Department of Sport Science, Tourism and Leisure, in collaboration with the Centre for Sport, Physical Education and Activity Research (SPEAR)

 
2009 Main Page

Programme

PRESENTERS:
Adams

Aphramor
Best
Binks & Snape
Botterill
Brinkhuijsen
Brown, S.
Brown, H. & Jeanes
Buse
Caudwell
Chappel & Kay
Charlton
Chatziefstathiou
Clark
Coates
Cohen
Cooper
Devine
Downs
Dowse
Dupuis & Gillies
Elkington
Everett
Feres
Fletcher
Flinn, et al.
Frisby & Thibault
Gilchrist & Wheaton
Gillies & Dupuis
Gourang & Ehsani
Grainger

Grossman
Harrington & Fullagar
Haydock
Humphreys
Hung Yu-Ting
Jaimangal-Jones
Jamaat & Ehsani
Jeanes
Kay & Chowdhury
Khodayari & Safari
Lamb
Lord, et al.
Lovell
Mansfield
Merkel
Misener
Mock & Smale
Mohamed & Aman
Muir and Nichols
Nash
Neville
Nimrod & Rotem
Piekarz
Piggin
Piggott
Piskunova
Ratna
Reid
Reynolds
Riddick
   & Humberstone

Shaw

Shirt
Smale
Smith Maguire et al.
Snape
Spracklen
Stewart
Such
Taylor
Tchetchik et al.
Theocharous et al.
Timmins
Tivers
Tomrley
Turner
Veal
Velija et al.
Waitt et al.
Wallace & Ormrod

Walters
Watkins
Williams
Zajadacz & Sniadek
Zakus
Zhao & Chen
Programme

  Tuesday 7th JULY 2009
09.30   Arrival, Registration & Refreshments
11.00   Conference Opening - Welcome and Introductions

11.30
  Keynote Session 1     11.30-13.00
  • Professor Richard Bailey (Professor of Sport and Education, College of Social Sciences, University of Birmingham). SPORT, LEISURE AND HUMAN FLOURISHING
  • Professor Frank Furedi (Professor of Sociology, University of Kent).  LEISURE AND THE AMBIGUITIES OF RISK TAKING

13.00
  Lunch  
 Parallel Sessions 1     14.00-15.30
  1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 

LEARNING ...

RISK ...

LOCATING ...

PERFORMING / OPEN
OPEN / CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON FAT AND LEISURE
14.00 i Susie Brown (Loughborough University, UK) . . . Participation by Black, Asian and Minority ethnic pupils in (out of school hours) school sport and club sport Dr. Andy Grainger (Liverpool Hope University, UK) . . . "Where have all the white boys gone?" National spatial anxieties and the browning of New Zealand rugby Ross D. Neville (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland) . . . Objectivist problematics: Planning for leisure from an experiential perspective? Jenny Flinn, Aaron McIntosh and Daniel Turner (Glasgow Caledonian University, UK). . . Diasporic identity across time and space: Constructing Scottish cultural identities at the Long Island Highland Games Lucy Aphramor (University of Coventry, UK) . . . What should we tell the students? Ethical challenges in teaching fat, fitness and health
Charlotte Cooper (University of Limerick, Ireland) . . . Fat girl on a bike - Introducing health at every size
Dr. Jennifer Smith Maguire (University of Leicester, UK), Dr. Louise Mansfield and Helen Curtis (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) . . . Fat bodies in sport and leisure: Discourse of resistance and change?
Corinna Tomrley (The University of York, UK) . . . Beth Ditto, or how celebrity gossip did fat feminism
14.30 ii Dr. Wendy Frisby & Dr. Lucie Thibault (University of British Columbia, Canada) . . . Missed opportunities: learning about one's new country through major sport events Tom Fletcher (Leeds Metropolitan University, UK) . . . Being inside and outside the field. An exploration of identity, positionality and reflexivity in inter-racial research Dr. Sally Everett (University of Bedfordshire, UK) . . . Production places/consumption spaces: the place-making agency of food tourism Paul Gilchrist and Dr. Belinda Wheaton (Chelsea School, University of Brighton, Eastbourne, UK) . . . Parkour, public policy and youth engagement
15.00 iii Daniel Turner (Glasgow Caledonian University, UK). . . The civilised skateboarder: Elias, sports provision and the performance of the 'active citizen'
15.00   Refreshments
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 Parallel Sessions 2     16.00-17.30
  2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 

LEARNING ...

RISK ...

LOCATING ...

