Events and well-being / edited by Allan Stewart Jepson and Trudie Walters

Series: Routledge critical event studies research seriesPublication details: Abingdon : Routledge, 2021Edition: 1rst. edDescription: xvi, 251 pISBN:

9780367491802 (hard back)

Summary: This book is the first to take an in-depth examination of events and well-being, adopting a much-needed critical approach to the study of events. It uses empirical case studies to help us better understand how events foster positive well-being or counter negative well-being for event organisers, participants, spectators, volunteers and even non-attending local residents. While researchers have long understood socialisation as the major motivation to attend contemporary festivals and events, it is only just being acknowledged that well-being is also a key motivator. Those researching in the field of event studies are yet to clearly articulate "the how, why, where, and impacts of socialisation." This multidisciplinary book draws together empirical research across a range of event types and sizes, from music festivals to mega sports events, to provide a nuanced understanding of their contribution to the well-being of individuals and communities. Case studies are drawn from around the world and apply a diverse range of theoretical lenses to the conceptualisation of well-being as it applies to events and methodologies used to achieve research aims and objectives. This significant volume will be valuable reading for students and academics in the fields of sport studies, critical event studies, queer studies, cultural studies, tourism, music, sociology and end-of-life studies. (Font: Editor)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC Sala	General	S 03838	1	Available		CERC21100004

List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- 1. Conceptualising the intersections of events and well-being / Allan Stewart Jepson, Trudie Walters -- Part I. Events and fostering positive well-being: 2. Subjective well-being and social experiences with sport mega-events: the case of Rio 2016 / Kerri Bodin, Claudio Rocha, Marijke Taks ; 3. Effectively utilising professional sport franchise home-games as platforms for enhancing peri- and post-event well-being outcomes / Rachel J. Batty ; 4. How a sports event can impact participants' subjective well-being: the case of the Pacific Games - Samoa 2019 / Stephen Pratt, Nacanieli Rika, Shavneet Sharma ; 5. A paradigmatic shift in a hallmark event extending well-being to a non-host city: "One people one nation, one Singapore" / sandra Goh, Jagdeep KAur Sabharwal, K. Thirumaran ; 6. Advice for Advent in Zagreb organisers: insight into well-being and quality of life / Ela Brolich, Marko Peric, Nicholas Wise ; 7. Can a "bean" spread well-being? / Francesc Fuste-Forne, Maria Pont-Llagostera ; 8. "Whose way? My way!" Evaluating well-being in the co-creation of 'end of life' events / Amrit Singh, Amanda Payne, Paul Fallon ; 9. The lure of vinyl: Spinning 'open decks' events for well-being outcomes / Alex W. Grebenar ; 10. Music festivals: an immersive experience. How are emotions, well-being and cultural identity interrelated in event experiences? / Jordi Oliva, Alba Colombo -- Part II. Events and countering negative well-being: 11. Well-being through art: a critical reflection on how a body image art event can improve the health and well-being of gay men / Phillip Joy ; 12. The role of events' media narratives in overcoming discrimination, countering negative well-being and...effecting social change? / Trudie Walters, Ismail Shaheer ; 13. Touring academic events with a tiny house "conference fringe": artistic welcome in a mobile storytelling shed as relational research into invisibility and (non-)belonging / Christian H. Hanser ; 14. Lost in a crowd? Social isolation, loneliness, and events / Troy D. Glover -- Index

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