PROGRAMME

LSA 2003

Schedule

PLENARY SESSIONS

Prof. Tony Bennett
Prof. Charlotte Brunsdon
Ms. Maxine Doyle and Mr. Paul Woodward
Dr. James Kneale
Mr. Bran Nicol
Dr. Deborah Philips
Prof. Alan Read
Prof. Garry Whannel

SEMINAR SESSIONS

Ms. Wendy Adams King
Dr. Cara Aitchison
Dr. David Andrews
Mr. Ian Atkin
Prof. Alan Bairner
Ms. Annie Becker
Dr. Josephine Burden
Dr. Emma Casey
Dr. Jayne Cauldwell
Ms Annie Chiu
Mr. David Clark
Mr. Ben Clayton
Dr. Cheryl Cockburn-Wooten
Prof. David Crouch
Dr. Ranjith Dayaratne
Dr. Maria Laura DiDomenico
Dr. David Dunn
Dr. Mohammad Ehsani
Dr. Christine Fanthome
Mr. Jack Fawbert
Prof. Malcolm Foley
Mr. Matt Frew
Mr. Sean Gammon
Mr. Farzad Ghafouri et al

Ms. Vanessa Gill-Brown
Dr. Arnold Grossman
Dr. John Harris
Mr. John Hoey
Samantha Holland
Dr. Kirsten Holmes
Dr. Seyad H. Hosseini
Dr. Hasan Kahraman
Dr. Eileen Kennedy
Ms. Lindsey Kilgour
Dr. Samantha King
Dr. Dan Knox
Ms. Chia-Ling Lai
Mr. David Lamb
Mr. Brett D. Lashua
Ms. Paula Lokman

Ms. Nicola E. MacLeod
Dr. Polyxeni Mantzou
Ms. Cathy Matheson
Mr. Pat McCarthy
Mr. David McGillivray
Mr. Mike McGuinness
Ms. Martine Middleton
Ms. Michelle Moorman
Dr. Nigel Morgan
Mr. Paul Norcross
Ms. Joan Ormrod
Dr. Zofia Pawlaczek

Ms. Kim Polistina
Dr. Yaniv Poria
Dr. Annette Pritchard
Ms. Helen Pussard
Prof. Hilary Radner
Prof. Ken Roberts
Mr. Doug Sandle
Dr. John Schulz
Dr. Michael Silk
Dr. Brian Simpson
Dr. Bob Snape
Dr. Seyadeh Z. Tavakoli
Dr. Andrew Thornton
Dr Jacqueline Tivers
Dr. Natan Uriely
Dr. Mike Watkins
Dr. Beccy Watson
Dr. Mike Weed
Dr. Belinda Wheaton
Mr. Oliver Wright
Dr. Ali Zarei

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Centre for
Cultural Research
in Sport,

Roehampton
University
of Surrey


LEISURE AND VISUAL CULTURE

July 8~10, 2003

 

PROGRAMME
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  PLENARY SESSION I ~ Tuesday July 8, 1.00~2.45
 Tony Bennett Professor of Sociology, The Open University
CULTURE, EXHIBITION AND HABIT
 James Kneale Department of Geography, University College London
DRUNKEN GEOGRAPHIES: MASS-OBSERVATION's STUDIES OF 'A SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT PLUS ALCOHOL', 1937-48

  SEMINAR SESSION 1 ~ Tuesday July 8, 3.00-4.30p.m.

    1A Seeing Bodies, Seeing Pleasures
1A1: 3.00-3.30 Dr. Jayne Caudwell Leeds Metropolitan University (UK)
Tipping the Velvet: Straight [forward] voyeurism? Problematising the viewing of lesbian bodies and lesbian pleasure
1A2: 3.30-4.00  Prof. Hilary Radner University of Otago (New Zealand)
Seeing the Self in a Global Culture: fashion and the New Zealand context
1A3: 4.00-4.30 Dr. Beccy Watson, Samantha Holland and Prof. Sheila Scraton Leeds Metropolitan University (UK)
Body conscious? Teenage girls' consumption of mass media and its impacts on body image


    1B Heritage Trails: Commodifying the Past
1B1: 3.00-3.30 Dr. Kirsten Holmes University of Sheffield (UK)
Memory and visual culture: Visitors' recollections and repeat visiting intentions
1B2: 3.30-4.00 Ms. Martine Middleton University of Central Lancashire (UK)
[P]leisure: Places, Photographs and People
1B3: 4.00-4.30 Dr. Yaniv Poria Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel), Prof. Richard Butler and Prof. David Airey University of Surrey (UK)
Tourists' Perception of the Site in Relation to their Own Heritage


