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Justice in Environments of Leisure Lab
Justice is a coveted ideal , yet one of the most difficult to grasp. This is because across varying populations there are multiple interests and concerns that need fair and equitable considerations, which are often contentious.
In the world of leisure, the need for justice plays out in the barriers that have existed and continue to exist for socially vulnerable groups (e.g., persons experiencing disabilities,BIPOC, LGBTQI+ populations).
Such populations experience constraints to leisure access on multiple fronts that need to be considered to facilitate fair and equitable opportunities for engagement.
At JELL we research and mobilize knowledge on the barriers marginalized populations face in leisure participation. Specifically we focus on the barriers that arise from the encounters that take place across physical, technical, and social environments and outcomes on well-being that facilitate or inhibit access.
We investigate the constraints marginalized populations face in accessing recreation through the interactions in relation to different environments and outcomes on well-being. The environments of focus include the physical environment (e.g., lack of resources, poorly maintained facilities), technical environment (e.g., limited community engagement in design) and social environment (e.g., user interactions).
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