PERFORMING / OPEN
OPEN / GENDER AND INTERSECTIONALITY
16.00 i Jennifer Gillies and Dr. Sherry L. Dupuis (University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) . . . Enhancing recreation opportunities for persons with disabilities on university campuses through the use of participatory action research Dr. Carolyn Downs (Business School, University of Salford, UK) . . . Playing with risk: social networking and the normalisation of gambling behaviours Dr. Hung Yu-Ting (Chai Nan University of Pharmacy & Science, Tainan, Taiwan) . . . Framework of hot spring leisure industrial chains Dr. Sam Elkington (University of Bedfordshire, UK) . . . When Leisure Flows: capturing the flow of serious leisure Dr. Aarti Ratna (Leeds Metropolitan University, UK) . . . British Asian females and their racialised experiences of gender and identity in women's football
16.30 ii Helen Brown and Dr. Ruth Jeanes (Loughborough University, UK) . . . Bridging the gap? Challenges to developing school-community sporting pathways: A case study analysis of golf and cricket David Nash (University of Kent, UK) . . . The negative impact of child protection policies on sports and leisure clubs Geoffrey Shirt (University of Derby, UK) . . . The Politics of the Countryside, Wellbeing and Urban Population Dr. Steven Mock and Prof. Bryan Smale (University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) . . . The role of leisure involvement in alleviating minority stress: Evidence from a nationally representative Canadian sample Dr. Louise Mansfield (Canterbury Christ Church University) . . . Fit bodies and intersectionality: The experiences of older Indian women in English fitness gyms
17.00 iii Dr. Tess Kay and Rahmanara Chowdhury (Loughborough University, UK) . . . Growing together through sport: reciprocal learning in sport work with Muslim young women
17.30   Leisure Studies Association Annual General Meeting
18.30  Culture in Canterbury / Canterbury City Council Hosted Wine Reception
19.00   Dinner, Café Rouge, Canterbury Town Centre
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  Wednesday 8th JULY 2009
    Parallel Sessions 3     9.00-10.30
  3A 3B 3C 3D
   

RISK ...

LOCATING ...

PERFORMING ...

PERFORMING / OPEN

9.00
i Emily Coates (Buckinghamshire New University, UK) . . . Who controls the risk? The negotiation of risk taking in snowboarding Dr. Antonis L. Theocharous (Cyprus University of Technology), Dr. Andreas G. Philaretou (European University Cyprus ) and Georgia Nathanail (Cyprus University of Technology). . . Social networks and tourist behaviour: An ethnographic investigation of Ayia Napa, Cyprus Dr. Alina Zajadacz (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland) and Dr. Joanna Sniadek (University School of Physical Education in Poznan, Poland) . . . Specificity and conditions of leisure of deaf people in Poland Dr. Laura Misener (University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada) . . . Fostering partnerships for physical activity promotion: A case study of a regional strategy

9.30
ii Sheryl Clark (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK) . . . Running into trouble: Constructs of safety and danger in girls' access to physical activity and outdoor space Jane Lovell (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) . . . The post-modern heritage city: From real to fake? Dr. Liz Such (School of Health and Social Sciences, University of Bolton, UK) . . . Leisure in the paradigm of the 'involved father': leisure-based parenting as a component of the 'stalled revolution' Mawarni Mohamed and Dr. Mohd Salleh Aman (University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur) . . . Free time among young Malaysians: active vs. passive leisure

10.00
iii Dr. Cathy Devine (University of Cumbria, UK) . . . The culture of Narcissism, 'lifestyle sports' and 'risk' David Lamb (Lincoln University, New Zealand) . . . Are leisure facility managers performing and meeting needs? The case for families and their leisure Dr. Sally Shaw and Dr. Justine B. Allen (University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand) . . . An inter-disciplinary approach to examining organisational support for high performance women coaches

10.30
  Refreshments

11.00
  Keynote Session 2     11.00-12.30
 
  • Dr. Martin Hagger (Reader in Social and Health Psychology, University of Nottingham). MOTIVATION AND LEISURE-TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
  • Professor Chris Shilling (Professor of Sociology, University of Kent). THE BODY PEDAGOGICS OF PERFORMATIVITY AND PERFORMANCE

12.30
  Lunch
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 Parallel Sessions 4     13.30-15.00
  4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 

LEARNING ...

RISK ...

LOCATING ...

