[Bilimsel Haber] What ever happened to The Leisure Society? Critical and Multidisciplinary [Retro]spectives

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*What ever happened to The Leisure Society? Critical and
Multidisciplinary [Retro]spectives *
*Location:* 	United Kingdom
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LSA 2007 “What ever happened to the leisure society?” aims to turn the
leisure studies multi-disciplinary gaze to the shifts in leisure
practices, industries, cultures and economies over the past 30 years or
so. The call for this timely reflection aims not only to consider
work–leisure shifts but also seeks to evaluate developments in the
theorising of leisure. The conference is aimed at academics, including
researchers, research students, and lecturers in leisure studies,
politics, economics, history, sociology, cultural studies, cultural
policy, social policy and media studies. Practitioners in the leisure
services (public, private and voluntary) will be attracted to the
conference by distinctive policy and practice-based contributions.
Practitioners from the cultural industries, including market
researchers, industry analysts and cultural commentators, will also find
the conference of interest.

Themes: Post-industrialism, the knowledge economy and the ‘leisure
society’; Post-work and post-youth; Creative and cultural industries;
Media economy; Identity and consumption; Leisure practices and spaces;
Theories; and Open stream

Speakers: CL Cole, Jennifer Hargreaves, Ian Henry, Kevin Hetherington,
Kate Oakley, Will Straw, Sue Thornham . . . and others to be confirmed

Joint Chair Jayne Caudwell and Alan Tomlinson Members Paul Gilchrist,
Steve Redhead, Belinda Wheaton

CALL for PAPERS deadline January 10, 2007

	Myrene McFee
Leisure Studies Association
LSA Conference 2007 Administration
The Chelsea School
University of Brighton
Eastbourne BN20 7SP
UK

Email: mcfee at solutions-inc.co.uk <mailto:mcfee at solutions-inc.co.uk>

Visit the website at
http://www.leisure-studies-association.info/LSAWEB/2007/Main.html