Katharina Bürger

I‘m currently at #LSA2025 at @YorkStJohn to present my research on #megaevents and #resistance. Now on is the first #plenary of the conference on „Justice in the Face of Polycrisis“ as part of the celebrations of @Leisure_Studies 50th anniversary.

We're at @YorkStJohn for a symposium now organised for the third time and run #hybrid this year. The topic is: "More than just a number: re-humanising the tourism industry". Organised by @GLTRG_RGS @TourismRESET @TEFI_2020 @CTS_tourism_ @Leisure_Studies

First panel today is on "S*it has to change: for a flourishing tourism academy" with panellists Dr Kai Sean Lee, Dr Subedi Swechchha, Dr Stefanie Benjamin, Dr @karla_boluk and a lively discussion with the audience both in-person and online. Moderated by @LaughingGrouse

And we're off - the first session of our hybrid #symposium included a (pre-recorded) keynote by @freyahd - we're really embracing technology here today at @YorkStJohn, trying to engage with as many fellow colleagues and academics as possible. Session moderator: @Alberto_P_Amore

Our hybrid #symposium kicked off yesterday with a #ghost walk in York. This was followed by an informal meet-up between organisers and attendees of the event at the @EagleandChildLB.

Thanks @dgmcgillivray1 for the mention and your questions during the session! Was a great @LSA2024 at @CCSE_UWS

👀 still at #LSA2024? Catch my presentation on #OlympicGames and resistance, with a specific focus on @NOlympiaHH and Hamburg‘s application for the #megaevent and subsequent referendum in 2015. See you at 1pm!

Interesting talk by Daniel Thierault and Rasul Mowatt on the use of the concept of resistance in leisure studies - my own PhD research is on #olympics and #resistance where theories of resistance and in particular #Foucauldian approaches are underutilised - which I want to change

Doing research in different #languages in the context of #leisure? Interesting presentation from @brianKomyathy on his PhD project this morning @LSA2024 #LSA2024

Inspiring and empowering keynote on #sport rights, responsibilities and #Resistance @LSA2024 with @Jujuca1987, a four-time Olympian swimmer for Brazil 🇧🇷📢 #LSA2024

#Events in public spaces exclude people, but also have the ability to invert the typical use of the #space, leading to innovation and a catalyst for development. @ilariapapp in Keynote Panel 2 @LSA2024 on The Power of Events: Rights, Responsibilites and #Resistance

Great participatory emerging voices workshop on the future of #leisure studies and its future, which is threatened by #neoliberal institution models and cuts in #funding, affecting scholars and #PhD researchers. @LSA2024 @CCSE_UWS @blassneck @GibsonHgibson

If you are at @LSA2024 and interested in #megaevents, do catch my presentation in Session 7 on Friday at 1.10pm - I‘ll be talking about my PhD research on #olympics and #resistance with a focus on @NOlympiaHH - candidate city 2024/2028! Session will be chaired by @DrAdamTalbot

Great first day @LSA2024 @CCSE_UWS with interesting panels, engaging parallel sessions and Civic Reception at @paisley_abbey as well as lovely Social at Shuttle Bar in Paisley. Looking forward to Day 2 tomorrow!

The Olympic Games are indeed in danger - withdrawn bids and applications creating issues for the #IOC leaving (very) few cities interested in hosting the #megaevent

Excited to be in Paisley (Scotland) @CCSE_UWS for #LSA2024! The first morning kicked off with a panel discussion on the „Future of Publishing and Knowledge Dissemination in Leisure“.