PERFORMING / OPEN
OPEN / GENDER AND INTERSECTIONALITY

13.30
i Dr. Sherry L. Dupuis & Jennifer Gillies (University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) . . . Learning as a vehicle for individual and social transformation: re-thinking leisure education Steve Taylor (University of Otago, New Zealand) . . . A conceptual framework of influences on participation: a case study of mountain bikers in New Zealand and the United Kingdom Fiona Reid (University of Stirling, UK) . . . Finding leisure places: the sports club Stan Timmins (Leeds Metropolitan University, UK) . . . Inside the cage: A sociological/legal analysis of cage fighting in the United Kingdom Dr. Philippa Velija, Laura Fortune, and Mark Mierzwinski (York St John University, UK) . . . Gender, embodiment and the martial arts

14.00
ii Dr. Udo Merkel (University of Brighton, Eastbourne, UK) . . . Learning leisure the Stalinist way: Mass displays and displays of the masses in North Korea Dr. Maureen Harrington and Associate Professor Simone Fullagar (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia) . . . Tensions in active living policy discourses and implications of risk for government provision of sport and recreation services Andrew Adams (Southampton Solent University, UK) . . . Private clubs, public policy: Contesting the space of voluntary sports clubs Dr. Alex Stewart (University of Bedfordshire, UK) . . . Learning respect: Class based masculinities and the performance of morals among amateur boxers Claire Humphreys (University of Westminster, UK) . . . Gender matters in golf tourism

14.30
iii Dr. Alfredo Feres Neto (Brazilia University, Brazil) . . . Leisure and Physical Education: the case of the Palestinian Territories Prof. Arnold H. Grossman (New York University, USA), Prof. Anthony R. D'Augelli (The Pennsylvania State University, USA), Asst. Prof. Steven Hubbard (New York University, USA) . . . Risky and non-risky recreational sexual experiences and their correlates among female-to-male transgender youth Alison Muir and Dr. Geoff Nichols (University of Sheffield, UK) . . . Social capital and sports clubs volunteers: bonding in or bridging out? Dr. David Piggott (University of Lincoln, UK) . . . New insights on Youth Football in England: A grounded theory of socialisation experiences Dr. Mohammad Ehsani (Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran) & Dr. Sara Keshkar (Al Zahra University, Iran) . . . Constraints inhibiting women from participating in recreational sports in Tehran: Focusing on personal attributes
15.00   Refreshments
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  Parallel Sessions 5     15.30-17.00
  5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 

LEARNING ...

RISK ...

LOCATING ...
PERFORMING / OPEN

15.30
i Christina Buse (University of York, UK) . . . Online leisure @ home in retirement: Domestic space and ICT use in later life Dr. Mark Piekarz (University of Worcester, UK) . . . The Babel of risk management? A comparative analysis of risk definitions and practices in the leisure and sport industry Dr. Marlies Brinkhuijsen (Landscape Architecture Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands) . . . Our world or their world? Leisure place in landscape design Dr. Dewi Jaimangal-Jones (Cardiff School of Management, UWIC, UK) . . . Exploring the construction and consumption of dance music spaces through the liminal lens

16.00
ii Dr. Frances Reynolds (Brunel University, UK) . . . Taking up arts and crafts as novel leisure activities in later life: a qualitative study Dr. Dwight H. Zakus (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia) . . . Managing risk in community sport organisations: are we risking volunteers? Michael Williams (University of Brighton, Eastbourne, UK). . . Concerts, conservation and conflicts. Leisure on conservation sites: challenges for event managers Dr. Jacqueline Tivers (The Nottingham Trent University, UK) . . . 'Made for television': Leisure performance and place in TV-created sport

16.30
iii Dr. Mike Watkins (Griffith University, Australia). . . Longitudinal evidence of learning leisure Dr. Jayne Caudwell (Chelsea School, University of Brighton, UK) . . . Jazzwomen: Notes on Gender
17.00  Visits to Canterbury attractions: Cathedral; (or) "Canterbury Tales"; (or) Tour of City; (or) Fitness Pass

19.00
 Taylor & Francis Hosted Wine Reception

19.30
 Conference Dinner
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  Thursday 9th JULY 2009
    Parallel Sessions 6     9.00-10.30
  6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 
   

LEARNING ...

LOCATING ...

PERFORMING ...

