XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 15-21, 2018)

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Leisure, City and Territory: Past, Present and Future

RC13 Sociology of Leisure (host committee)

Language: Spanish and English

Even though we still have many rural contexts in the world, especially in the geopolitical South, urban spaces are one of the century’s most important leisure spaces, as more people across the world live, work and do leisure in cities. The rise of urban spaces have transformed leisure lives and leisure activities. Cities provide individuals and communities with new opportunities to purse different and new leisure activities. But cities are also places in which leisure is controlled and constrained, or turned into a marker of wealth and privilege. Contemporary leisure in cities and territories (where the political dimension of the space prevails), then, is a important key site of struggles over belonging, identity and meaning around the world. In this session we would welcome papers with a historical focus, or those that problematize current social, political, economic, cultural and environmental issues, such as "gentrification" that occurs rapidly in several contexts of the world today.

Hay contextos rurales en el mundo, especialmente en el Sur geopolítico, pero los espacios urbanos son algunos de los espacios de ocio más significativos del siglo XXI. El ocio contemporáneo en las ciudades y territorios (donde prevalece la dimensión política del espacio) es un importante sitio clave de las luchas por pertenencia, identidad y significado en el mundo. Esta sesión recibirá artículos con enfoque histórico, social, político, económico, cultural y ambiental, como la "gentrificación" que ocurre rápidamente en varios contextos.