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Original Articles

Happiness and leisure: an ethnodrama, Act I

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Pages 27-50 | Received 01 Sep 2008, Accepted 01 Oct 2009, Published online: 12 Feb 2010
 

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to use the imaginative process of a theatrical script – also called ethnodrama – to explain how leisure is related to happiness within a framework of positive psychology. In particular, this ethnodrama presents an imaginative interdisciplinary scholarly conversation regarding how leisure is related to happiness among the following six thinkers: Jane Addams, Cindy Jackson, Mark Kingwell, Betsy Wearing, Martin Seligman, and Oksana Grybovych. This ethnodrama reflects what the authors believe could be a realistic conversation between six diverse people regarding how leisure is related to happiness through a positive psychology framework.

Le but de cet article est d'utiliser le processus imaginatif d'un texte théâtral selon une approche psychologique positive – qu'on appelle aussi un drame ethnographique – pour expliquer comment le loisir est lié au bonheur. Le drame ethnographique présente en particulier, une conversation imaginaire et interdisciplinaire sur la manière dont le loisir est lié au bonheur parmi les six suivantes penseurs et penseuses: Jane Addams, Cindy Jackson, Mark Kingwell, Betsy Wearing, Martin Seligman, et Oksana Grybovych. Cette conversation imaginaire avec six personnes différentes, encadré dans une approche psychologique positive, démontre la façon dont le loisir est lié au bonheur.

Notes

1. See Csikszentmihalyi (Citation1990, Citation1996, Citation1997) for detailed explanations of flow theory.

2. See Edmonds and Eidinow (Citation2001) regarding this event and different interpretations of whether Ludwig Wittgenstein used the poker to emphasize his arguments or to threaten Karl Popper.

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