[acc-cca-l] Rapid Response CFP: Leisure in the time of coronavirus

[Jonathan Petrychyn]

Dear friends and colleagues,

Those paying attention to changing media consumption habits during the
COVID-19 crisis may find this rapid response CFP of interest. Details
copied below and in the attached PDF.

Hope you are all staying safe and well,

Jon

-- 
Jonathan Petrychyn, PhD (He/Him)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Gender, Sexuality, & Digitality
University of Waterloo
uwaterloo.ca/

Director, Toronto Outdoor Picture Show
Board of Directors
www.topictureshow.com

Co-chair, Film & Media Festivals Scholarly Interest Group
Society for Cinema and Media Studies
www.cmstudies.org  <http://www.cmstudies.org>

Deadline: 6 April 2020

Call for Critical Commentaries: Leisure in the time of coronavirus

Call for Critical Commentaries –

A Rapid Response Special Issue of Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary
Journal

Leisure in the time of coronavirus

Guest Editors:
Brett Lashua, PhD. University College London

b.lashua at ucl.ac.uk

Corey W. Johnson, Ph.D. University of Waterloo, corey.johnson at uwaterloo.ca

Diana C. Parry, Ph.D. University of Waterloo, dcparry at uwaterloo.ca

As the world grapples with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, on almost
every news website, across social media, and also in its (many) absences,
leisure has taken on new significance in both managing and negotiating a
global crisis. Amidst the inconvenience, illness, fear, tragedy and loss
from this disease, there is also an opportunity for leisure scholars to
generate discussions and to learn, to engage with wider debates about the
crucial role of leisure in people’s lives—during this pandemic, and beyond.
Abstracts between 250 words are invited by April 6, 2020 for a rapid
response special issue that will feature short essays (2000-3000 words
maximum) highlighting the significance, urgency, or key debates, of
“leisure in the time of coronavirus.”

As of March 25, 2020, BBC News reported:

at least a quarter of the world’s population of 7.8 billion is now living
under tough restrictions on movement and social contact. From Rwanda to
California and New York to New Zealand, the coronavirus has shut down large
parts of our planet – leaving normally heaving streets deserted and
towering office blocks empty. And there’s more to come – about half the US
population are believed to be living under stay at home orders and measures
are expected in further states. From midnight on Thursday, all South
Africans will have to stay at home for a 21-day period.

This is an extraordinary moment! Most schools and workplaces are closed;
indeed, almost all places outside the home – restaurants, pubs, bars and
nightclubs, leisure centres and gyms, arts venues, theatres, museums and
galleries – are not open; most sports events have been cancelled and the
upcoming 2020 Olympic Games postponed. Borders are closed, with tourists
and travellers ordered to return immediately to their countries of origin.
Parks, beaches and monuments are closed too. In view of social distancing
rules (e.g., in the UK, U.S., Canada and elsewhere), there is a ban on
groups of people meeting in public; citizens have been ordered to “stay
home.” As a consequence, in only a matter of months, this pandemic has
raised immediate questions about how our societies are organised and
function, and what we value and why. We continue to be curious about the
response of leisure scholars in this moment, and the importance (or not) of
leisure in this crisis?

Faced with difficult questions and radical changes to almost every facet of
everyday life, examples abound of the central significance of leisure,
e.g., people reacting and adapting to this crisis in creative and
extraordinary ways (or perhaps reinvigorating ‘older’ ideas): balancing
work-leisure demands while working-from-home; connecting with family and
friends (and strangers) through social media; celebrating communities and
neighbourhoods by singing from balconies; fitness sessions from rooftops;
birthday parades, or volunteering to help neighbours. Yet, other examples
highlight increased friction, e.g., people leaving cities and overcrowding
rural areas and parks; the absence of relief for the homeless who cannot
“stay home”; increased domestic violence; risky sex practices; and there
are also numerous reports of increased xenophobia around the world such as
the heightened racism enacted toward Chinese people.

Special Interest Areas:

Essays in this special issue might focus on the impact of the coronavirus
pandemic on leisure and:

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   ●  freedom during a lockdown,
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   ●  work/leisure when working-from-home,
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   ●  volunteering,
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   ●  public spaces,
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   ●  aging and older adults,
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   ●  physical activity, exercise, health,
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   ●  children and young people,
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   ●  social media use,
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   ●  music, arts, theatre, etc.
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   ●  pets,
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   ●  gender,
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   ●  kindness of strangers,
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   ●  humour,
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   ●  tourism and travel,


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   ●  lessons from the history of leisure,
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   ●  families,
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   ●  sports, sport histories,
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   ●  e-sports, gaming, etc.
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   ●  homelessness,
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   ●  sexual violence,
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   ●  changing sex practices,
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   ●  democracy,
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   ●  the environment/green (and blue) spaces,
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   ●  isolation, solitude,
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   ●  inclusion/diversity,
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   ●  racism/xenophobia
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   ●  teaching and learning,
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   ●  higher education.

   We welcome other topics/foci or commentary about leisure at this time.
   We ask that writers consider their topic vis-à-vis (1) relevant examples,
   e.g., in the news/social media; (2) scholarship that informs or challenges
   current understandings of the topic; (3) lessons to be learned and taken
   forward; or (4) personal stories that inform theory or methodology.

   Key Dates and Deadlines
   Timeliness is key, with as short of a turnaround as possible.

   April 6: Abstracts due (250 words)
   April 10: Authors notified of abstract acceptance.

   Accepted Authors should expect to review at least one other submission.

   April 24: Critical Commentaries due. Firm; no extensions. In these
   turbulent times, please consider your obligations, family, health, etc.

   May 1: Peer review completed and any requested revisions due within one
   week. May 8: Revised essays due.
   Online publication in late May.

   Submission Instructions
   Please send abstracts directly to b.lashua at ucl.ac.uk by April 6, 2020.

   Accepted submissions will be received through Scholar One with all
   instructions for preparation and submission located at:
   https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=ulsc20
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