The serious leisure perspective (SLP) can be described, in simplest terms, as the theoretical
framework that synthesizes three main forms of leisure showing, at once, their distinctive …

The conceptual understanding of museums as 'contact zones' has been widely appropriated
in the museum literature and beyond. But the discussion lacks empirical insights into actual …

This book examines, from the angles of environmental sustainability and leisure
consumption, a modern leisure phenomenon which we call nature challenge activity (NCA) …

Cultural feelings are an undertheorised area of the human experience which are recently
gaining attention and which need to be understood in the context of museum visitor studies …

The social agency of museums in countering prejudices and fostering respect for differences
is increasingly recognised and empirical research has begun to illuminate the impacts of …

Eilean Hooper‐Greenhill (2000) argued more than a decade ago that we needed to
reconceptualize the museum–visitor relationship by placing the issue of meaning at the …

This article uses biographical narrative interviews with 22 New Zealand mountaineers to
examine their relationship with safety and danger. Interpretation of the empirical material …

Mountaineering is a demanding leisure activity that requires a high level of commitment.
This chapter examines how this commitment is established and maintained, at a time when …

Bu araştırmanın amacı, alt kültürel yaklaşımlar çerçevesinde, dağcılığın bir alt kültür olup
olmadığının değerlendirilmesi ve dağcılık eğer bir alt kültürse, bu alt kültürün oluşum …

This article illustrates the operationalization of an analytical framework that draws on
Pamphilon's Zoom Model and on an arts-informed life history research approach in the …