1C Visualising Environments

1C1: 3.00-3.30 Mr. Pat McCarthy University of Wolverhampton (UK)
'Reclaiming the Streets': Children's play, health, and access to public spaces
1C2: 3.30-4.00 Dr. Maria Laura Di Domenico, University of Westminster (UK) and
Mr. Francesco Di Domenico Hypostyle Architects (UK) Space and Leisure as Regenerative Elements of an Urban Cityscape: the case of the Centre for Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA)
1C3: 4.00-4.30


1D Spaces of Leisure Consumption

1D1: 3.00-3.30 Dr. David Andrews University of Maryland (USA)
Late Capitalist Sport and the Corporatization of Leisure
1D2: 3.30-4.00 Prof. Alan Bairner University of Ulster, Newtownabbey (UK)
Buying Time and Space: A critical appraisal of sport and leisure consumption in the 'new' Belfast
1D3: 4.00-4.30 Dr. Samantha King University of Arizona (USA)
Branded Learning: Athletic Apparel Contracts, U.S. Universities, and the Corporatization of Educational Culture
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  SEMINAR SESSION 2 ~ Wednesday July 9, 9.00-10.00a.m.

2A Seeing Bodies, Seeing Pleasures

2A1: 9.00-9.30 Dr. Hasan Bûlent Kahraman Sabanci University, Tuzla / Istanbul (Turkey)
From Literature to Visuality, from Visuality to Pornography: Where next?
2A2 9.30-10.00 Dr. Christine Fanthome Media Consultant (UK)
The Contribution of Reality TV in the Critique and Creation of Lifestyle Choices


2B Heritage Trails: Commodifying the Past

2B1: 9.00-9.30     Ms. Joan Ormrod Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)
'You Should Have Been Here the Day Before Yesterday': Representations of English surfing in the holiday and leisure industries 1924-1937
2B2: 9.30-10.00 Dr. Annette Pritchard and Dr. Nigel Morgan University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UK)
Visualising Mythic Dreamlands: Exploring contemporary postcard representations of Wales


 2C Visualising Environments

2C1: 9.00-9.30 Dr. Brian Simpson Keele University (UK)
Urban Planning as Play: From Sim City to Real City to Cyber City?
2C2: 9.30-10.00 Dr. Jacqueline Tivers Anglia Polytechnic University (UK)
Mass-Participation Running: Sport as contemporary urban spectacle?


2D Spaces of Leisure Consumption

2D1: 9.00-9.30 Ms. Emma Casey London Metropolitan University (UK)
Metaphorical and Physical Leisure Spaces: Women, pleasure and the UK National Lottery
2D2: 9.30-10.00 Dr. John Schulz The University of Edinburgh (UK)
The Meaning of Leisure: A new look at an old problem

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  PLENARY SESSION II~ Wednesday July 9, 10.30~12.00
Alan Read Professor and Chair of Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at University of Surrey Roehampton
Maxine Doyle
and Paul Woodward
Maxine Doyle is choreographer and artistic director of the dance company, First Person. Paul Woodward lectures in Drama & Physical Theatre at St.Mary's University College, Twickenham
IT'S ONLY A GAME SHOW ~ EVOLVING INTELLIGENCES AND PERFORMANCE-MAKING FOR REALITY CULTURES

  SEMINAR SESSION 3 ~ Wednesday July 9, 1.00-2.00p.m.

3A Seeing Bodies, Seeing Pleasures

3A1: 1.00-1.30 Dr. David Lamb Lincoln University (New Zealand)
"It only happens like that in the movies" ~ The impact of the romantic cinematic experience on heterosexual relationships
3A2: 1.30-2.00 Dr. Arnold Grossman, New York University (USA)
and Dr. Anthony R. D'Augelli Pennsylvania State University (USA)
The Socialization of Gay and Male Bisexual Youth: Visual and actual role models


3B Heritage Trails: Commodifying the Past

3B1: 1.00-1.30 Prof. David Crouch University of Derby (UK)
Visual Culture in the Leisure Encounter
3B2: 1.30-2.00 Dr. Bob Snape Myerscough College (UK)
Visual Culture and Leisure in the Victorian Library, Museum and Art Gallery


3C Visualising Environments

3C1: 1.00-1.30 Dr. David Dunn University of Paisley (UK)
Sun, Sand and Celebrities: British Television Holiday Programmes and the Tourist Destination
3C2: 1.30-2.00 Dr. Josephine Burden Griffith University (Australia)
Community Circus: What if we create the dreamscapes ourselves?


