Lockdown Leisure by Ludvigsen, Jan Andre Lee; Harrison, Katherine; Millward, Peter;

Short description:

This book examines the concept of ‘lockdown leisure’ as closely related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Through a range of inter-disciplinary chapters, the volume unpacks leisure life in lockdown contexts through a range of empirical, conceptual and theoretical contributions. It was originally published in the journal, Leisure Studies.

Long description:

This book examines the concept of ‘lockdown leisure’ as closely related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Through a range of inter-disciplinary chapters, the volume unpacks leisure life in lockdown contexts through a range of empirical, conceptual and theoretical contributions.

In many countries, a key response to the global Covid-19 pandemic was the implementation of national, regional or local lockdowns. Focusing on the diverse medium and long-term socio-cultural impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, this book examining how various forms of lockdowns impacted leisure activities, industries, cultures and spaces across a variety of transnational contexts. It contains original chapters on topics including but not limited to physical activity, cultural participation, recreation and green spaces, technology, and social exclusion. And so, it shows how Covid-19 lockdowns transformed existing, and produced new, leisure activities.

This book is a fascinating reading for students and researchers of leisure studies, sociology, media and cultural studies, youth studies, and educational studies. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journal, Leisure Studies.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Lockdown leisure  1. Exploring how a disability sport charity utilises exchange relationships with external organisations to sustain operations in times of lockdown  2. Parents perceptions of online physical activity and leisure with early years children during Covid-19 and beyond  3. Cultural consumption and Covid-19: evidence from the Taking Part and COVID-19 Cultural Participation Monitor surveys  4. Time use, work and leisure in the UK before, during, between and following the Covid-19 lockdowns  5. CrossFit during lockdown. The promises and pitfalls of digitally mediated training for leisure-time physical activity  6. COVID-19 and outdoor recreation in the post-anthropause  7. Sports participation during a lockdown. How COVID-19 changed the sports frequency and motivation of participants in club, event, and online sports  8. Nearby nature in lockdown: Practices and affordances for leisure in urban green spaces  9.”I felt there was a big chunk taken out of my life”: COVID-19 and older adults’ library-based magazine leisure reading  10. Armchair travel through video games: stories from elsewheres and elsewhens  11. Children and young people’s perspectives from UK lockdown: leisure-less experiences  12. A ramp that leads to nothing: outdoor recreation experiences of children with physical disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic