Aurora Madariaga Ort?zar Author
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Social Exclusion, Qualitative Analysis, Inclusion, Special Education, Sociology
Institute of Leisure Studies,Faculty of Social and Human Sciences,University of Deusto, C/ Avda. de las Universidades 24, 48007 Bilbao (Vizcaya), Spain
Aurora Madariaga Ortuzar holds a BA in psychology and a PhD in Leisure and Human Potential from the University of Deusto. She is currently Lecturer/Professor at the University of Deusto, where he/she teaches at the Bilbao/Donostia campus (or both).Aurora Madariaga Ortuzar teaches BA courses on defrre of tourism and MA courses on Master Project Management Officer leisure and organizing conferences, events Specifically, she teaches the following subjects: (please indicate whether it is Bachelor’s and Master’s level in each case. Please specify the language in which it is delivered, if different from Spanish).Social Psychology.
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Author(s): Cristina Ortega Nuere and Aurora Madariaga Ort?zar
Festive Leisure: Significant Changes in Perception and Organization of Celebrations
This article aims to highlight the current relevance of leisure, emphasizing its transformations in contemporary society, and tackling a specific aspect of the leisure phenomenon, its festive dimension. The first section is related to the analysis of the festive leisure experience and the change in perception of festivities during three stages: preparation, celebration and memory. The second section focuses on celebrations as spaces for citizen participation where human diversity is considered as a feature of modern societies; the difficulties that inclusion and access... view moreĀ»