I’m pleased to share the publication of my new article in Leisure Studies:

From Cosmopolis to Claustropolis: Accelerated culture and the case for a claustropolitan sociology of leisure

📄 Open access article: lnkd.in/eE8u_SpD

#LeisureStudies #DigitalCulture #Claustropolitanism

Debord gave us the spectacle: isolation disguised as mass participation.
Claustropolitanism names its mutation—life lived in tight, competitive, hyper-visible enclosures, where attention replaces freedom and exposure distorts agency.

Can a prosocial relationship – specifically online friendship – survive in our increasingly angry, antisocial digital world?⁣
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Dr Helen Ryland (Open University) argues the concept of ‘claustropolitanism’ can help!⁣
29 April ⁣
3-5pm⁣
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#philosophy #sociality #digital #claustropolitanism #tech