Date: Saturday, August 9

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

Session 060: We All Play: Unequal Recognition of Human in Sport and Leisure
Room: Spire Parlor

Sponsor: Sport, Leisure, and the Body

Organizer &

Presider: Michael O. Johnston, William Penn University

Description: 

Social play refers to human behavior and interactions that occur in everyday life. It may be relaxed and spontaneous, planned, or compulsive. Playful activities are self-chosen, self-directed, and intrinsically motivated. All bodies are able to engage in play. This includes bodies of all abilities, ages, ethnicities, genders, race, mental health, and so on. The act of play occurs for its own sake and may involve social play, symbolic play, parallel play, cooperative play, or collaborative play.

Papers:

“A Forgotten History: The Social Construction of Place and Identity in Two Historical Districts,” Michael O. Johnston, William Penn University

“Constructing Space: Adolescents Growing up in the Redlight Areas of Kolkata,” Anuneeta Chatterjee, University of Calgary

“Kayfabe Kisses on the Padded Turnbuckle: Racialized Trans Feminine Professional Wrestlers,” Daniel Uy, University of Toronto, Winner of the Sport, Leisure, and the Body Division’s Student Paper Competition

“Policy and Politics: How Equity and Title IX Is Shaped by Rhetoric,” Karolina Staros, Dominican University

“The Proliferation of Driver’s License Suspensions in North Carolina,” Kevin Dahaghi, Rutgers University

“Localization of Sex Testing: Transnational Knowledge Production of Sex,” Jinsun Yang, University of Oregon

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