3D Spaces of Leisure Consumption

3D1: 1.00-1.30 Dr. Cheryl Cockburn-Wooten University of Waikato (New Zealand), Dr. Nigel Morgan, Dr. Annette Pritchard and Dr. Eleri Jones University of Wales Institute (UK)
"It's your shopping list!": Gender and control in public spaces
3D2: 1.30-2.00 Dr. Polyxeni Mantzou D. U. Thraki (Greece)
Emerging Types of Public Space: Hybrids of Leisure, Spectacle and Consumption

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  PLENARY SESSION III ~ Wednesday July 9, 2.15~3.45
Prof. Charlotte Brunsdon Professor of Film and Television Studies at University of Warwick.
HERE'S ONE I MADE EARLIER: HOBBIES, SKILLS, AND LIFESTYLE ON BRITISH TELEVISION
Dr. Deborah Philips Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Brunel University
TRANSFORMATION SCENES: THE TELEVISION MAKEOVER

  SEMINAR SESSION 4 ~ Wednesday July 9, 4.15-5.15p.m.

4A Seeing Bodies, Seeing Pleasures

4A1: 4.15-4.45 Ms. Vanessa Gill-Brown Nottingham Trent University (UK)
Looking Cool: Sunglasses and modern leisure
4A2: 4.45-5.15 Mr. Matt Frew and Mr. David McGillivray Glasgow Caledonian University (UK)
Healthy spaces and body politics: aesthetics and the distinction of physical capital


4B Heritage Trails: Commodifying the Past

4B1: 4.15-4.45 Ms. Helen Pussard Roehampton University of Surrey (UK)
'A Relic of Bygone Days?' The Temporal Landscapes of Pleasure Grounds
4B2: 4.45-5.15 Dr. Michael Silk, Dr. John Amis and Emma Chumley University of Memphis (USA)
'Come Downtown & Play': Cityscapes and the Commodification of Heritage


4C Visualising Environments

4C1: 4.15-4.45 Ms. Wendy Adams King University of South Florida (USA) Through the Looking Glass: Tourism and Politics of Vision at Silver Springs, Florida
4C2: 4.45-5.15 Dr. Ranjith Dayaratne University of Bahrain (Bahrain)
A Search for Idyllic Places of Leisure in the East: Recreation of Vernacular Culture and the Traditional Social Space in Sri Lanka


4D Spaces of Leisure Consumption

4D1: 4.15-4.45 Ms. Cathy Matheson Glasgow Caledonian University (UK)
A Quest to Socialise? Commodification, Authenticity and a Celtic Music Festival
4D2: 4.45-5.15 Dr. Mike Weed Loughborough University (UK)
Mediated and Inebriated? The Pub as a Sports Spectator Venue

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  PLENARY SESSION IV ~ Wednesday July 9, 5.30~6.30
Professor Ken Roberts Professor of Sociology at the University of Liverpool
ROUTE TO NOWHERE: THE CULTURAL TURN IN UK LEISURE STUDIES
Dr. Cara Aitchison Reader in Leisure Policy and Cultural Theory in the Countryside and Community Research Unit, University of Gloucester
PLACING STRUCTURES IN A CULTURAL CONTEXT: CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL-CULTURAL NEXUS OF LEISURE
  

  SEMINAR SESSION 5 ~ Thursday July 10, 9.00-10.30 a.m.

5A Seeing Bodies, Seeing Pleasures

5A1: 9.00-9.30 Mr. Ben Clayton, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College (UK) and Dr. John Harris, Southampton Institute (UK)
Footballers Wives: Media portrayals of the athlete's partner in the construction of idealised masculinity
5A2: 9.30-10.00 Dr. Andrew Thornton Roehampton University of Surrey
I Know Kung fu': The sporting body in popular film
5A3: 10.00-10.30 Dr. Belinda Wheaton University of Brighton
Lifestyle Sport Magazines and the Discourses of Sporting Masculinities


5B Heritage Trails: Commodifying the Past

5B: 9.00-9.30 Mr. Ian Atkin Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)
Aural History, Listening and the Poetics of Visual Pasts
5B2: 9.30-10.00 Mr. Brett D. Lashua University of Alberta (Canada)
"Just another Native": Chorasters, soundscapes, and borderlands in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
5B3: 10.00-10.30


5C Visualising Environments

5C: 9.00-9.30 Ms. Lindsey Kilgour University of Gloucestershire (UK)
Women, outdoor physical activity and fear: Theoretical explorations
5C2: 9.30-10.00 Ms. Kim Polistina Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College
Visualising the environment: Diverse ways of 'seeing' and knowing in the outdoors
5C3: 10.00-10.30 Dr. Natan Uriely and Dr. Amos Ron Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel)
Allotment Holding as an Eco-leisure Practice: The Case of the Sataf Village


5D Spaces of Leisure Consumption

5C: 9.00-9.30 Prof. Malcolm Foley, Mr. Matt Frew and Mr. David McGillivray Glasgow Caledonian University (UK) Adventure Enthusiasts: 'Coolhunters' or Conned-sumers?
5C2: 9.30-10.00 Ms. Michelle Moorman and Dr. John Harris Southampton Institute (UK)
Britannia rules the waves: The print media portrayal of Britain's female sailors
5C3: 10.00-10.30 Ms. Annie Chiu University of Taipei (Taiwan)
Disneyfied Consumption Space in Taipei: A Simulated Urban Public Space or Space of Pleasure for the Flâneuse

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  SEMINAR SESSION 6 ~ Thursday July 10, 11.00-12.30p.m.

