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Rahapelaamista käsitellään European Social Science History -konferenssissa Belgian Gentissa huhtikuussa 2010. "Experiences of Chance, Motivation and Risk in Gambling" -sessioon voi tarjota abstraktia 1. toukokuuta 2009 saakka.

Sessiossa pohditaan sattumaan ja riskiin liittyviä kokemuksia ja merkityksiä vertailevasta näkökulmasta.

Session järjestää yhteiskuntahistorioitsija Riitta Matilainen Helsingin yliopistosta: riitta.matilainen[at]helsinki.fi. Konferenssista saa lisätietoa osoitteesta www.iisg.nl/esshc/index.php

Session kuvaus:

The focus of the session is on the experiences of non-pathological gamblers engaged in various forms of gambling. The stress will be on the historical experiences and meanings associated with the concepts of chance, motivation and risk. An emphasis on comparative approach (e.g. different countries, gender or social classes) is recommended.

The session aims to answer e.g. the following questions: What has motivated people to gamble? How have these motivations changed in the course of time? Did the national (legal) gambling monopolies and idea of money spent in the gambling organised by them going for the 'good' cause play any role in people’s gambling motivations? What has been the role of dreaming and thrill seeking in gambling and how does this role vary in different gambling forms? Have there been differences in motivations between genders, different generations and social classes? How and why has the experience of chance changed? Or has it? How has irrationality of chance been made into a part of 'modern' and 'democratic' life? What kind of historical meanings have been associated with chance and the risk that goes with it?

Julkaistu 15.4.2009.