ISA Forum, Programme Book - International Sociological Association

Implications of demographic change on sportfor-all
in Austria and Germany
Georg Mueller (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
Media consumption in an aging society: An
empirical analysis of age-, cohort-, and periodeffects
Stella Chatzitheochari (University of Surrey,
UK)
Exploring ‘active ageing’: Time use patterns of
older people in the UK
Sara Arber (University of Surrey, UK)
Exploring ‘active ageing’: Time use patterns of
older people in the UK
Sherry Sabbarwal (Panjab University, Chandigarh,
India)
Adding meaning to life: Leisure in the post-retirement
phase
Vandana Gupta (University of Rajasthan, Jaipur,
India)
Patterns of leisure among the elderly in a traditional
neighbourhood
Sunday, September 7, 15:30-17:30
Session 12: Business Meeting
Chair: Ishwar Modi, India International Institute
of Social Sciences, Jaipur, India
Location: URL-A201
Session ID: RC13_12BM
Monday, September 8, 09:00-11:00
Session 07A: Joint session of RC13, RC7
and RC23: Leisure in the age of technological
transformation, Part I
Chair: Jaime Jimenez, Universidad Nacional
Autonoma de Mexico, México, Markus Schulz,
New York University, USA, Teus J. Kamphorst,
Wageningen University
Location: UB-FPGH-Sala Gran
Session ID: SJS_RC13_RC07_RC23_07A
Authors and Papers:
Nuno de Almeida Alves (CIES-ISCTE, Portugal)
Computers and the internet: Balancing work
and leisure in everyday life
Philippe Terral (Université Toulouse III,
France)
A sociological analysis of a scientific and technological
controversy in the field of sport sciences:
The interest of electric stimulation to
increase muscle
Sari Pekkola (Kristianstad University College,
Sweden)
Diasporic youth and the internet- Bolivian
youth and identity work in the cyberspace
Sumana V. Pandey (Govt. College, Dausa
(Rajasthan) India)
Leisure in the age of technological transformation
in rural India
Ake Nilsen (University of Halmstad, Sweden)
The second skin - technology and masculinity
in the context of scuba diving
Christine Schiwietz (Georgetown University,
USA)
Youth culture and consumer technology: An investigation
into the larger picture and trend
among technological consumption amongst
youth culture and college students
Monday, September 8, 09:00-13:30
Session 15: Joint session of RC13, RC34
and RC53: Children, youth and leisure aspirations
Chair: Ngan-Pun Ngai, Chinese University of
Hong Kong, Doris Buehler-Niederberger, University
of Wuppertal, Germany, Kenneth Roberts,
University of Liverpool, UK
Location: URL-A201
Session ID: SJS_RC13_RC34_RC53_15
Authors and Papers:
Kenneth Roberts (University of Liverpool, England)
Youth leisure careers during post-communist
transitions in the South Caucasus
Gary Pollock (University of Liverpool, England)
Youth leisure careers during post-communist
transitions in the South Caucasus
Kleanthis Syrakoulis (University of Thessaly,
Greece)
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