Patricia A. Stokowski

Bio: Patricia A. Stokowski is an academic researcher from University of Vermont. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tourism & Rhetorical question. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 31 publications receiving 890 citations.

Languages of place and discourses of power: constructing new senses of place.

Abstract: The concept of “sense of place” typically is used to refer to an individual's ability to develop feelings of attachment to particular settings based on combinations of use, attentiveness, and emoti...

Crime Patterns and Gaming Development in Rural Colorado

Abstract: Opponents of casino development often claim that gaming development will lead to an increase in community criminal behavior. This article compares crime levels before, during, and after the initiation of gaming in three rural Colorado towns. While totals have increased in some offense categories, crime is not proportional to numbers of tourists visiting. These data illustrate the complexity of competing claims about gaming impacts.

Measuring Underlying Meanings of Gambling from the Perspective of Enduring Involvement

Abstract: This study explores the underlying personal meanings of gambling behavior from the perspective of enduring involvement and considers the relationships among gambling and gender, level of participation, and illusion of control. Based on a self-administered survey of gambling visitors to Black Hawk, Colora, the study found three underlying factors of gambling involvement: (1) self-identity, (2) pleasure/importance, and (3) centrality. The study also found gender differences in gambling involvement, suggesting that male participants tended to view gambling as a form of self-enhancement or self-expression more strongly than did female participants. Management and research implications drawn from these findings are discussed.

Extending the social groups model: Social network analysis in recreation research

Abstract: Over the past two decades, the social groups model has received considerable attention in studies of the sociological aspects of leisure and recreation. This model is limited, however, in its ability to account for important structural and inter‐actionist features of recreation behavior. The article proposes and describes an alternative model, the social networks perspective, which grounds recreation behaviors in the extended interpersonal relations of community life. By using a social networks perspective, investigators can study both the influence of social structures on individual behavior and the intentions of individual actors in creating various arrangements of social structures. Several aspects of network analysis methods that concern recreation investigators are described, and some potential avenues for application of the social networks model in leisure and recreation research are suggested.

The archaeology of knowledge

Abstract: We may not be able to make you love reading, but archaeology of knowledge will lead you to love reading starting from now. Book is the window to open the new world. The world that you want is in the better stage and level. World will always guide you to even the prestige stage of the life. You know, this is some of how reading will give you the kindness. In this case, more books you read more knowledge you know, but it can mean also the bore is full.