---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carl, Daniela<D.Carl@...> Date: Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 6:54 AM
Subject: World Heritage and tourism_Announcement & CFP
Dear
List members
We
are pleased to announce and CFP for the following forthcoming international conference:
world heritage and tourism:
Managing for the global and the local
3-4 June 2010, Quebec City, Canada
As of 2009, approximately 900
sites are registered on the UNESCO World Heritage list. For many sites
inscription on the World
Heritage Listacts asa
promotional device and the management challenge is one of protection,
conservation and dealing with increased numbers of tourists. For other sites,
designation has not brought anticipated expansion in tourist numbers and
associated investments. What is clear is that tourism is now a central concern
to the wide array of stakeholders involved with World Heritage Sites. We
increasingly need to understand the multi-layered relationships between the
diverse range of Sites and tourism and tourists and, to focus on how tourism is
effectively managed for the benefit of all.
This conference seeks to explore a
series of critical and fundamental questions being raised by the various
‘owners’, managers and local communities involved with World
Heritage Sites in relation to tourism: Why do tourists visit some World
Heritage Sites and not others? What is the tourist experience of such Sites?
How successful are Sites in the management of tourists? What roles do local
communities play in Site management? How can the ‘spirit of place’
be protected in the face of the sheer volume of tourists? How can some Sites
maximize the potential of a sustainable tourism for the purposes of poverty
alleviation and community cohesion? How effective are communication strategies
in bringing stakeholders together? What management skills are needed to address
the needs of different stakeholders, different sites and different cultures?
We encourage papers from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives
and welcome submissions which address theoretical, empirical, methodological,
comparative and practical perspectives on the fullest array of themes associated
with the management of UNESCO World Heritage.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Original papers are
invited to consider subject areas including, but not limited to, the following
themes:
·Marketing in the management of
World Heritage Sites;
·The pragmatics of managing
tourists;
·Financing World Heritage;
·Community involvement in Site
management;
·Relations between intangible
cultural heritage and Site management;
·The role of the private tourism
sector;
·The nature of tourist experience
and behaviour at World Heritage Sites;
·Shaping local, regional and
national identities through Site inscription;
·Issues of governance and
transnational regulation;
·Legal rights and notions of
‘ownership’;
·The management of World Heritage
‘values’;
·The geo-politics of inclusion and
exclusion;
·Methods of Site evaluation;
·Managing spiritual values and
biodiversity;
·The role of
UNESCO and the political economies of designation.
Please submit your 500 words abstract (in French or English) including a title and full contact details as
an electronic file to Professor Maria Gravari-Barbas (Maria.Gravari-Barbas@...) or Laurent
Bourdeau (laurent.bourdeau@...) as soon as possible but no later than15 December 2009.
Publication
opportunity:Papers accepted for the conference will be
published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration. Best
papers from the conference will also be considered for publication in a special
issue of the Journal of Tourism and
Cultural Change.
Conference Organisers: UNESCO/UNITWIN NETWORK for Culture,
Tourism and Development, the Faculty of Business Administration at Université
Laval, the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Centre for Tourism and
Cultural Change at Leeds Metropolitan University.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anne-Marie d'Hauteserre<ADHAUTES@...>
Date: Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 5:45 PM Subject: Call for Papers: IGU Commissions meet in New Zealandsummer time (January, 2010)
Call for Papers: Positioning Geography:
Strategic Issues in Geographical Education
19-22 January 2010, University of Waikato, Hamilton New Zealand
We invite submission of abstracts and proposals for
workshops/roundtables for our Conference Positioning Geography: Strategic
Issues in Geographical Education. See the Conference website http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wfass/PositioningGeography/
International delegates interested in visiting New Zealand in summer
are welcome to inquire direct to the Conference organisers at positioninggeography@...
1.Participants
have the opportunity to present a paper (15 minute, plus 5 minutes for questions),
organise a workshop (80 minutes, with resources provided for participants), or
host a roundtable discussion (up to 80 minutes).
2.Publication
of papers submitted in the format outlined on the Conference website is
intended.
3.Publication
is subject to formal refereeing and acceptance in themed forums in four
international journals.
4.Conference
field trips and meetings of three IGU Commissions are proposed.
5.Abstracts
and proposals for workshops and roundtables are due 30 November 2009.
6.Early bird
Conference registrations close 1 November 2009.
7.IGU
Commissions and Partners: Commission on Geographical Education, Commission on
Gender and Geography, Commission on the Geography of Tourism, Leisure and
Global Change and the International Network for Teaching and Learning in
Geography.
