Pub Date : 2023-03-08DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2023.2187865
W. T. Means, Rasul A. Mowatt
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Pub Date : 2023-01-04DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2022.2159865
Linda Mussell, Kevin Walby, J. Piché
ABSTRACT Escape rooms are a popular new form of leisure and amusement globally, including in North American cities. Based on a thematic and discourse analysis of online content, we examine ten carceral-themed escape room operations in the United States and Canada. Drawing on theories of cultural power and neoliberalism, we analyze the messages conveyed by site operators about the deservingness of life, freedom and justice for imprisoned people. Contributing to literature on dark tourism and dark leisure, we also explore how the ideas of a ‘crime complex’ and ‘safe contact’ are reflected in representations of penality attached to escape room games. We argue that such depictions misrepresent the realities of carceral experience, producing understandings of carcerality and deservingness that foster punitive views among participants.
{"title":"‘Sadly, my group was “hanged” at the end of the evening’: the politics of deservingness and representation at carceral-themed escape rooms","authors":"Linda Mussell, Kevin Walby, J. Piché","doi":"10.1080/14927713.2022.2159865","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14927713.2022.2159865","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Escape rooms are a popular new form of leisure and amusement globally, including in North American cities. Based on a thematic and discourse analysis of online content, we examine ten carceral-themed escape room operations in the United States and Canada. Drawing on theories of cultural power and neoliberalism, we analyze the messages conveyed by site operators about the deservingness of life, freedom and justice for imprisoned people. Contributing to literature on dark tourism and dark leisure, we also explore how the ideas of a ‘crime complex’ and ‘safe contact’ are reflected in representations of penality attached to escape room games. We argue that such depictions misrepresent the realities of carceral experience, producing understandings of carcerality and deservingness that foster punitive views among participants.","PeriodicalId":18056,"journal":{"name":"Leisure/Loisir","volume":"72 1","pages":"431 - 457"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82675576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-28DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2022.2159863
Akua T. Kwarko-Fosu, K. Lopez
ABSTRACT There is a tendency for new arrivants to experience a decrease in self-reported mental health as they spend more time in their new country of settlement. We wanted to discern whether new arrivants of colour (<10 years) to a mid-sized Ontario city had a similar story. With the knowing that positive and inclusive leisure experiences can buffer stressors for individuals, this research sought to hear about the mental well-being of new arrivants (between the ages 18–64) and the ways leisure enhances or detracts from their perceived mental well-being. Through photo elicitation qualitative interviews with five new arrivants contextualized existing literature in this area and described experiences of isolation, their transition experience, social stress and support, and building social capital through bridging and bonding. From our analysis, a novel finding we called, ”a perception of necessity for leisure” was a novel contribution to the new arrivant leisure literature.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-28DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2022.2159866
Elisha Krochak, B. Soebbing, Shintaro Kono
ABSTRACT Sport spectators often enjoy violence in sport games they attend. Our research note attempts to provide an examination of how violence in National Hockey League (NHL) games, specifically fighting, impacts regular season attendance as a percentage of its capacity. Furthermore, we look to understand if there are differences in this relationship between US and Canadian franchises along with differences after the NHL adopted policies to deter fighting in the game. Our sample period covers the 1980/1981 through 2019/2020 seasons. Results for Tobit regression estimations find fighting regardless of time period or country does not impact regular season attendance. However, we do find differences between the countries after new fighting rules were adopted. We provide some discussion as to why these findings occur, and how future leisure research can provide some further explanation into this relationship.
