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Associations between knee pain and knee-loading physical activities at work and leisure - a cross-sectional study based on accelerometer measurements. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Musculoskelet Disord
Törnblom M   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A People’s History of Leisure Studies: Leisure, the Tool of Racecraft [PDF]

open access: possibleLeisure Sciences, 2018
AbstractThe pernicious existence of race serves as the underlying force in modern societies. As such, the aim of this discussion is to postulate that leisure is a tool of racecraft: 1) the articula...
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Leisure studies and intersectionality

Leisure Studies, 2012
The challenge of understanding and researching the intersections of complex multiple inequalities has been a key focus for a range of social science disciplines over the past two decades. This paper considers the potential use of intersectionality for engaging more critically with the multiple interconnections of power, identity and discrimination.
Sheila Scraton, Beccy Watson
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Is Leisure Theory Needed For Leisure Studies?

Journal of Leisure Research, 2000
KEYWORDS: Leisure theory, social exchange Studying leisure has been the subject of interest by a wide range of scholars representing a wide range of disciplines. In so doing, these scholars have largely used leisure instrumentally as means to test some aspect of their own discipline such as psychological, sociological, or economic concepts.
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Leisure and Leisure Studies in the 21St Century

Loisir et Société / Society and Leisure, 1997
Abstract Four scenarios for leisure and the work-leisure relationship are discussed: those characterised by conservatism, reactionism, reformism and revolutionism. Conservatism means a continuation of leisure seen primarily as an industry serving consumers, the work-leisure relationship being primarily one of neutrality. Reactionism means going back to
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Measurement for Leisure Service and Leisure Studies

Journal of Leisure Research, 2012
Measurement for Leisure Services and Leisure Studies Mounir G. Ragheb Idyll Arbor, 2012The goal of Mounir Ragheb's Measurement for Leisure Services and Leisure Studies is to compile all of the leisure and recreation measurements (primarily structured surveys) available. This collection is complemented with general information on the development and use
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At the Nexus of Leisure and Event Studies

Event Management, 2013
In this conceptual article we examine the interrelationships between two fields of study, specifically the real and potential contributions of leisure studies to event studies. Furthermore, we consider the evolution of the two fields, philosophical discourses and theories associated with both.
Patterson, Ian, Getz, Donald
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Leisure matters: the state and future of leisure studies

Annals of Leisure Research, 2016
The editors and many of the contributors may have changed but this is effectively the third iteration of a book that was first published in 1989.
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Flight from leisure: A neglected phenomenon in leisure studies

Leisure Sciences, 1995
Abstract Family caregivers’ leisure nonparticipation is usually considered to be a passive reaction to constraints on leisure rather than active abstention from its pursuit due to problems that the leisure experience itself can evoke. This position, dominating leisure nonparticipation studies in general, is critically examined through a study on ...
Nurit Weinblatt, Liora Navon
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A people’s history of leisure studies: a historiography of four traditions of critical leisure studies

Leisure/Loisir, 2021
Recent calls for papers in numerous academic journals within leisure studies have focused on a global and nation-specific climate that leans towards autocratic policy development, fascist rhetoric ...
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