leisure introduction
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TOPIC 1
INTRODUCTION TO LEISURE
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WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS LEISURE ?
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AS WELL AS TOURISM IT IS A VERY COMPLEX ASPECT OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE
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Definition of Leisure:
1.Freedom or spare time provided by the cessation of activities;
2.free time as a result of temporary exemption from work or duties;
3.a time at one's own command that is free of engagements or responsibilities;
4.a period of unemployed time;
5.opportunity provided by free time.
Webster's Third New International Dictionary
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LATIN WORD “LICERE”
Freedom (licence to do something)Constraint (licenced in the sense of regulated)
Latin root languages:
Otium - Nec-otium
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RECREATION
Original form implied
RE-CREATION
of a readiness to return to work
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Dimensions of Leisure
• Time
• Activity
• Experience
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ACTIVITY
•Gardening•Going out•Watching TV•Taking part in sports•Any other of the myriad activities which people find interesting
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Experience
• Experience has to do with feelings brought about by involvement in activity
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PARTICULAR QUALITY OF LIVING
•to have fun, •to exercise, •to develop your own interest
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REST AND RECUPERATION FROM WORK
ANTIDOTE TO THE STRESSES AND STRAINS FROM A MODERN LIFE
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You are a leisure person.
What does it mean in our languages????
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“Leisure consists of relatively self-determined activity/experience that falls into one’s free-time roles, that is seen as leisure by participants, that is psychologically pleasant in anticipation and recollection , that potentially covers the whole range of commitment and intensity, that contains characteristic norms and constraints and that provides opportunities for recreation, personal growth and service to others”
(Kaplan, 1975)
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CONCEPTIONS OF LEISURE
As residual time (unobligated, discretionary)
As activitiesAs functional (therapeutic, training)
As freedom (autonomy personal development)
(Haywood et al.,1995)
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Work
Stress – Routine - Obstruction to faculties
Rest - Fun - Personal development
Leisure
(Dumazedier, 1974)
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•Homo Faber
•Homo Sapiens
•Homo ludens
(Huizinga, 1938)
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TIME LEFT OVER AFTER WORK
•Obligations•Spare time
According to Cuenca Leisure is not time but an attitude (mental state)
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Leisure is not universal or generic but rather subjective
It depends of every person
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Example Football:
Unbearable or a passion
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Freedom feeling
If there is not freedom feeling there is not real enjoyment
Freedom of choice is also necessary otherwise it is not leisure is an obligation
(Cuenca, 2000)
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“Silence revolution” at the end of the 90’s
(sms and internet)
Oral to written communication
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Leisure trends:
From a need to a right
Quality of life indicator
To fulfill oneself
From pasive to active
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Different aspects of Leisure:
•Recreational (hobbies, games)•Creative (educational)•Environmental (Green sense and sensibility)•Festive (celebrations, colective leisure)•Solidarity
(Cuenca, 2000)
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WHY STUDY LEISURE ?
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•ECONOMIC
•PSYCHOLOGICAL
•QUALITY OF LIFE
•SOCIAL
•POLITICAL
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ECONOMIC
Huge business (between 25%-38% of all cosumer spending in UK)
Leisure industry remains one of the few economic sector in which more employment is envisages almost everywhere
It includes tourism
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PSYCHOLOGICAL
Leisure enables people to relax, refresh and literally recreate themselves so they can return, suitably restored, to other roles in their workplaces and families
Leisure permits people the express desires and drives that would otherwise remain hidden and even suppressed “Let off steam”
Educative
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SOCIAL
Most leisure has a social dimension and it is therefore socially important
It binds people together (families, friends, countries, cities)
What can unite can also divide
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QUALITY OF LIFE
Important contributor to the quality of people’s life
Paradox
Although most people do not rate leisure activities as highly important (health, job and families)
Contribution to life’s satisfaction
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POLITICAL
All governments become interested in leisure if only because of the functions already described.
Promoting the import of tourists
Social bonding, national identity
Ultimate custodians of social order
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Did you know that …
Pornography is a very large leisure industry. The main product was the sex video. In the USA 150 new titles were produced every week in the 1990’s. USA pornography had a larger turnover than:
•Mainstream cinema•Theatre•Rock and country music
(Sharkey, 1997)