Social Infrastructure
Directions for Leisure Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11216656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sina Kuzuoglu (0000-0002-0550-4991, University of Waterloo, corresponding author), Troy D Glover (0000-0003-1076-7523, University of Waterloo) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 229-246 |
| Publication date | 2026-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leisure Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-0400 • E-ISSN: 1521-0588 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01490400.2023.2253230 |
| OpenAlex | W4386372779 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 70 |
The relatively recent rapid adoption of the concept of social infrastructure (SI) in numerous disciplines and fields stems from its relevance to contemporary urban issues. SIs mediate social interactions between urban inhabitants, thereby fostering livability in cities. Leisure often occupies an implicit presence in most SI research, yet the potential emanating from SI's conceptual versatility remains underexplored in leisure studies. To be sure, the availability and quality of SIs shape urban "leisure-in-public," but alternative possibilities for reimagining SIs from a sociability and relationality framework open up new prospects for leisure research. By appreciating the distinction between public and parochial realms as they relate to the social production of space and the processes of community, this paper offers directions for future SI research in leisure studies.Keywords: leisureplacemakingpublic lifepublic spacesocial infrastructure Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors
Conceptual framework · Leisure studies · Political science · Public relations · Public space · Recreation · Relevance (law · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of leisure · Space (punctuation) · Engineering · Law · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Urban Transport and Accessibility
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Refusing to meet disinformation halfway
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Subjective Understandings of Positive Interactions among Strangers during Neighbourhood Walks
How Built Environment Characteristics Influence Social Interactions During Neighbourhood Walks Among Urban Inhabitants
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The end of the trail
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The Spectrum of Defensive Placemaking
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Splintering Urbanism
Space and Place
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Age-Unfriendly by Design
“More than just a library”
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The only place to go and be in the city’
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I’m always home’
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Cultural Differences in Attitudes towards Urban Parks and Green Spaces
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Privatization and Protest
The impacts of the Turkish government’s conspiratorial framing of the Gezi Park protests
Excavating Lefebvre
Place and Space
Urban resilience as critique
Geographies of the public library
Social infrastructure and the public life of cities
Don't show the play at the football ground, nobody will come'
Retooling the public library as social infrastructure
The right to the city
"Being different together" in public space
Being in Community
A Marx for Our Time
Sociospatial Disparities in 'Third Place' Availability in the United States
Social Life in the Public Realm
Lively Infrastructure
Birds of a Feather
The Politics and Poetics of Infrastructure
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |