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Facing the End of “Leisure Culture” in Today’s Unequal World

Friday, July 18, 2014: 10:30 AM-12:20 PM
Room: 301
RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture (host committee)
RC13 Sociology of Leisure

Language: English

Session Organizers:
Ishwar MODI, International Institute Social Sciences, India and Christiana CONSTANTOPOULOU, Panteion University, Greece
The Leisure Commons: The Makings of a Democratic and Global Fantasyscape in the Digital Age (Oral Presentation)
Payal ARORA, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

Figuring out the “Figuration” of the Kishiwada Danjiri Festival (Oral Presentation)
Hisao ARIMOTO, Konan Women's University , Japan

The Politics of Research on 'popular' Culture in Japan (Oral Presentation)
Patrick W. GALBRAITH, Duke University, USA

"Serious Leisure": Film Festivals As Techno-Audiovisual Capital Author: Rosario Radakovich (Oral Presentation)
Rosario RADAKOVICH, UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPUBLICA, Uruguay

From Play to Career: Redefining the Value of Cultural Practices (Oral Presentation)
Alexis TRUONG, University of Ottawa, Canada