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

本文探讨了1950 - 1980年美国社会科学对人类建筑环境的影响；具体来说，大众休闲空间，如旅游目的地和世界博览会，是如何设计的。这些空间的设计者在一个新的专业化领域中运作，在他们的工作中利用了新的方法，如运筹学、系统分析、计算机建模和统计数据的修辞动员。这些方法本身就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。将进行档案研究，并在可能的情况下与有关从业人员进行面谈，重点是1962年西雅图世界博览会；尚未建成的佛罗里达州迈阿密“INTERAMA”博览会；1964-65年纽约世界博览会；1976年美国200周年纪念；以及马萨诸塞州全州范围内的旅游规划工作。研究结果不仅将发表在STS和科技场地的历史上，还将发表在行业协会会议和期刊上，包括旅行和旅游研究协会、国际游乐园协会和国家娱乐和公园协会的会议和期刊上。

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.