Tag: Katherine Dashper

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: From television to YouTube: digitalised sport mega-events in the platform society by Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen & Renan Petersen-Wagner (open access).

Featuring a range of mega-event case studies and conceptual discussions, Katherine Dashper’s edited collection Sport, Gender and Mega-Events (Emerald) and considers how these highly mediatised global phenomena both reflect and help shape broader ideas about gender, sex and identity in and beyond sport. Sepandarmaz Mashreghi is our reviewer, and having some doubts as to the transforming powers of mega-events in terms of gender inequalities within sports, she still finds the collection to be a valuable contribution to the issue of sport mega-event and gender.

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: The outdoors as a contested leisure terrain by Katherine Dashper & Jason King (open access).

Humans, Horses and Events Management, released by CABI Publisher and edited by Katherine Dashper, Guðrún Helgadóttir and Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir, is based on an extensive international event management research project at the Rural Tourism Department of Hólar University. Our reviewer is equestrian scholar Susanna Hedenborg, and she concludes that this original academic work on a human-horse event is an important contribution to the fields of equestrian as well as event studies.

The International Journal of Event and Festival Management advances knowledge in the field of events management and enhances the uptake of such knowledge by academics in the field. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Motivations for participation in active sports tourism: a cross-national study by Sita Mishra, Gunjan Malhotra, Maria Johann, Shalini Rahul Tiwari.

In this feature article, Katherine Dashper and Rebecca Finkel summarize their article from International Journal of Event and Festival Management in which they introduce critical gender theory to events studies by adopting feminist and intersectional perspectives and applying them to events environments. Event studies has been slow to engage with gender theory and gender-aware research, and this contribution to the field will amplify feminist voices in critical event studies.

The International Journal of Event and Festival Management advances knowledge in the field of events management and enhances the uptake of such knowledge by academics in the field. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “DOING GENDER” IN CRITICAL EVENT STUDIES: A DUAL AGENDA FOR RESEARCH by Katherine Dashper & Rebecca Finkel.

JPRTLS provides a critical focus on a variety of policy debates relating to the tourism, leisure and events sectors. Such policy debates will encompass economic, social, cultural, political and environmental perspectives. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: LOST IN MUSIC: MAPPING THE 21ST CENTURY HOUSE MUSIC EVENT EXPERIENCE by Alex Grebenar.

JoHLSTE aims to promote, enhance and disseminate research, good practice and innovation in all aspects of higher education. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: SOCIAL MEDIA IN SPORT MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: INTRODUCING LINKEDIN by Samuel López-Carril, Christos Anagnostopoulos, Petros Parganas.

ALR is aimed at an international readership and seeks theoretical or applied articles which cover any topic within the broad area of leisure studies. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: BEYOND RISK: THE IMPORTANCE OF ADVENTURE IN THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF YOUNG PEOPLE by Eric Brymer & Francesco Feletti.