Recreation, Tourism and Sport Specialty Group members,
The RTS Board is putting together a newsletter to be sent out
early next week. If you wish to add any calls for papers to the annual AAG
meetings, announce other tourism-related conferences, or highlight RTS-member
publications or other RTS-member related news please get the information to me
by Friday, September 18th. I look forward to hearing from each of you.
--
Dr. Daniel H. Olsen
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography, BrandonUniversity Room
4-10, John R. Brodie Science Centre 270 18th Street, Brandon, Manitoba, CanadaR7A 6A9
From: serr-owner@... [serr-owner@...] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Hallo [JHALLO@...] Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 3:13 PM To: serr@... Subject: [serr] 2010 SERR Conference
Dear past SERR participants and other colleagues,
We invite your participation in the 32nd Annual Southeastern Recreation Research (SERR) Conference scheduled for February 21st – 23rd, 2010
in Greenville, South Carolina. Graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, agency planners, land managers, and researchers are all encouraged to attend
the conference and submit a proposal for an oral or poster presentation.
This year's conference will feature
Fran P. Mainella as the keynote speaker. She served as the 16th Director of the National Park Service and was the first woman to hold that position. Also, this year's conference will include brief, provocative position statements made by senior
members within our professions in an effort to challenge the current thinking and practices within the field of recreation and park management. Finally, the conference will include
concurrent sessions, which will allow greater opportunities for oral presentations and follow-up discussions.
The SERR Conference provides an exceptional opportunity for researchers and managers within the parks, recreation and amenity management system fields to learn about and discuss
each other’s projects, research findings, and regional needs. The conference focus is on outdoor-based leisure, recreation and tourism research, however other topics are welcome if they have a direct link to this focus.
The call for papers, additional conference information, and on-line registration can be found at
www.serrconference.org. The deadline for submission of paper proposals is
November 2nd.
Please forward this announcement to other colleagues who might be interested in attending the SERR Conference. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you in Greenville!
INVTUR
2010 – Tourism Research: State of the Art and Future Perspectives
University
of Aveiro, Portugal | 10 – 13 March 2010
Dear friends and colleagues,
Please note that the deadline for
submission of full papers and extended abstracts is fast approaching. Those who
have already sent an abstract and paper, thank you very much. Those who did not
so far, we hope to receive your contributions until October 15th.
The author guidelines are available on the conference website (http://www.ua.pt/event/invtur2010/Default.aspx?lg=en). All
extended abstracts and selected full papers will be published in a special
issue of the Journal of Tourism and Development.
The INVTUR 2010 – Tourism
Research: State of the Art and Future Perspectives conference will take place
in Aveiro, Portugal, between 10th and 13th
March 2010, and aims at providing a unique opportunity to discuss the role of
tourism research. Academics and researchers from all around the world are
invited to contribute with papers. Papers may focus in areas such as a the
state of the art of tourism research, emerging research areas and issues,
national experiences, how tourism research should be oriented in the future,
liaisons between tourism research and the tourism sector, etc. Papers will
further be grouped into thematic parallel sessions.
INVTUR 2010 –
Investigação em
Turismo: O Estado da Arte e Perspectivas de Futuro
Universidade de Aveiro | 10 a13 de Março de 2010
Caros colegas e amigos,
O prazo final para a submissão de artigos
completos e resumos alargados está-se a aproximar. Aguardamos as suas contribuições
até ao dia 15 de Outubro. As normas para autores encontram-se disponíveis no
website da conferência em http://www.ua.pt/event/invtur2010/.
Relembramos que os resumos alargados e os artigos completos seleccionados serão
publicados numa edição especial da Revista Turismo
& Desenvolvimento.
A Conferência INVTUR 2010 – Investigação em Turismo: O Estado
da Arte e Perspectivas de Futuro, a decorrer entre os dias 10 e 13 de Março de 2010
na Universidade de Aveiro, irá afirmar-se como palco privilegiado para a
discussão sobre a investigação em turismo, relevando, em particular, toda a
produção científica realizada ao nível de programas de mestrado e doutoramento.
Trata-se da maior conferência científica alguma vez organizada no nosso país
sobre o Estado da Arte, Perspectivas Futuras da Investigação em Turismo e da
sua relação com o mundo das empresas e organizações que operam na área do
turismo.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Prof.Dr.h.c. Ibrahim Atalay<geomed2010@...>
Date: 2009/9/22 Subject: Call for Abstracts - Tourism Session - GEOMED2010 -Turkey
Dear Colleague,
On behalf of the organizing committee, we are delighted to extend our
personal invitation to you to join us in Antalya, Turkey for the
GEOMED2010, The 2nd International Geography Symposium-Mediterranean
Environment to be held 2-5 June 2010.
