[eccr] Call for papers -- LEISURE AND VISUAL CULTURE

>Call for Papers
>The annual conference of the Leisure Studies Association will be held at 
>Roehampton University of Surrey on July 8 - 10 2003.
>The theme of the conference will be Leisure and Visual Culture.
>LSA 2003 -- LEISURE AND VISUAL CULTURE offers a timely response to issues 
>raised by the burgeoning scholarship and activity within the realm of 
>leisure and visual culture.
>We invite papers from a range of perspectives and disciplines that address 
>the politics, management and consumption of past and present leisure scapes.
>Is leisure a state of being or a state of seeing? Reflecting on the 
>flaneur, the architects of leisure spaces, the producers and consumers of 
>mass culture, the logo-laden sports performer, the increasing interplay of 
>technology and games, the armchair cultural critic - leisure as visual 
>culture conflates the material and the symbolic.
>Is visual culture the leisure culture of the (post)modern world? What is 
>'postmodern' about the Tate Modern? Dreamscapes and landscapes pervade our 
>experience of leisure. How do we respond to the bombardment of images in 
>the production of mega-events? Does "live" sport exist? Are our social 
>worlds inevitably mapped by televisual and cinematic representations? 
>CONFERENCE THEMES:Space, place and leisureCityscapes and 
>dreamscapesBranding sport and leisureTourism, heritage and the cultural 
>industriesMediasportSport, leisure and aestheticsMass media as 
>leisureTechnology and play
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>Voyeurism: seeing bodies, seeing pleasure
>{PRIVATE "TYPE=PICT;ALT=asterisk"}Researchers, theorists and practitioners 
>are invited to submit an abstract of 300~400 words and a biographical 
>description of 100~150 words. To be submitted according to {HYPERLINK 
>"Guidelines.html"}guidelines not later than January 20, 2003.
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