This book brings together chapters that address questions of leisure, activism, and the animation of urban environments. The authors share research that explores the meaning and making of activist practices, events of dissent, and the arts in everyday life. Situated in a growing body of activist scholarship and social justice research, within the field of leisure studies, the contributions spotlight understandings and disruptions of public spaces in cities. These range from overtly political practices such as protest marches to recreational practices such as skateboarding and bicycling that remake cities through their contestations of space. Across the collection the chapters raise broader questions of civil society, whether it is research on youth activism, historical uses of public spaces by rightwing or racist groups, or interrogating the absence of leisure and closure of public spaces for peopleexperiencing homelessness. Some chapters explore events, such as festivals as sites of resistance and social change. In others, grassroots neighbourhood activism through arts is centralised, or mega-events are framed through protest campaigns against bids to host the Summer Olympic Games. A central thread running through the chapters is the question of whose voices count and whose remain unheard in events of dissent in the city.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Leisure Studies.
ISBN: | 9781032358109 |
Publication date: | 26th August 2024 |
Author: | I R Lamond, Brett Lashua, Chelsea Reid |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 144 pages |
Genres: |
Urban and municipal planning and policy Urban communities Sporting events and management Landscape architecture and design Interdisciplinary studies Civil engineering, surveying and building |