PERFORMING ...
OPEN

9.00
i Prof. Carol Cutler Riddick (Gallaudet University, USA & Visiting Professor Buckinghamshire New University, UK) and Prof. Barbara Humberstone (Buckinghamshire New University, UK) . . . Self perceptions, motivations and feelings women experience with practising yoga later in life Dr. Anat Tchetchik (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel), Dr. Aliza Fleischer (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) and Dr. Gilad Axelrad (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) . . . Agglomeration and optimal spatial density of the rural accommodations industry Gordon Waitt, Loretta Jessop and Andrew Gorman-Murray (University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia) . . . 'Going out on the town': the importance of place in drinking cultures Dr. Ruth Jeanes (Loughborough University, UK) . . . Creating active leisure spaces for young disabled people: The value of inclusive play facilities for young people and their families Rhiannon Lord, Gareth Wiltshire, Prof. Scott Fleming, Dr. Carly Stewart (University of Wales Institute, Cardiff) . . . Femininity, the body and leotards in female trampoline-gymnastics

9.30
ii Dr. Galit Nimrod (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) and Dr. Arie Rotem (Herzlia Interdisciplinary Center, Israel) . . . Learning to balance? Activities and benefits in older adults' tourism Zhao Shouliang (Paris University 12th; Tongji University, Shanghai, China) and Chen Tingting (Paris University 10th; Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China) . . . Some phenomena of recreation modes in China's cities and the challenges for urban planning Will Haydock (School of Health and Social Care, Bournemouth University, UK) . . . 'Everything is different': Drinking and distinction in Bournemouth Suzanne Dowse (Canterbury Christ Church University) . . . London 2012 Paralympic potential: the opportunities and the risk Dr. Bob Snape (University of Bolton, UK) . . . Place, space and performativity in leisure: the English Country Dance 1900-1939

10.00
iii Dr. Inna Piskunova (Saratov State Socio-economic University, Russian Federation) . . . Amateurism in local history science Dr. Abas Khodayari (Karaj Azad University, Iran) and Ms. Leila Safari (M.A.) (Karaj Honar University, Iran) . . . Analysis of leisure time of male athlete and non-athlete employees Dr. Karl Spracklen (Leeds Metropolitan University) . . . Understanding the authentic in tourism as an expression of unresolved Habermasian rationalities: dreaming of drams and the angel's share in the shadowlands of Scotland Prof. David Botterill (Oxford Brookes University, UK) . . . Tragic and comic representations of tourism in 20th century opera: Working on the critical realist question, 'What makes tourism possible?'

10.30
  Refreshments
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    Parallel Sessions 7     11.00-12.30
  7A 7B 7C 7D
   

OPEN ...

LOCATING ...

LOCATING ...

OPEN ...

11.00
i Scott Cohen (University of Otago, New Zealand) . . . (Re) configuring self-identity through lifestyle travel: 'finding one's self' deconstructed Gary Best (La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia) . . . Whose history? Whose time? Whose space? Reconfiguring the temporal and spatial into a Square and a Park for Melbourne Dr. Joe Piggin (Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand) . . . A common vision? Power games in national sport policy Dr. Dikaia Chatziefstathiou (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) . . . London 2012, governmentality and youth

11.30
ii Dr. Anthony Charlton (Edge Hill University, UK) . . . It could be good to 'bowl alone': Communities taking responsibility for sustaining sports participation Dr. Shirley Chappel and Alick Kay (University of South Australia) . . . Desert performances: Tourism on the Birdsville Track Dr. Geoff Walters (Birkbeck, University of London, UK) . . . Key issues faced by sport governing bodies in the UK when bidding for the rights to host an international sport event Phil Binks and Dr. Bob Snape (University of Bolton, UK) . . . Seeking, locating and learning leisure: the challenges, realities and experiences of accessing leisure by asylum seeker communities in contemporary Britain

12.00
iii Prof. Bryan Smale (University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada). . . A critical phenomenology of the unmaking of meaning in leisure places and the loss of community in long-term care Carrianne Wallace and Nathalie Ormrod (Manchester Metropolitan University Cheshire) , , , The impact of limited funding on town renewal ­ The Ripple Effect! Mrs. Khatereh Jamaat (Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran) and Dr. Mohammad Ehsani (Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran) . . . Comparison between the viewpoints of Presidents of Sports Federation (PSF) and sponsor company managers (SCM) in Iran

12.30
  Lunch

13.30
  Keynote Session 3     13.30 -15.00
 
  • Professor Cara Aitchison (Dean of Education and Sport, Professor in Leisure and Tourism Studies, University of Bedfordshire).
    MAPPING THE CULTURE AND MATTER OF LEISURE: SYNERGIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • Professor Simon Shibli (Director, Sport Industry Research Centre [SIRC], Sheffield Hallam University). THE ECONOMICS OF LEISURE PLACES: SILOS OR SYNERGIES
15.00   Closing Remarks and Invitation to LSA 2010
    Refreshments and Goodbye
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