Czas wolny jako przestrzeń zmiany. Między transformacją własną a animacją innych - na przykładzie osób studiujących animację kultury
Leisure Time as a Space of Change: Between Personal Transformation and the Animation of Others - The Case of Students of Cultural Animation

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine leisure time as a space for individual inner transformation among students of cultural animation. The theoretical framework encompasses selected approaches to leisure time, its multiple functions in individual life, and the significance of change as a constitutive idea of animation. The empirical material consists of findings from a study conducted among 81 students of cultural animation at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. A mixed-methods approach was employed, comprising an analysis of participants' subjective definitions of leisure time as well as their indications of dominant and desired leisure activities. The analysis reveals that respondents primarily define leisure time in opposition to obligations, as a space for autonomous and pleasurable choices focused on psychological regeneration. Perceptual and recreational activities dominate their current practices, whereas creative and integrative forms occur significantly less frequently. Respondents clearly express the need to limit passive activities, particularly excessive use of social media, in favor of more activating, developmental, and creative forms of engagement. The findings suggest that the conscious and constructive management of leisure time is a necessary condition for the authenticity and effectiveness of future cultural animators in initiating constructive humanistic socio-cultural change. Leisure time serves both as a tool for shaping social and creative competencies and as a space for experimenting with values, lifestyles, and new practices. It is therefore argued that education in the conscious and meaningful management of leisure time should be incorporated into cultural animator training programs, as it constitutes a necessary condition for their authenticity and effectiveness in initiating constructive humanistic socio-cultural change.

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