PubDate: 2023-11-11
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-023-00148-8
- Leisure and Fan Activism: Exploring New Cases and Contexts Across Men’s
and Women’s Professional Sport-
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PubDate: 2023-10-19
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-023-00146-w
- Watching Women Watch Sports and (re)Claim Their Fandom in Popular Culture
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Abstract: Abstract This conceptual paper explores the gendered framing of women as sports fans in literature and pop culture and the surveillance of their fandom in the stands. By investigating what it feels like to be watched while watching, and the complex ways in which gendered practices complicate the position of women as spectators of sport, we can see how some women are actively challenging the stereotypes of sports fandom in popular culture. Through using the method of reflexive autoethnography, (see Delamont, 2009; Ellis et al., 2010 and Holman Jones, 2016) this paper will re/address how women are framed as fans in the sports fan space and the activism they demonstrate in these presentations that has gone unnoticed and under-researched in the sports fan space. Through autoethnography I intend to also add personal reflections to connect to, challenge and re-position some representations of women as sports fans through this framework in order to explore different ways of engaging with the existing research. This method builds on innovative approaches to exploring fandom through mixed method and ethnographical investigations that have been developed in studies by key researchers in the field such as Hoeber & Kerwin’s (2013), McParland (2012) and Richards (2015 &, 2018). Applying the lens of reflexive autoethnography as the primary methodology will further allow me, an engaged participant myself, to re-explore my previous experiences to give gendered perceptions of sports fandom further nuanced consideration. This approach aims to offer alternative ways to consider how women show activism in challenging their surveillance and presenting their multi-layered and complicated experiences of fandom by re-viewing how women as fans are represented in popular culture. This paper will move through an examination of the existing research on gender and sports fandom, and touch on concepts of surveillance and present examples of women as fans in several text that perform elements of activism to challenge the ‘female fan’ stereotype to connect key ideas to the reflective autoethnographical entries, bringing a different way to understand the gendered experience of being watched while watching sport in a stadium.
PubDate: 2023-08-11
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-023-00142-0
- From The Anfield Wrap to Boss Night and the Paris Protests: Football,
Politics, Identity and the Cultural Evolution of Fan Media and Supporter
Activism in Liverpool-
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Abstract: Abstract There have been significant recent developments in media produced by football fans, from social media and online magazines to podcasts, YouTube channels and live events. 21st century technologies have facilitated new types of supporter-produced media, rendering the means of production more accessible to fans. In Liverpool, fan channels have emerged, influenced by the city’s musical heritage and political and cultural identity. For instance, modern events such as Boss Night and podcasts produced by The Anfield Wrap (TAW) have helped provide an authentic voice for the city’s contemporary football culture, political identity and connected social activism. Due to globalised media networks, they can also offer an educational mobilising hub for those interested in Liverpool’s current idiosyncratic cultural and political civic context. This research is informed by literature on fan media and activism and draws on collective identity theory and Bourdieu’s notion of habitus. In-depth interviews were conducted with experienced supporters and various individuals closely associated with the production of fan media. Structurally, the paper outlines Liverpool’s historical, cultural, sporting and fan media context. It then analyses data detailing the evolution of Boss Mag to Boss Night events and examining The Anfield Wrap as an innovative site of content creation. Contextually, the paper explores fan activism through the mediatised protest of Liverpool’s ownership and collective expressions of political identity. Finally, it draws on the experiences of supporters at the 2022 Champions League final in Paris and the use of technology and fan media in capturing and responding to the mistreatment of supporters.
PubDate: 2023-07-24
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-023-00139-9
- A Comparison of Football Fan Activism in Ukraine and Germany
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Abstract: Abstract During the last decade, football fans in Germany and Ukraine have become increasingly active in the struggle for their interests. This article compares their respective activism based on reasons, tactics and spaces of activism over a span of eight years. The comparison shows that national politics are a dominant motive for Ukrainian fan activism, especially after the so-called Revolution of Dignity (Euromaidan) in 2014, including the Russian invasion. Politics is so important that activism is politically framed in this context even if non-political players like club management or the football association are addressed. In Germany, football’s governance is the major reason for fan activism, as fans strive to preserve or extend their influence on clubs’ and associations’ decisions. This difference emphasises the influence of national settings on fan activism. Concerning space and tactics, the samples show similarities, as in both countries ultras are the dominant type of fan group, an intersection of global ultra culture and activism tactics exists and activism mainly takes place in football stadiums. Therefore, fan activism can be understood as a globally connected movement that is nonetheless highly determined by the respective local context.
PubDate: 2023-06-24
DOI: 10.1007/s41978-023-00137-x
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