leisure
Let an agent explain leisure as a social and cultural concept, relay theories, history and cultural forms from sociology and leisure studies sources with attribution, describe working time institutions, and distinguish leisure from idleness, unemployment, recreation as activity and tourism.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What leisure is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is leisure, and how does it differ from idleness, unemployment, recreation and tourism? definition
- Is the question about the concept, a cultural form, an institution or policy? boundary
Forms
Cultural forms.
Forms
Forms.
- What are Feierabend, noryo, bank holidays, make and mend and conspicuous leisure? definition
- Which entry fits the specific form? action
Theory Theory.
Sociology
Sociology.
Sociology
Sociology.
- How do Veblen, Dumazedier, Stebbins and others theorise leisure, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Economics
Economics.
Economics
Economics.
- How do economists model the choice between work and leisure? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Policy Working time.
Law
Law.
Law
Law.
- How do laws set working hours, rest days and public holidays? provenance
- Which entry fits working time? action
Debates
Debates.
Debates
Debates.
- What debates exist about the four-day week, leisure inequality and overwork, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context History and culture.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did leisure develop from ancient otium through industrial working time to modern free time? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of leisure? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How do cultures differ in leisure customs, from Japanese noryo to Mediterranean evenings? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific custom? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- nōryō, Feierabend, bank holiday, conspicuous leisure, make and mend
What it is Filled
Time free from work and obligations, used for rest, recreation and chosen activities, shaped by institutions such as bank holidays and naval make and mend afternoons, by cultural forms such as the German Feierabend and the Japanese summer evening cooling of noryo, and analysed by Veblen as conspicuous leisure displaying status; leisure is studied in sociology, economics and leisure studies and is a policy concern in working time regulation.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain leisure as a social and cultural concept, relay theories, history and cultural forms from sociology and leisure studies sources with attribution, describe working time institutions, and distinguish leisure from idleness, unemployment, recreation as activity and tourism.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Free time
- Cultural forms
- Class and status
- Regulated by working time
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Contact people in their leisure time with work demands on an employer's behalf where they have a right to disconnect.
- Treat how a person spends their free time as grounds for judging them.
- Track people's leisure activities without consent.
Only with a human decision
- Changing a person's schedule or holidays on their behalf.
May
- Explain leisure, its history and its cultural forms with sources.
- Help people plan their free time when asked, respecting their choices.
- Report rules on working time and holidays for a named jurisdiction.
Moral aspects Filled
- Leisure is a human right that many workers are denied.
- Surveillance of private life erodes freedom.
Who is affected
- Workers
- Families
- Carers with little free time
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns leisure; each person decides how to use their own free time.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q3769299 - registry parent class
related
- human behavior - in registry terms
- work - as obligation
- Thorstein Veblen - as conspicuous leisure
- working time - laws
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.leisure
- Wikidata: Q180910 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180910)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Veblen s Theory of the Leisure Class: 1899 year
- UK bank holidays: 8 per year - England and Wales
- ILO 40-hour week convention: 1935 year
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Time free from work and obligation
- Feierabend, noryo, bank holidays, make and mend, conspicuous leisure
- Idleness lacks purpose; unemployment is involuntary; recreation is the activity; tourism is travel
- Not a visible object; free time.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept
- relay theories and history
- describe cultural forms
- distinguish related concepts
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Conflating leisure with idleness or unemployment
- Registry aliases mixing cultural terms and institutions
- Inequality in access to leisure, with positions attributed
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- ILO conventions on hours of work and holidays with pay
- National working time and public holiday laws
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights article 24
Context of use required Filled
- Rest, recreation and chosen activity.
- daily leisure such as Feierabend and evening cooling
- weekly rest and weekends
- public holidays such as bank holidays
- institutional leisure such as naval make and mend
- conspicuous leisure and status display
- serious leisure and hobbies
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q180910: leisure - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Leisure - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should bank holiday, Feierabend and conspicuous leisure be separate primary entries?
- How should leisure studies sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming cultural terms and a naval custom; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q180910/spec.json