Locating Leisure and Belonging in Metro Manila: From Hyper-conditioned Environments to Public Green Spaces

• Main Authors: Saloma-Akpedonu, Czarina, Akpedonu, Erik, Alfiler, Cherie Audrey, Sahakian, Marlyne
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: leisure; belonging; hyper-conditioned environments; public green spaces; socio-materiality; Anthropology; Sociology; Urban Studies and Planning
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/92; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0975425321997776
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Leisure practices have implications for belonging. In Metro Manila, a rapidly urbanizing metropolis, leisure is becoming increasingly associated with the most ubiquitous hyper-conditioned environments: privately owned shopping malls. By decontextualizing the built environment from its natural and cu...