{"title":"The impact of fighting in the NHL on attendance","authors":"Elisha Krochak, B. Soebbing, Shintaro Kono","doi":"10.1080/14927713.2022.2159866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14927713.2022.2159866","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Sport spectators often enjoy violence in sport games they attend. Our research note attempts to provide an examination of how violence in National Hockey League (NHL) games, specifically fighting, impacts regular season attendance as a percentage of its capacity. Furthermore, we look to understand if there are differences in this relationship between US and Canadian franchises along with differences after the NHL adopted policies to deter fighting in the game. Our sample period covers the 1980/1981 through 2019/2020 seasons. Results for Tobit regression estimations find fighting regardless of time period or country does not impact regular season attendance. However, we do find differences between the countries after new fighting rules were adopted. We provide some discussion as to why these findings occur, and how future leisure research can provide some further explanation into this relationship.","PeriodicalId":18056,"journal":{"name":"Leisure/Loisir","volume":"59 1","pages":"517 - 525"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87280945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-26DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2022.2160787
S. Punch, Miriam Snellgrove, Elizabeth Graham, C. McPherson, J. Cleary
ABSTRACT Ingrained gendered discourses about women’s abilities and skills impact on their participation in leisure and sport. This paper argues that gendered stereotyping extends to the serious leisure context of mindsport in the form of neurosexism. The card game bridge is played by a roughly equal proportion of men and women but at elite-level male players significantly outperform female players worldwide. Based on 52 semi-structured interviews, the paper explores the everyday gendered assumptions that exist and are reproduced by elite bridge players. Many of the research participants draw on ideas of male brains being more rational, logical and competitive whereas women’s brains are perceived to be more emotive, unfocused and uncompetitive. These gendered stereotypes are used to explain and defend why more women are not playing at elite level. Such neurosexist and behaviourist assumptions actively reproduce inequality within mindsport to the detriment of women bridge players. This article shows that neurosexism reinforces ongoing, systemic inequalities around gendered experiences of serious leisure, thereby reproducing gendered inequalities and hindering greater participation and inclusion in mindsport.
{"title":"Bridging brains: exploring neurosexism and gendered stereotypes in a mindsport","authors":"S. Punch, Miriam Snellgrove, Elizabeth Graham, C. McPherson, J. Cleary","doi":"10.1080/14927713.2022.2160787","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14927713.2022.2160787","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Ingrained gendered discourses about women’s abilities and skills impact on their participation in leisure and sport. This paper argues that gendered stereotyping extends to the serious leisure context of mindsport in the form of neurosexism. The card game bridge is played by a roughly equal proportion of men and women but at elite-level male players significantly outperform female players worldwide. Based on 52 semi-structured interviews, the paper explores the everyday gendered assumptions that exist and are reproduced by elite bridge players. Many of the research participants draw on ideas of male brains being more rational, logical and competitive whereas women’s brains are perceived to be more emotive, unfocused and uncompetitive. These gendered stereotypes are used to explain and defend why more women are not playing at elite level. Such neurosexist and behaviourist assumptions actively reproduce inequality within mindsport to the detriment of women bridge players. This article shows that neurosexism reinforces ongoing, systemic inequalities around gendered experiences of serious leisure, thereby reproducing gendered inequalities and hindering greater participation and inclusion in mindsport.","PeriodicalId":18056,"journal":{"name":"Leisure/Loisir","volume":"13 1","pages":"459 - 485"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74289322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-25DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2022.2159864
J. Edwards, Kate Kloos
{"title":"National coaching certification program in Canada: understanding the relationship dynamics between coach evaluators and the coach","authors":"J. Edwards, Kate Kloos","doi":"10.1080/14927713.2022.2159864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14927713.2022.2159864","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18056,"journal":{"name":"Leisure/Loisir","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72929008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-20DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2022.2159862
Megan Fortune, Jackie Oncescu
{"title":"Community sport and recreation organizations’ inclusion of low-income families in sport and recreation in New Brunswick","authors":"Megan Fortune, Jackie Oncescu","doi":"10.1080/14927713.2022.2159862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14927713.2022.2159862","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18056,"journal":{"name":"Leisure/Loisir","volume":"120 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77875693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-19DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2022.2157319
Sunčana Slijepčević, Željka Kordej-De Villa
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has a significant impact on the cultural and creative industries (CCI) sector and has accelerated the transition to digital culture. This article explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the consumption of CCI products seen from the islanders’ perspective. The data were collected through a survey conducted in 2020. Results show that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the consumption of cultural products and that socio-demographic characteristic does not influence the consumption of online cultural products during the pandemic period. The results further reveal that the increase in the consumption of online content of CCI during the pandemic was influenced by the attitude of people towards culture in the pre-pandemic time. Also, the consumption of online content of cultural products has proven to be more significant for respondents residing on small and medium-sized islands. The results could provide some valuable implications for cultural island policy.
