Doctoral Dissertation Research: Leisure by Design: The Impact of the Social Sciences on Mass Leisure in America, 1953-1984

博士论文研究：休闲设计：社会科学对美国大众休闲的影响，1953-1984

• 批准号: 1257181
• 负责人: Cathryn Carson
• 金额: $ 1.39万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-03-01 至 2015-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1257181&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Leisure; Design

This dissertation explores the impact of the social sciences upon the human-built environment in the United States from 1950 to 1980; specifically, how spaces of mass leisure, such as tourist destinations and world's fairs, were designed. Designers of these spaces, operating in a newly professionalizing sphere, utilized new methods such as operations research, systems analysis, computer modeling, and the rhetorical mobilization of statistical data in their work. These methods were themselves developed in response to the military problems of World War II and the Cold War. Archival research and where possible interviews with practitioners involved will be carried out with focus on the 1962 Seattle World's Fair; the un-built Miami, FL "INTERAMA" Fair; the 1964-65 New York World's Fair; the 1976 American Bicentennial; and state-wide tourism planning efforts in Massachusetts.Findings will be presented not just in STS and history of science and technology venues, but at trade association conferences and journals, including those of the Travel and Tourism Research Association, the International Association of Amusement Parks, and the National Recreation and Park Association.

本文探讨了1950-1980年间社会科学对美国人类建造环境的影响，特别是旅游目的地和世界博览会等大众休闲空间是如何设计的。这些空间的设计者在一个新的专业化领域运作，在他们的工作中使用了新的方法，如运筹学、系统分析、计算机建模和统计数据的修辞动员。这些方法本身是为了应对第二次世界大战和冷战的军事问题而发展起来的。档案研究和对相关从业人员的采访将集中在1962年西雅图世博会、佛罗里达州迈阿密新建的INTERAMA世博会、1964-65年的纽约世博会、1976年美国二百周年纪念活动和马萨诸塞州的全州旅游规划工作。调查结果不仅将在科学和技术场馆的STS和历史上公布，还将在行业协会会议和期刊上公布，包括旅游和旅游研究协会、国际游乐园协会和国家娱乐和公园协会的会议和期刊。