Document Type
Conference Paper
Rights
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence
Disciplines
Social sciences
Abstract
Despite the fact that the experiential perspective has had a profound impact on the way we view leisure behaviour, experiential matters have been renounced for being overtly subjective. As a corollary, experiential matters have been castigated for their inability to offer concrete criteria for leisure policy and the provisions of services. This paper argues that this dismissal of experiential matters is based on an overinflated dichotomy – the fact/value dichotomy – and that, by valorising objectivist approaches to managing leisure resources, experiential matters have become nothing more than a policy-making faux pas. The paper argues that while experiential matters bring many challenges with respect to policy-making and the provision of leisure services, this type of experiential oversight is on of convenience rather than necessity.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21427/d7k61x
Recommended Citation
Neville, R.D. (2009) Objectivist Problematics: Planning for Leisure from an Experiential Perspective? Paper presented at Leisure Studies Association Conference, Leisure Experiences: Participating, Planning, Providing, Canterbury Christ Church University, 7-9 July. doi:10.21427/D7K61X
Publication Details
Paper presented at the Leisure Studies Association (LSA) Conference 2009 "Leisure Experiences: Participating, Planning Providing", July 7 2009, Canterbury Christ Church University.