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Interrogating Leisure and Development

Wednesday, 18 July 2018: 10:30-12:20
Location: 201D (MTCC NORTH BUILDING)
RC13 Sociology of Leisure (host committee)

Language: English

Leisure for many is a time for relaxation, to free the mind and to be at peace within and without. Leisure, nevertheless, has not been considered perceptively as an important variable for estimating the level of a society’s development. Historical cases of Greece where the people engaged in various leisure activities with limited labour output may be identified as a possible case study of how leisure may lead to the downfall of a society. Likewise the classification of leisure into “good leisure”, which often encourages relaxation of the body, spirit and mind (as with the case of indoor and outdoor games), as against “bad leisure”, which often results in the damage of the body, spirit and mind (as with the case of drug and alcohol intake that leads to addiction) are variables that can be used to examine a society’s development. This session, thus, intends to interrogate common/prominent leisure practices of various societies, or an analysis of the transformations of leisure based on factors such as colonialism, cultural hegemony, modernity/globalization, migrations, economy etc. in analysing a society’s development. Papers presented may be theoretical, case studies or empirical studies that may lead to a better understanding of leisure and development within societies.
Session Organizer:
Aretha ASAKITIKPI, Osun State University, Nigeria
Chair:
Francis LOBO, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Co-Chair:
Alex ASAKITIKPI, Monash University South Africa, South Africa
Oral Presentations
The Relationship between Leisure and Happiness
Huimei LIU, Zhejiang University, China; Shuyang DA, Zhejiang University, China
Resisting, Reproducing, and Recreation Rurality through Leisure: Insights from Rural Canada
Kyle RICH, Brock University, Canada; Laura MISENER, Western University, Canada
An Analysis of Transformations in the Mass Media Constructions of Black Women’s Hair - the Leisurely Way
Aretha ASAKITIKPI, Osun State University, Nigeria; Miliswa CHOENE, Monash University South Africa, South Africa
Interrogating Leisure and Development from an African Perspective
Alex ASAKITIKPI, Monash University South Africa, South Africa
Role of Leisure in Development: A Study of Hill State of Uttarakhand, India
Archana PAL, DAV (PG) College Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India; Onima SHARMA, D.A.V. (PG) College, Dehradun; Uttarakhand, India
Leisure, Happiness and Development: Reflections on China
Francis LOBO, Edith Cowan University, Australia