GEOG 2057 LEISURE AND RECREATION IN MODERN SOCIETY

GEOG 2057
LEISURE AND RECREATION IN
MODERN SOCIETY
Course Instructor:
Dr. Li, Yiping
Department of Geography
The University of Hong Kong
9 - 12 2009
#1.1 General Introduction
Textbook
McLean, D., Hurd, A. R., and Rogers, N. B. (2008).
Kraus' Recreation and Leisure in Modern
Society. Sudbury, Mass. USA: Jones and Bartlett
Publishers (ISBN – 13; 978-07637-4959-0 /
ISBN – 10：0-7637-4959-1)
Additional references
Additional references will be recommended,
during the course, relevant to some
specific lectures
Main focus:
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Nature and scope of leisure and recreation
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Leisure study as a cross-disciplinary field
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Inquiry on place, space, time, play, work, family,
education, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and
environment
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Economic significance of leisure and
consumer culture of modern society
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Space of leisure and recreation, and the
associated issues for managing the services
Main purposes:
z Introduce you to the concepts of leisure and
explain the need to recreate in modern society
z Offer you basic knowledge of how producers of
culture find ways to create business
opportunities out of our leisure pursuits
z Assist you to develop a career in the field of
leisure and recreation
Lecture topics
Introduction:
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Global and local contexts of leisure and recreation
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Leisure study as a cross-disciplinary field
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Geography, leisure and recreation in Asia perspective
Leisure choices and their impacts:
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Evolution of leisure and recreation
– Productivity and income vs. leisure and recreation
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Leisure and recreation in the modern era:
– Outdoor recreation pursuit
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Sociocultural factors affecting leisure and recreation
Management issues
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Critical issues in leisure/recreation management
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Leisure service system
– Governmental, non-profit and commercial agencies
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Sport’s role in leisure
– Enhancing public health through sport events
Future Horizons
z Leisure trends:
– popular culture, leisure and recreation
z Career opportunities and professionalism
– Studies of leisure and recreation in the 21st
century
z Volunteer
presentation of courseworks
NOTE:
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The aforementioned topics will, more or less, be
addressed in the upcoming lectures
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Guest speakers, films, and your active participation
will enrich these lectures
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The recommended references are not compulsory, but
you are encouraged to read them
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No handouts will be distributed, but the notes of each
lecture will be placed in the course web page at least 3
days before the actual lecture is delivered
http://geog.hku.hk/undergrad/geog2057
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TEXTBOOK -- McLean, D., Hurd, A. R., and
Rogers, N. B. (2008). Kraus' Recreation
and Leisure in Modern Society.
Sudbury, Mass. USA: Jones and Bartlett
Publishers (ISBN – 13; 978-07637-4959-0 / ISBN
– 10：0-7637-4959-1) – is essential for you to
follow the lectures of the course
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You are also encouraged to read some and/or all
of the recommended references
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You are expected to attend the lectures and do the
assigned readings in order to succeed
ASSESSMENT
z 100% Coursework
z If you have problems with any aspect of the
course, you may contact me for help. My office
hours are:
Wednesday 14:30 – 17:30
Rm#306 Hui Oi Chow Science Building
Geography 2057 Project Assignment ’09
Leisure / Recreation Services &
Their Provision in Space in HK
Purposes
This exercise is to afford you an opportunity:
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to penetrate fairly deeply into an issue or theme
regarding leisure and recreation
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to coordinate and consolidate concepts and
information obtained from the readings and the
lectures through your critical thinking and practical
applications
Your final grade will be gained by 3 phases
of your coursework performance:
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Select, determine, and report your project topic with a written
summary (a minimum of 50 words) of your general thoughts
about the topic of your choice. This 50-word summary counts
as 15% of your final grade, and will be due by 4:30pm
on Friday, Oct. 16th, 2009. Delay will result in deduction of
your mark
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Hand in your final project (a minimum of 1500 words exclusive
of references and footnotes, in double-space presentation on A4
paper). The complete project counts as 55% of your final
grade, and will be due by 4:30pm Friday. Dec. 4th, 2009.