6A Seeing Bodies, Seeing Pleasures

6A1: 11.00-11.30 Dr. Doug Sandle Leeds Metropolitan University (UK)
The Brick Man versus The Angel of The North: Public art as contested space
6A2: 11.30-12.00 Dr. Mike Watkins Griffith University (Australia)
Experiences of the Aesthetic in Leisure Meanings
6A3: 12.00-12.30 Mr. Paul Norcross Roehampton University of Surrey
Enjoy! Leisure and Aesthetic Ideology


6B Heritage Trails: Commodifying the Past

6B1: 11.00-11.30 Ms. Nicola E. MacLeod University of Greenwich (UK)
Seeing Places: A critique of the heritage trail as a visual interpretation of place
6B2: 11.30-12.00 Mr. David Clark London Metropolitan University (UK)
Representing Jews after 1970: Epistemic shifts in Knowledge and Museum Narratives
6B3: 12.00-12.30 Dr. Zofia Pawlaczek University of Sunderland (UK) The Influence of Visual Culture on Research Dissemination: The Auschwitz Museum and its Impact on the Town of Oswiecim in Poland


6C Visualising Environments

6C1: 11.00-11.30 Dr. Dan Knox University of Sunderland (UK)
The Highland Society of the Spectacle: Regulating bodies and figuring the national heritage at the Highland Games
6C2: 11.30-12.00 Mr. John Hoey and Mr. Sean Gammon, Luton University (UK)
"Isle" be back: An investigation into the experiences of the Isle of Man TT sport tourist
6C3: 12.00-12.30 Ms. Annie Becker McGill University (Canada)
In the Comfort of Wilderness: Bungalow Camps, lantern slide lectures and the making of the canadian pacific rockies


6D Spaces of Leisure Consumption

6D1: 11.00-11.30 Mr. Jack Fawbert Leeds Metropolitan University (UK)
'Is this shirt loud?' Semiotics and the 'language' of replica football shirts
6D2: 11.30-12.00 Dr. Eileen Kennedy Roehampton University of Surrey (UK)
Fergie Decks Becks and Mocks Sven: Sport, class and gender in the spectacle of masculinity
6D3: 12.00-12.30  Mr. Mike McGuinness Teesside University (UK)
"'I run 'em'. Alf Tupper, et al. and representations of sport in British comics

 

SEMINAR SESSION 7 ~ Thursday July 10, 1.45-2.45p.m.

7A

7A1: 1.45-2.15 Dr. Mohammad Ehsani University of Tarbiat Modarres, Iran
The Relationship between Barriers and Gender in Sport Participation in Iran
7A2:
2.15-2.45
Dr. Mohammad Ehsani, Dr. Seyad Hashem Hosseini and Dr. Seyadeh Zobadeh Tavakoli University of Tarbiat Modarres, Iran
Designing Embossed Tourism Maps for the Blind (Case study: Amol city in Iran)


7B

7B1: 1.45-2.15 Mr. Oliver Wright Office for National Statistics, Fareham (UK)
An evaluation of the pricing and promotion of a major athletics event
7B2:
2.15-2.45
Ms. Paula Lökman Roehampton University of Surrey (UK)
Changes in Female Space: Studying Karate Beginners' Experiences


7C

7C1: 1.45-2.15 Mr. Farzad Ghafouri, Dr. Hossein Rahmanseresht Allameh Tabatabaee University, Dr. Hashem Kozechian and Dr. Mohammad Ehsani, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran
The effects of mass media on social trends towards Sport for All and Elite sport in Iran
7C2:
2.15-2.45
Dr. Ali Zarei
A Descriptive Study of the Leisure Time of Iranian University Medical Students, with emphasis on sports


7AD

7D1: 1.45-2.15
7D2:
2.15-2.45

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  PLENARY SESSION V ~ Thursday July 10, 3.00~4.30

Bran Nicol Senior Lecturer in English Literature in the School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies at University of Portsmouth
LOOK WHO'S STALKING! CALLE, BAUDRILLARD, AUSTER AND THE ART OF COMPULSIVE PURSUIT
Garry Whannel Professor of Media Cultures and Director of the Centre for International Media Analysis at the University of Luton
THE "REAL" AND THE "VORTEXTUAL" IN CULTURAL PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
  

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