Recreation tourism management

  RTM  304  Online:  Innovative  Business  Project  Assignment         1.  Suggest  an  innovative  leisure.  rec/tourism  business  that  appeals  to  you.  Develop   the  idea  and  give  a  1-­‐2  page  outline  of  the  business  idea.      

    Does  it  target  children,  adolescents  or  adults/seniors  (how)?  What  kind  of  pleasure   will  your  clients  derive?  Does  it  involve  humor,  relaxation,  solitude  &  silence,  ritual,   commitment,   risk,   spirituality?   Are   there   opportunities   for   flow,   liminality   or   communitas?   Does   it   contribute   to   physical,   social,   intellectual   or   emotional   wellbeing?   How   are   space   and   place   integrated   into   the   business?   What   are   the   environmental   impacts?   Is   technology   incorporated?   Are   elements   of   pop   culture   present?   Are   elements   of   taboo   leisure   or   deviant   recreation   involved?   Explore   the   business   idea   from   2   different   theoretical   perspectives   mentioned   in   class   and   in   readings.  Each  theory  should  be  discussed  in    1   -­‐   2   pages.   You   may   assume   that   the   reader   is   familiar   with   the   theories   being   discussed   so   you   do   not   need   to   explain   them   in   detail   but   rather   get   straight   into   explaining   how   your   business   relates   to   that   theory   and   how   the   theory   helps  make   the   case   that   your   business   will  meet  cultural/societal  needs  and  can  be  financially  successful.     The  discussion  should  include  additional  research  into  the  relevant  theory  that  goes   beyond  the  material  covered  in  the  textbook  and  in  lectures.  Additional  material   should  be  referenced  in  text  and  in  a  separate  reference  list  according  to  the  APA  

style  of  referencing.  Library  databases  as  well  as  online  searches  for  information   should  yield  plenty  of  information  for  your  assignment.  If  you  are  unfamiliar  with   APA  referencing  a  guide  can  be  found  here  http://www.apastyle.org/    

 

    A  list  of  theories  that  you  can  incorporate  into  your  assignment  follows:    

• Aristotle  –  Eudaimonia   • Epicurianism   • Hedonism   • Huizinga  –  Homo  Ludens  and  theories  on  play  &  culture   • Caillois  –  Theory  on  play  and  types  of  games   • Nicholas  Carr  –  The  Shallows:  What  the  internet  is  doing  to  our  brains   • John  Muir  (writings  on  the  spirituality  of  nature)   • Stebbins  –  Serious  Leisure   • Czikentmihalyi  -­‐  Flow   • Mannell  –  Self  as  Entertainment   • Apter  –  Reversal  Theory   • Mead  –  Symbolic  Interactionism   • Turner  –  Liminality  &  Communitas   • Nic  Marks  –  New  Economics  Foundation  –  Happy  Planet  Index   • Kelly  –  Core  plus  balance   • Piaget  –  Cognitive  development  in  children   • Mischel  –  Marshmallow  test   • Sahlins  -­‐    Material  wealth  &  leisure   • Time-­‐Space  Compression/Distantiation  (multiple  authors  e.g.  Harvey,  

Giddens,  Thrift)   • Manning  -­‐  Recreation  and  crowding   • Smale  –  Distance  Decay   • Barlow,  J.P.  –  Cyberhood  vs  Neighborhood   • Rojek/Bryman/Postman  –  critiques  of  popular  culture   • Leisure  and  Deviance/Taboo  Leisure  (Anomie/Leisure  boredom/Differential  

Association)