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6 key Elements of a situated Activity System

6 key Elements of a situated Activity System. Jordan Daniel. Interacting People. Who are you designing it for? Old, Young, Men, Women, etc.? Who is the target audience. Characteristics of a birthday party of a 10 year old. Of a concert. . Physical Setting. Everything affect the 5 senses

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6 key Elements of a situated Activity System

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  1. 6 key Elements of a situated Activity System Jordan Daniel

  2. Interacting People • Who are you designing it for? • Old, Young, Men, Women, etc.? • Who is the target audience

  3. Characteristics of a birthday party of a 10 year old. Of a concert.

  4. Physical Setting • Everything affect the 5 senses • Visual • Auditory • Smell • Touch • Taste • Changing the setting can change the event • Know the limits of a setting • Settings can be manipulated

  5. Examples • San Marcos vs College Station • Real life example: Concert near a paper mill

  6. Leisure Objects • 3 types: Physical, Social, Symbolic • Identify the key objects! • What makes the event “happen”

  7. Can an Easter Egg Hunt happen without Easter eggs?

  8. Structure • Structure determines how interactions may or may not happen. • Rules/Regulations/Laws must be well thought out and planned in a meaningful way. • Do not over-regulate

  9. How can structure make a difference? Give me some examples.

  10. When you change the rules, you change the game. • Have to have uniformity across the board.

  11. Relationships • Do the participants know each other? • How can this change the program? • What can you do to deal with this? • What problems can arise from this?

  12. The situation: To promote open access to football games, an athletic department only allows 5 tickets to be purchased by a single person. What are the outcomes?

  13. Animation • Set into motion and sustaining momentum • What would you do for a concert? • A wedding? • A party?

  14. How do you handle animation without making it seem forced? • We have all been to “those” kind of parties

  15. The Service Continuum • Facilitator vs Direct Provider • Programing Formats • Self directed • Clubs/ groups • Drop-in • Competition • Special events • Skill Development

  16. Basketball • Lets decide which format is the right one for the activity

  17. Recap The 6 elements: Interacting People Physical Setting Leisure Objects Structure Relationships Animation

  18. Works Cited • Rossman, J. R., & Schlatter, B. E. (2008).Recreation Programming: Designing Leisure Experiences. Champaign, Illinois: Sagamore Publishing, LLC.

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