{"title":"Cultural products consumption during COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Croatian islands","authors":"Sunčana Slijepčević, Željka Kordej-De Villa","doi":"10.1080/14927713.2022.2157319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14927713.2022.2157319","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has a significant impact on the cultural and creative industries (CCI) sector and has accelerated the transition to digital culture. This article explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the consumption of CCI products seen from the islanders’ perspective. The data were collected through a survey conducted in 2020. Results show that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the consumption of cultural products and that socio-demographic characteristic does not influence the consumption of online cultural products during the pandemic period. The results further reveal that the increase in the consumption of online content of CCI during the pandemic was influenced by the attitude of people towards culture in the pre-pandemic time. Also, the consumption of online content of cultural products has proven to be more significant for respondents residing on small and medium-sized islands. The results could provide some valuable implications for cultural island policy.","PeriodicalId":18056,"journal":{"name":"Leisure/Loisir","volume":"158 S329","pages":"361 - 382"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72407879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-19DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2022.2157320
R. Porter, H. Mcilvaine-Newsad
ABSTRACT When COVID-19 emerged in January of 2020, few anticipated the duration and global reach of this disaster event. This paper reports on the ethnographic findings of Rob Porter who found himself ‘locked down’ in Pinellas County, Florida at the beginning of the pandemic. Using ethnographic research methods including participant observation, interviews, and photography this essay reports on the changing nature of the tourism industry; supply chain challenges and substitutions; public health mandates; and political messaging. All of these variables significantly influenced the health and sustainability of the tourism industry in Pinellas County. Finally, we explore the need for adaptation in the industry so that it can weather future disaster events.
{"title":"‘If I get Corona, I get Corona’: COVID-19 protocols and beach tourism in Pinellas County, Florida","authors":"R. Porter, H. Mcilvaine-Newsad","doi":"10.1080/14927713.2022.2157320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14927713.2022.2157320","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT When COVID-19 emerged in January of 2020, few anticipated the duration and global reach of this disaster event. This paper reports on the ethnographic findings of Rob Porter who found himself ‘locked down’ in Pinellas County, Florida at the beginning of the pandemic. Using ethnographic research methods including participant observation, interviews, and photography this essay reports on the changing nature of the tourism industry; supply chain challenges and substitutions; public health mandates; and political messaging. All of these variables significantly influenced the health and sustainability of the tourism industry in Pinellas County. Finally, we explore the need for adaptation in the industry so that it can weather future disaster events.","PeriodicalId":18056,"journal":{"name":"Leisure/Loisir","volume":"19 1","pages":"383 - 408"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75993125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-13DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2022.2157318
Stephanie Chesser, Samantha Steele-Mitchell, M. Porter
ABSTRACT Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care homes within Canada have shifted the ways they operate and deliver vital care and quality of life opportunities for residents. While attention has increasingly been paid to the experiences of some care providers (e.g., nurses, personal support workers) to these pandemic-necessitated changes, decidedly less attention has been devoted to the experiences of those providing recreation opportunities to long-term care residents. This exploratory qualitative study was carried out to help address this knowledge gap. Using in-depth interviews, this study explored how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected six paid recreation staff working within long-term care homes within Manitoba, Canada during the province’s second pandemic wave (late 2020 to early 2021). Our research findings raise important questions about the ways recreation provision within long-term care could be impacted through and after the COVID-19 era.
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