Tag: leisure

The Special Issue will provide an opportunity to showcase global leisure studies research which variously explores the meaning and implications of informal sport as a growing form of collective leisure activity and the wider social affordances - and exclusions - of these leisure practices. The Special Issue would allow interdisciplinary, international scholars working in the field to present research which explores the diverse and different aspects of the phenomenon.

Managing Sport and Leisure is a refereed journal that publishes high quality research articles to inform and stimulate discussions relevant to sport and leisure management globally. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Moving forward: business model solutions for amateur sport clubs by Trish Bradbury, Roger Mitchell & Kaye Thorn.

The emphasis of Leisure Studies is on theoretically informed critical analyses within the social sciences and humanities of the topics that constitute leisure as a subject field – including the arts, tourism, sport and more. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Landscapes of tension, tribalism and toxicity: configuring a spatial politics of esport communities by Emily Jane Hayday, Holly Collison & Geoffery Z. Kohe.

Annals of Leisure Research is aimed at an international readership and seeks theoretical or applied articles which cover any topic within the broad area of leisure studies. Click below for full ToC with links to abstracts. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Making herstory: Cherokee women’s stickball by Natalie M. Welch, Jessica Siegele, Zachary T. Smith & Robin Hardin.

Leisure Sciences presents scientific inquiries into the study of leisure, recreation, parks, travel, and tourism from a social science perspective. Articles cover the social and psychological aspects of leisure, and more. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Hosting the Olympics in Times of a Pandemic: Historical Insights from Antwerp 1920 by Bram Constandt & Annick Willem.

The Recreational Sports Journal is the scholarly, peer-reviewed publication of the NIRSA Foundation. Its purpose is to provide a source of empirical, theoretical, and applied research to the field of recreational sports. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: COLLEGIATE SPORT CLUB ATHLETES’ PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR TEAM CLIMATE by Chelsi E. Scott, Mary D. Fry, Hannah Weingartner, and Troy O. Wineinger.

The emphasis of Leisure Studies is on theoretically informed critical analyses within the social sciences and humanities of the topics that constitute leisure as a subject field – including the arts, tourism, sport and more. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: SKATEBOARDING, GENTLE ACTIVISM, AND THE ANIMATION OF PUBLIC SPACE: CITE – A CELEBRATION OF SKATEBOARD ARTS AND CULTURE AT THE BENTWAY by Troy D. Glover, Sarah Munro, Immony Men, Wes Loates & Ilana Altman.

This special issue intends to spark a revival of emotional discussions (and discussions about emotions) in leisure by drawing from a wide range of contexts, theoretical perspectives, and methodological considerations. Further research can provide greater understandings about both the individual and social processes by which leisure can contribute to (or be a detriment to) more holistic understandings of emotions.

Leisure / Loisir strives to publish a diverse collection of scholarly papers in all areas of leisure, recreation, arts, parks, sport, and travel and tourism. Reflecting the multi- and interdisciplinary nature of these areas of study. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: STRIVING FOR NEWCOMER INCLUSION: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CANADIAN INTRO TO SPORT PROGRAMMES by Simon Barrick, William Bridel & Joan Bard Miller.

Managing Sport and Leisure is a refereed journal that publishes high quality research articles to inform and stimulate discussions relevant to sport and leisure management globally. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: COMMUNITY SPORT DEVELOPMENT: MANAGING CHANGE AND MEASURING IMPACT by Mathew Dowling, Chris Mackintosh, Sarah Lee & James Allen.