摘要：Having mounted a case for leisure as a human right in 2015 (McGrath, Young and Adams2017), the organizers of the 13th Biennial (2017) Australian and New Zealand Associationfor Leisure Studies (ANZALS) Conference in Hobart, Tasmania asked delegates to takethis notion a step further by reviewing leisure as a social change agent at individual,community and societal levels. A key focus was the capacity of leisure to improve thehuman condition (especially in the context of a rapidly changing world), and the roleleisure plays in challenging social norms, biases, discrimination and stereotypes, thusenabling social justice outcomes. Of interest was how leisure enhances the quality oflife and empowers groups, such as migrants, people living with a disability, olderpeople, women and girls, those of lower socioeconomic status, lesbian, gay, bisexual,transsexual, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) and indigenous peoples. The transition ofleisure activities through an individual’s different stages of life organically emerged asa sub-theme of the conference and this special issue, especially around active participation and volunteerism.
