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Festivals and Events: Beyond Economic Impacts

In July this year, the Leisure Studies Association (LSA) will hold its annual conference at Edinburgh's state of the art Napier University. The focus for this year's conference is Festivals and Events and the aim is to examine the social and cultural impact of those events upon the communities that host them. Ali Howarth reports.

6 Apr 2005

Ali Taulbut

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In July this year, the Leisure Studies Association (LSA) will hold its annual conference at Edinburgh’s state of the art Napier University. The focus for this year’s conference is Festivals and Events and the aim is to examine the social and cultural impact of those events upon the communities that host them.

The LSA is an international body that is dedicated to the study of leisure. Through newsletters, publications and conferences, they facilitate a regular exchange of information and ideas between the many disparate practitioners in the field.

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Ali Taulbut

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Alison is a British-born freelance writer and is now living in Perth, Western Australia. She began her career as a teacher of Drama and English in London and has worked extensively with teenagers as a theatre director. She spent 10 years working in London's West End with writers of theatre, film and television as a Literary Agent.