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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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Leisure Sciences presents transdisciplinary scientific, theoretical, and conceptual inquiries into the study of leisure.
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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · Apr 23
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🔓 Open Access: Why study ignorance?
In Leisure Sciences, Jones, Adams, & Mayoh propose a sociology of ignorance—a new framework that reveals how deliberate and motivated ignorance shape leisure, power, and inequality.
📖 Read the article:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OpenAccessResearch
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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💼 In The Gig Economy, Alienation, and Leisure, Dunlap & Rose reflect on how gig work transforms both labor and leisure into sites of alienation and commodification.

Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#LeisureStudies #GigEconomy #MarxistTheory #LeisureAndWork
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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🪶 What happens when “rest” and “rejuvenation” are no longer valued outcomes in academia?
In her essay Parting Thoughts LI, Tracy L. Mainieri urges leisure scholars to bring humanity, healing, and hope back into higher education policy.
Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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🏞️ Access to parks & rec supports leisure-time physical activity — but who benefits most?
A new Leisure Sciences study finds that this link is strongest in higher-income, White counties, revealing inequities in recreation access and outcomes.

Read the article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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💦 New Leisure Sciences research explores how Korean middle-aged women find belonging & friendship through sauna bathing — turning leisure into community.
Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#LeisureSciences #SenseOfCommunity #KoreanCulture #LeisureResearch
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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🧠 New Leisure Sciences study links attachment theory & leisure — showing how emotional patterns shape the shift from stressful exercise to fulfilling leisure.
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#LeisureSciences #AttachmentTheory #ExercisePsychology #LeisureResearch
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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🌿 New Leisure Sciences essay explores how sober & sober-curious lifestyles are reshaping outdoor recreation — redefining community, connection & culture in nature.
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#LeisureSciences #SoberCurious #OutdoorRecreation #MindfulLiving
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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☀️ Starting the week with new reading! Leisure Sciences Vol. 47, Issue 8 (2025) is out now — exploring leisure, culture, equity & wellbeing across the globe.
Read the issue: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ulsc20/4...

#LeisureSciences #LeisureResearch #NewIssue
October 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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🌿 New Leisure Sciences research explores how Latinos in South Carolina define leisure — or ocio — as social, spontaneous & deeply tied to family & culture. Expanding what leisure means across communities.
Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#LeisureSciences #Ocio #CulturalLeisure #Latino
October 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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♿ New Leisure Sciences research explores accessibility for people with disabilities in 3 Quebec parks. Findings reveal how trails, infrastructure & information access shape outdoor experiences — & how parks can become more inclusive.
Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#LeisureSciences
October 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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🌙 New Leisure Sciences research explores how nighttime leisure — from concerts to city strolls — shapes urban residents’ well-being. The night’s ambiance plays a key role in boosting happiness & connection.
Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#LeisureSciences #NighttimeLeisure #CityLife
October 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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✈️ Grandtravel — grandparents & grandkids exploring together — is reshaping senior tourism in China. New Leisure Sciences research reveals the joys, risks & emotions that drive these intergenerational trips.
Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#LeisureSciences #SeniorTourism #FamilyTravel
October 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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“Games are more than play — they’re connection.” 🎮
New Leisure Sciences research shows how emotional investment creates strong ties in gaming communities. These digital worlds shape how we experience leisure & belonging online.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#LeisureSciences #DigitalLeisure
October 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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🚴♀️🏍 Riding as resistance!
On the Road Less Traveled: Women’s Cycling and Motorcycling in Iran highlights how women turn leisure into empowerment despite stigma, restrictions & harassment.
Authored by Afrouzeh, Phipps, Majidi & Keshavarz 🌟
🆓 Open Access (free to read!): doi.org/10.1080/0149...
October 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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🚨 Big news: The Leisure Studies Association Conference 2026 has just been announced! 🎉— June 30–July 3, 2026 @ Brunel University London.
📣 The first call for abstracts is OPEN
Proud to share that Dr. Rasul Mowatt is co-chairing! 🌍
🔗 Submit: leisurestudies.org/lsa2026/
October 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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📚 Meet our Editors‑in‑Chief (2 of 2)!
Today’s spotlight: Dr. Justin Harmon, UNC Greensboro—focused on how leisure supports health, aging, identity, & coping in serious illness.
Alongside Dr. Mowatt, he leads Leisure Sciences with insight and empathy.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/journals/uls...
October 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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📚 Meet our Editors-in-Chief (1 of 2)!
Featuring Dr. Rasul A. Mowatt, NC State University—renowned for his work on social justice, geographies of race & violence, and public space; a published author and Academy President.
Stay tuned—part 2 coming soon!
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/journals/uls...
September 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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🌟 New Issue! Leisure Sciences Vol 47(7) explores Trauma, Healing, Health & Leisure.
Highlights include:
🌿 Travel for trauma recovery
🧘 Yoga & stress in Korea
🏕️ Wilderness therapy
🤝 Community healing

Read the special issue (ed. Diana Parry) 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/ulsc20/4...

#TraumaRecovery
September 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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🚧 Public spaces don’t just happen—they’re designed. And sometimes, that design says: you don’t belong here.
“The Spectrum of Defensive Placemaking…” by Aldoori, Kuzuoglu, & Glover explores these hidden cues and urges us to reimagine cities with Adaptive Placemaking 🌿.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0149...
September 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Publishing open access in Leisure Sciences?
✅ Same rigorous peer review
✅ Potential APC discounts or waivers
✅ Greater visibility & impact

More info: www.tandfonline.com/journals/uls...
#OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing
September 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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🏞 Historic battlefields can preserve the past and connect with today’s diverse public.
New in Leisure Sciences: Research on ⚔️ Manassas National Battlefield Park shows how 🧭 moral foundations & 🤝 belonging shape interpretive preferences.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0149...
Moral Foundations, Welcomeness and Belonging, and Visitation to Manassas National Battlefield Park: The Necessity of Nuance for Understanding Interpretive Preferences
National Park Service Civil War battlefields recently experienced increased recreational use, which may be opposed to the purpose of historic value that these sites were created to preserve. Manass...
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September 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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With Leisure Sciences, you can choose open access — ensuring your article is free for anyone to read from day one. More visibility. More impact. More reach.

Details: www.tandfonline.com/journals/uls...
#OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #LeisureSciences
September 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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💡 #WellnessWednesday
Not all leisure is created equal — and now there’s a way to measure the benefits.

The Function of Leisure Activity Measure (FLAM) shows how activities boost cognitive, physical, emotional & social well-being in older adults.

Read in Leisure Sciences: doi.org/10.1080/0149...
September 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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🧗🏽♂️ “Being outdoorsy” isn’t gender-neutral.

A new article in Leisure Sciences explores how cisgender men perform masculinity in outdoor adventure contexts—sometimes reinforcing, sometimes resisting cultural norms.

📖 doi.org/10.1080/0149...

#OutdoorAdventure #Masculinity #LeisureSciences
September 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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🌿 Forest bathing—aka shinrin-yoku—is the calming practice of slowing down and connecting with nature.

A new article in Leisure Sciences shows how this practice supports deeper gratitude and spirituality in natural settings.

Read more: doi.org/10.1080/0149...

#ForestBathing #ShinrinYoku
September 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM