Leisure, Activism, and the Animation of the Urban Environment - Softcover

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Ian R. Lamond is Senior Lecturer in Event Studies at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Ian’s primary research interests are in events of dissent, leisure activism, and creative forms of protest, though he has also worked in the fields of fandom studies, death studies, and political communication. His most recent book, Death and Events: International Perspectives on Events that Mark the End of Life (Routledge, 2022) considers the intersection between event studies and death studies, and he was a guest editor, with Karl Spracklen, of a recent issue of the Journal of Fandom Studies (2020).

Brett Lashua is Lecturer in Sociology of the Media and Education at University College London, UK. Brett’s interdisciplinary research spans cultural sociology, youth leisure, popular culture, and media studies, underpinned by interests in cultural histories and cultural geographies.

Chelsea Reid is Part-Time Lecturer in the Leeds School of Arts at Leeds Beckett University, UK, who currently teaches across postgraduate music courses in skills development and research. Chelsea has previously taught in the broad areas of media and journalism at an undergraduate level. Her research interests include political communication, mediatisation, and the portrayal of North Korea within Western media.