Totoally 6 pages, 2 pages of business ideas outline 2 different theoretical perspectives, 2 pages for each theory A list of theories that you can incorporate into your assignment follows: • Aristotle – Eudaimonia • Epicurianism • Hedonism • Huizinga – Homo Ludens and theories on play & culture • Caillois – Theory on play and types of games • Nicholas Carr – The Shallows: What the internet is doing to our brains • John Muir (writings on the spirituality of nature) • Stebbins – Serious Leisure • Czikentmihalyi -­‐ Flow • Mannell – Self as Entertainment • Apter – Reversal Theory • Mead – Symbolic Interactionism • Turner – Liminality & Communitas • Nic Marks – New Economics Foundation – Happy Planet Index • Kelly – Core plus balance • Piaget – Cognitive development in children • Mischel – Marshmallow test • Sahlins -­‐ Material wealth & leisure • Time-­‐Space Compression/Distantiation (multiple authors e.g. Harvey, Giddens, Thrift) • Manning -­‐ Recreation and crowding • Smale – Distance Decay • Barlow, J.P. – Cyberhood vs Neighborhood • Rojek/Bryman/Postman – critiques of popular culture • Leisure and Deviance/Taboo Leisure (Anomie/Leisure boredom/Differential Association)

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