Antropologia czasu wolnego (Leisure Worlds) 3102-FLEW-OG
Wykład (WYK) Semestr zimowy 2022/23

21Nov2022. (A) An introduction to the course: syllabus presentation; introductory remarks: why study leisure? (B) Time in society – time in anthropology. Physical time, social time: how different they are? Historicity as a temporal issue. Acceleration.

29Nov2022. (A) Leisure across time: the diachronic comparisons of free time in Western societies (antiquity, modernity/modernities, postmodern leisure). (B) Leisure across space: leisure in different cultural settings.

The Written Assignment tutorial 1 is scheduled for this week!

05Dec2022. (A) An overview of the selected keywords in leisure studies, e.g. free will, determination, scholè, time/space, identity, life style, social class. (B) Leisure forms and settings: an overview (sport, gastronomy, art, 'serious leisure', volunteering, virtual leisure worlds, etc.).

12Dec2022. (A) Tourism as re-creation: a case study. (B) Race, ethnicity, migration and leisure.

19Dec2022. (B) Environment and leisure, ‘sustainable’ leisure.

The Written Assignment tutorial 2 is scheduled for this week!

10Jan2023. (A) Work and leisure. ‘The right to be lazy’, civil rights and leisure, emancipatory meanings of leisure. Leisure constraints – what limits our leisure? (B) ‘The labour of leisure’; the creation of self through leisure and the culture of individualism; disciplines of leisure; doing emotional work through leisure, commercialization of leisure and commercialization of rebellion, the burden of leisure etc.

16Jan2023. (A) Gender and leisure; gendered leisure; family leisure. (B) Illicit leisure; desire, vice and leisure.

Attention! The submissions of Written Assignment are due on 15Jan2023, i.e. on Sunday prior to this class!

23Jan2023. (B) State, market and leisure: conclusions.