Leisure as source of knowledge, social resilience and public commitment : specialized play / / Lise Kjølsrød

• Autore: Kjølsrød L (Lise), <1949->
• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Palgrave Macmillan Limited, , [2019]; ©2019
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2019.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XIII, 174 p. 1 illus.)
• Disciplina: 306.4812
• Soggetto topico: Culture; Sports - Sociological aspects; Political sociology
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1: The Hidden Democracy -- Can All the Gifts Be Turned to the Advantage of Democracy? -- Specialized Play -- Emerging Social Worlds -- Play as Source of Knowledge -- Play as Source of Social Resilience -- Play as Source of Public Commitment -- Why Players Belong in the Political Landscapes of Modern Democracies -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 2: Structural Dynamics and Bounding Potential -- The Case of the Puppet Collector -- A Social Form with Three Interacting Elements -- Chance in Opportunity -- Seriality in the Ordering of Outcomes -- Flair in Ability -- Space for Formlessness -- Sequential Adaptation of a Dynamic Form -- Value in Reciprocity and Ethical Behavior -- For Insiders, Meaning, Knowledge, and Dedication Grow from Within -- Structure Supports Motivation -- Bounding Selves -- Mediating Life Through Play -- A Grounded Account -- A Textual Account -- A Remedial Account -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 3: Conceptions of Complex Leisure -- Conceptual Differences -- The Four Categories -- Analogies-More or Less Explicit -- Form-More or Less Defined -- Training for Leisure -- Significant Efforts and Significant Rewards -- Ideological Rhetorics -- Identity and Status/Power -- The Self -- Frivolity -- Risk-Taking -- The Imaginary -- Progress -- Concluding Comments: Choice of Conception Matters -- References -- 4: Collectivity, Poetics, and Agency -- Negotiating Adversity -- Carving Images of Potential Selves Out of Play -- Example I: 'Backpacker bravery as pledge' -- Example II: 'Long-distance sailing as quest for a more genuine life' -- Example III: 'Paintings as children' -- What Metaphors Can Do -- A Note on Agency -- Social Resilience Through Narration -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 5: Contingent Activism, Mediated Through Play. ; Leisure Implies Much More than Diversion -- Abstract Principles Enable the Most Unrestricted Communication -- Taking on a Political Agenda -- Example I: Big Wall Climbing -- Example II: The Classic Motorboat Society -- Example III: Live Action Role-Playing (LARP) -- Repertoires, Symbols, and Principles in Action -- Compatibility Between Short-Term Rewards and Long-Term Goals -- Resource Mobilization and Small Group Dynamics: Necessary But Not Sufficient -- Contentious Politics, Infra-politics, and Micro-Politics -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 6: 'Well, I become very fond of these works and have to touch, stroke and feel-sculptures and everything' -- Striving for Richer Identities -- Sensitizing Processes -- Perspectives on the Initial Priming -- Artists, Dealers, and Peers as 'Mentors' -- Gratifying Social Relationships -- Negotiating a Line of Specialization -- The Issue of Money -- The Wish to Give Something Back -- Incremental, Sustained Learning -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 7: 'You can really start birdwatching in your backyard, and from there the sky's the limit' -- Birds Are Good to Play With -- A Brief History of a Nature-Based Recreation -- Varieties of Individual Birding Practices -- What Constitutes a Countable Sighting, and Who Are the Birders Anyway? -- The Cultural Coding of an Immigrant -- Citizen Science in Ornithology -- Agency in Environmental Conflicts -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a bottom-up contribution to contemporary political and cultural theory, by presenting leisure activities as a democratic arena. Where much of the existing literature on leisure and play views participants as consumers, Kjølsrød presents these people as producers, who conduct micro-processes of social protection, become informed and skilled, and achieve influence via complex leisure. Through an in-depth analysis of a range of leisure practices, this book demonstrates where players belong in the political landscapes of modern democracies. Leisure as Source of Knowledge, Social Resilience and Public Commitment will be of interest to students and scholars of leisure, recreational, and cultural studies, as well as sociologists, anthropologists and political scientists studying identity construction, emerging social worlds, and novel channels of political participation in contemporary society. .
• Titolo autorizzato: Leisure as source of knowledge, social resilience and public commitment
• ISBN: 1-137-46287-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910338030303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Leisure Studies in a Global Era