The purpose of this symposium is to share your, experiences, knowledge and
research results about all aspects of geography, ecology, environment in
general. All papers presented at the symposium will be published in an
abstract book and Symposium Proceeding Book.
Call for abstracts and papers is now open. Abstracts will be accepted
until 20 December 2009. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be
submitted to: geomed2010@...
Be sure to register your details so that we can keep you informed of any
developments and announcements as they are released.
Please find attached the first announcement of GEMED2010, for further
information and updates about the symposium; please visit the Symposium
website at: http://web.deu.edu.tr/geomed2010
We hope that you will be able to accept our invitation, and join us for
what promises to be a most interesting meeting.
We look forward to welcoming you in Antalya, Turkey in June 2010.
Best Regards,
Prof. Dr. h.c. Ibrahim Atalay (Chair)
Prof. Dr. Recep Efe (Co-Chair)
GEOMED2010-Organizing Committee
--
Call for Submissions
CLASS EXERCISE AWARD COMPETITION
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Applied Geography Specialty Group
The Applied Geography Specialty Group (AGSG) announces a new award competition for development of innovative Applied Geography class exercises. We invite both faculty members and graduate students who are AAG members to submit an innovative class exercise
designed for undergraduate classes on an applied geography topic with either a fictional or real-world client specified in the exercise. The subject matter topic of the exercise is open. Any data used in the exercise should be freely available on the internet
OR be available for posting on the Applied Geography Specialty group website. The exercise can be single or multi-person authored. One prize ($500) will be awarded for the best exercise. The winner and any honourable mentions will be invited to participate
in an applied geography panel session to be held at the April 14-18, 2010 Annual Meeting of the AAG in Washington, D.C.
Submissions should consist of the following:
1. Abstract of 250 words;
2. Exercise handout to student;
3. Narrative describing the intent of the exercise (not more than 3000 words) including: purpose statement; learning objectives; and, expected student engagement time;
4. Example of a completed student assignment (either actual student submission or instructor derived example); and,
5. Powerpoint presentation describing the exercise (no more than 5 to 10 slides).
The evaluation panel will be assessing submitted exercises with respect to their relevance to applied geography practice and to the degree that they specify a practical lesson in delivering geographic services to fictional or real-world client. Additional evaluation
criteria include: clarity of instructions, engaging writing, and description of outcomes.
Please monitor the AGSG website (http://agsg.binghamton.edu/) for additional information on the competition. So that we can better prepare for a fair submission review process, please advise the competition
coordinator as soon as possible if you are considering submitting a package. Please submit any questions to the competition coordinator prior to 1 December 2009. Send your submissions as email attachments to the competition coordinator, Edwin Butterworth at
email: edbutterworth@...
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS
The deadline for final submission of all materials for assessment by the evaluation panel is 18 December 2009. The author(s) of the winning submission will be contacted on or before 29 January 2010.
Call for Papers
STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Applied Geography Specialty Group
The 2010 Meeting of the AAG, April 14-18 2010, Washington, DC
The Applied Geography Specialty Group is sponsoring a student paper competition this year. The paper and its research should utilize geographic methods, techniques, or analysis applied in service to a real world client, while the subject-matter focus of the
paper is open. One prize ($500) will be awarded to the best paper. The student papers can range from a class project or term paper to one that has been given at any professional meeting in the 12 months preceding (and including) the Washington, DC AAG conference.
Participants are required to register and present in the AGSG Interactive Short Paper (ISP) Student Session at the April 14-18, 2010 AAG Annual Meeting.
New this year, the Applied Geography Conference Board will award the student paper winner with a free conference registration to attend the 33rd Annual Applied Geography Conference in October, 2010 and an invitation to submit the winning paper for review and
possible publishing in the Annals from that conference.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Applied Geography Specialty Group student paper competition is: October 28, 2009. To submit an abstract to the AGSG you must first register for the meeting. Registration for the 2010 meeting is now open.
Please review AAG guidelines for abstract submission.
Send an abstract of no more than 250 words as an email attachment and your personal identification number (received from the AAG after applying online at
www.aag.org), along with a 100 word maximum statement identifying the applied geography components of their paper to Dr. Dawna Cerney at
dlcerney@...
