Third Age and Leisure Research,
Principles and Practice


16th June 2009

 

A one day conference hosted by Buckinghamshire New University in partnership with the Leisure Studies Association

Programme

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8.45 Registration and Coffee
9.30 Welcome and Opening Address
Professor Ruth Farwell (Vice Chancellor, Buckinghamshire New University)
9.45 Keynote 1 [Owen Harris Lecture Theatre]
Professor Andrew Sparkes (Director: Qualitative Research Unit, School of Sport & Health Science, Exeter University, UK)
Narrative maps of physically active ageing body
10.30 Coffee
10.45 Jonathan Lewis (Culture and Creativity; Buckinghamshire New University, UK) Reminiscence workshops in understanding the leisure lives of older people
11.15 Felicity M Greenfields (Open University, UK) Shadow of my former self - Chinese elders' perspectives
11.45 Mark Bhatti (Brighton University, UK) Just pottering about?: Healthy leisure in the garden
12.15 Jette Hansen-Møller, Frank S. Jensen and Berit Charlotte Kaae (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Senior citizens' outdoor recreation in Denmark
12.45 Buffet Lunch
13.30 Keynote 2 [Owen Harris Lecture Theatre]
Professor Carol Cutler Riddick (Gallaudet University, Washington DC, USA)
Gerontology-leisure research: The past and the future
14.15 Margaret Greenfields (Buckinghamshire New University )
Andrew Ryder (National Policy Officer, Irish Traveller Movement, Britain)
"Being with our own kind": The contexts of Gypsy-Traveller elders' social and leisure engagement
14.45 Melanie Parris (Society and Health, Buckinghamshire New University, UK) Promoting inclusion for people with an acquired hearing loss
15.15 Tea
15.30 Ian Brittain (Researcher in Paralympic and disability sport, UK) Disability and ageing - convergent life paths?
16.00 Aaron Van den Heede (Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, Belgium) Volunteer work in Europe: The importance of status and class
16.30 Dean A. Zoerink (Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration Western Illinois University, USA) The interaction of leisure, health and positive ageing: A synthesis of research
17.00 Plenary
17.30 Close of Conference

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