A continuum of leisure studies and professional specialties: what if no connections exist?

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This invited paper provides thoughts about the relationship between leisure and leisure studies contrasted with professional specialty foci such as tourism, parks and recreation, event management, sport management and other related areas. A continuum is proposed, with leisure studies and professional specialties as the two anchors of the spectrum. The future of fields of leisure studies and professional specialties may depend on the intersections and interdependencies that are identified by scholars, academic units and individuals with varying cultural perspectives. Historically, these two ends of the continuum seem to be getting further apart, which changes the taken-for-granted assumptions about theory and practice in the traditional leisure field. Although leisure studies and professional specialties can intersect, they may not in the future. Therefore, many options are open for the future, representing exciting possibilities as well as unknown challenges.View full textDownload full textKeywordsculture, fields of study, leisure, professional preparation, specialties, theoryRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; var addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":true,"ui_click":true}; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/04419057.2011.580547