Written papers (8,000 word maximum) are due on March 1, 2010. The prize will be awarded based on the written papers and not on the presentations, and the winner will be announced at the conclusion of the interactive session. If any participants would like informal
feedback on their presentation, please advise Dr. Cerney in advance.
Both Master’s and Ph.D. students are welcome in the competition. One prize will be awarded in the amount of $500. All authors will be recognized for their participation.
Please find attached the September 2009 RTS newsletter.
Please let me know if you find any errors. I look forward to receiving more
input for the next newsletter to be published early March.
--
Dr. Daniel H. Olsen
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography, BrandonUniversity Room
4-10, John R. Brodie Science Centre 270 18th Street, Brandon, Manitoba, CanadaR7A 6A9
Dear all please join us for the following conference:
Tourism Entrepreneurship Conference and Special issue of the Journal of Tourism
Hospitality Planning and Development
CALL FOR PAPERS!
The NeXt Research Centre (Centre for the Study of Entrepreneurship and the
exploitation of Technology) at Wilfrid Laurier University School of Business and
Economics is pleased to announce that a conference on Tourism Entrepreneurship
will take place in Waterloo Canada on:
Monday and Tuesday April 26 and 27th 2010
A special issue of the Journal of Tourism Hospitality Planning and Development
is planned for selected papers from this conference after they have successfully
undergone a double blind peer review process. This special issue will be edited
by Dr. Barbara Carmichael, Wilfrid Laurier University and Dr. Alison Morrison,
University of Strathclyde. For details on this publication see the official
website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/1479053X.asp An edited academic
book is also being considered as a follow up publication from this conference.
We invite you to submit an abstract of approximately 5 pages to indicate your
interest in attending this conference. Some funding support may be made
available for delegates to help with expenses. Conference website:
http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=505&p=15463
Timeline
Abstracts submitted by November 30
Abstracts accepted by January 31
Registration opens January 31
Full conference papers and confirmed attendance due by April 1
Full papers submitted for review for the Special issue due by May 15
Tourism Entrepreneurship- Conceptual issues, processes and dynamics
Entrepreneurship in tourism has a widening research agenda which is still
partial and somewhat fragmented. The aim of this conference is to bring together
researchers in tourism entrepreneurship to create a discussion on key issues
that affect the development of entrepreneurial cultures, commercialization of
tourism products and the increasing importance of business networks. Research on
all aspects of tourism entrepreneurship is welcome both for the conference and
for the special issue. Themes may include but are not limited to:
Conceptual and Methodological issues in researching Tourism Entrepreneurship
Globalization and tourism entrepreneurship
Innovation and Tourism Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial cultures
Tourism Entrepreneurial Networks and Destination Areas
Resources and Tourism Entrepreneurship
Please submit abstracts by email to Dr Barbara Carmichael, Professor, Department
of Geography and Environmental Studies, Director Next Research Centre, Wilfrid
Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L3C5 email: bcarmichael@... , phone
519 884 1970 ext 2609, fax 519 725 1342
From: Alison Gill<agill@...> Date: Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Subject: CFP: AAG Washington 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers
Washington, DC
April 14-18, 2010
Session Title: The Sustainable Resort: Theory and Praxis
Abstract: As resorts face increasing pressures from an array of global changes the challenge to think strategically and plan for a sustainable future is becoming even more urgent. While there has been extensive discussion of sustainability in resort planning, applying these approaches is more challenging. Papers are invited that address both theoretical and/or applied perspectives on all aspects of developing sustainable resorts.
Please let me know as soon as possible if you intend to submit a paper to this session and send your abstract to me by OCTOBER 20th, 2009. You will also need to directly register and submit your abstract at the AAG website and then forward me your PIN (see below) – by October 20th.
AAG abstract submission instructions:
In order to submit an abstract, go the AAG website (http://www.aag.org/), click on '2010 Annual Meeting'. You will then need to 'Register to Attend' for the conference and 'Submit an Abstract'. Once you do, you will receive a PIN number. Send that to me (agill@...) and I will include your paper in the session. The AAG deadline for submission of abstracts is October 28, 2008 – but I would like to receive your abstracts and PINs by October 20th.
Organizer:
Alison M. Gill
Department of Geography
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC
Canada, V5A 1S6
e-mail: agill@...
Papers for the journal should be
submitted electronically via email to: omar.moufakkir@...
Please note this is an online
academic journal. Papers submitted are subject to the usual academic processes
of anonymous peer reviewing.
