LSR 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Conestoga College, Wilfrid Laurier University, Mindan

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Leisure Studies
• Course: LSR 1100
• Professor: George Karlis

Document Summary

2 conceptualizing leisure and recreation: taking play seriously. Leisure shows that it is commonly viewed from 3 perspectives: leisure as discretionary time, leisure as free-time, leisure as personal experience and state of being. Leisure as discretionary time: time free from work, work-related responsibilities, household obligations, and other social and personal obligations. Leisure as free-time activity: activities, and the nature of these activities, which are experienced outside of work and obligations. Leisure as personal experience and state of being: any experience, at any time, that is self- satisfying; a personally chosen, self-fulfilling experience or activity that may be planned or experienced spontaneously. Canadian based research on the concept of leisure. John farina (wilfred laurier university): (cid:862)leisure is not a time, leisure is not a recreation, leisure is not necessarily activity, leisure is a state of being, it is a state of (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g f(cid:396)ee. (cid:863)