Delay will result in deduction of your mark
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Write an open-book lecture quiz (60 minutes) on Nov. 26th,
(Thursday) 2009. This quiz counts as 30% of your final
grade. Missing it will result in a 30% loss of your final mark
in this course
Tutorial & help
z 1 tutorial
will be delivered by your TA
to discuss your problems identified in
your choice of project topic; and advise,
discuss as well as explain possible
solutions to the problems
Instructions and guidelines for conducting the course project
Preparation materials:
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A Hong Kong Island base map - a reduced black and
white map available upon your request (if you could
not produce your own map) or
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A Hong Kong Island map with city streets
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The Yellow Page of the city phone book (hard-print
copy, internet-generated information, etc.)
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Some coloured pencils
Steps of work:
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Choose a leisure/recreation service subject from the
yellow pages:
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amusement parks
fitness centres
travel companies
entertainment establishments
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nightclubs, movie theatres, art galleries and so on
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Justify the relevance of your chosen subject for a leisure
study project
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Verify (optional) your chosen subject matters’
acceptability with me IF you are NOT sure whether they
fit the requirements
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Write the final project report
Presentation of the final report:
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A choropleth map (based on tonal shadings proportional to
density)
Sample 1: A choropleth map showing spatial distribution of movie theatres in Guangzhou urban area
z A list of entities appended to the map
z A written report (a minimum of 1500 words
typewritten on A4 papers), stating:
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relevance of your subject matter choice
your method of doing the project
your critical reflection of the choropleth map
representation, e.g.
what are the social, economic, and environmental
implications of the map representation? and / or
z what social, economic, and environmental factors
have led to the map representation
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– your conclusion
In summary, the final product of your
work should consist of three elements:
z choropleth map
z written statement
z list of data sources
You MUST follow HKU Geography Department’s
Guidelines on the use of reference materials
when doing this course assignment
Part I
Introduction
GEOG ???? Leisure and Recreation in Modern Society
#1.2 Global and local contexts
Current scene of leisure and recreation:
Lecture objectives:
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explain the current scene of leisure and recreation by examples:
– Local:
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leisure appeal as tourism attraction and quality of life for Macao community
– Global:
z your independent reading of Chapter 1 of the textbook, for your understanding and
identification of the local contexts—examples in Macao, Hong Kong, and China
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understand basic concepts:
– Play
– Leisure
– Recreation
References:
Chapters #1 & 2 of your textbook
Li, Y. (2002). Leisure study and geography of everyday life. The First Pacific
Rim Conference on Leisure Education, pp. 110-115 (Reference #1)
Current scene: Leisure Appeal
local context: case of Macao
- Leisure as TIME (disposable time)
Festivals and attractions
– Leisure as EXPENDITURE (disposable income
Gaming
– Leisure as a STATE OF BEING:
z freedom of being different
– Leisure as ANTITHESIS
Crazy Paris Show
is ONLY one aspect of the
leisure industry:
z Tourism
– Entertainment
– Recreation
– Travel businesses
All those three components boost Macao’s
leisure/recreation appeal as
Monte Carlo of the Orient
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Leisure is pervasive in Macao’s economy
– country parks
– gaming (gambling)
– horse racing
– special events – grand prix
– leisure clothing
– gourmet foods
– etc
Basic concepts of
leisure & recreation
A historic review
z Play
z Recreation
z Leisure
The above are enjoyed by humans
at specific place and during specific time
Play
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the oldest and widely discussed
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an essential element in healthy human development
– it involves basic drives
– it contributes to psychological well-being
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”
Leisure
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chiefly for identifying the upper classes of society in the past
z in contemporary leisure study it is defined
simply as:
– non-work time
– a way of life:
z a sense of freedom and independent choice
– an individual’s opportunity to achieve
z self-actualisation (the happiest moment in both
physical and spiritual ways. cf. “Flow: the
Psychology of Optimal Experience” by M.
Csikszentmihalyi)
Recreation
z shares some common elements with play,
z but differs from “play” in the sense
– it encompasses many types of experiences not at
all play-like;
z therefore is understood as a complex
phenomenon
– the meanings extend far beyond simply taking part
in play-like activities
Geographers’ contribution to study?
Recreation/Space/place/Leisure
Festival
Homework
Chapter #1 of your textbook, and list at
least 3 major global cases of leisure and
recreation discussed in the chapter
z Read
z Identify
examples of Hong Kong or any
other city in China as possible subject
themes for your assignment projects