Aims and scope
The main aim of The Journal of Tourism and Peace
Research is to provide a peer-reviewed forum for the study and discussion of
tourism and peace issues in tourism and tourism-related areas of leisure,
recreation and hospitality studies. The realities of the 21st Century,
including globalization, the EU enlargement, immigration, terrorism, home-grown
terror, made and natural catastrophes, conflicts, stereotypes, perceptions, and
rising poverty, necessitate a closer look at the role of tourism. The Journal
of Tourism and Peace Research is an international journal that encompasses all
aspects of tourism and leisure oriented to peace, cooperation and conflict
solutions. Tourism and Peace is broad in scope and deals with many factors
relating to peace, such as appropriate planning, international cooperation,
peace through tourism, tourism for peace, tourism in conflict-ridden areas,
avoiding potential negative impacts of tourism and mitigating existing ones,
tourism and human rights, peace museums, tourism and attitude change,
inappropriate tourism behavior, inappropriate industry behavior, tourism and
peace initiatives and examples of good practice through tourism, tourism and
borders – physical and perceptual, tourism and cross cultural behavior
and understanding, tourism encounters, political tourism, and ethical tourism.
The major concerns of the journal revolve around the
myths, realities and potential of tourism as an agent of peace. Critical
questions concerning the extent to which tourism can contribute to the
multifaceted nature of peace, and help it to function in an ethical manner can
guide our research.
Tribe (2008: 245) reminds us that “tourism ought
to be a more critical business”. The Journal of Tourism and Peace
Research hopes to engage peace and tourism researchers with critical theory,
using its insights and guidance to answer related critical questions. In the
tourism and peace context, aspects of critical theory can help us to understand
what tourism is and what it is not, what it can do and what it cannot.
The business of tourism is imbued with conflicting dynamics of power, struggle,
empowerment, equality, hegemony, imperialism, inequality, exclusion, ideology,
oppression, rejection, emancipation, and others. As “critical theory
deliberately seeks to engage with normative questions of values and desired
ends” (Tribe: 247), concepts such as these and other domains of critical
theory can help us to further our understanding of the tourism environment with
the objective of finding ways of using tourism to the benefit of peace.
The Journal of Tourism and Peace Research welcomes
submissions from scholars in all parts of the world. Submitted research papers
should normally be 4000-7000 words in length, and should demonstrate original
and substantive contributions to scientific knowledge. Shorter articles in the
form of Research Notes, Commentaries, Reports, and Reviews may also be
submitted. The Journal of Tourism and Peace Research will be published twice a
year, and will include themed collections as well as individual papers. The
Journal of Tourism and Peace Research is committed to maintaining a high
standard of quality and excellence through rigorous review procedures. In
addition to tourism, it is of relevance to a number of disciplines, including
sociology, anthropology, geography, environmental studies, peace and conflict
studies, urban planning and hospitality management.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers
Washington, DC
April 14-18, 2010
Session Title: Tourism and materiality
This session seeks papers that invoke materiality in
relation to tourism to provide fresh perspectives on the concept of social construction
(of tourism, as well as of its component parts), to revitalize and decenter
notions of agency (especially as linked to corporeal materialities and
hybridity) and to incorporate the political-economic implications of a
globalised capitalist economy with its uneven and unequal relations with and at
differing scales. Papers can present specific case studies on tourism and
materiality, on the materiality of nature as a tourism product, on the material
corporeality of both hosts and guests and their interrelationships, on
materiality as a theoretical concept to apply to tourism, or on any other
aspect you have worked on.
I would be delighted if you intend to submit a paper to this
session. Could you please send your abstract to me by OCTOBER 25th, 2009.
You will also need to directly register and submit your
abstract at the AAG website and then forward me your PIN (see below) – by
October 25th.
AAG abstract submission instructions:
In order to submit an abstract, go the AAG website (http://www.aag.org/), click on
'2010 Annual Meeting'. You will then need to 'Register to Attend' for the
conference and 'Submit an Abstract'. Once you do, you will receive a PIN
number. Send that to me (adhautes@...)
and I will include your paper in the session. The AAG deadline for submission
of abstracts is October 28, 2008 – but I would like to receive your
abstracts and PINs by October 25th if possible, so I can send on the
session to the AAG.
Organizer:
Anne-Marie d'Hauteserre
Tourism Programme
Director
Department of
Geography, Tourism and Environmental Planning
The University of
Waikato, Te Whare WÄnanga o Waikato
Just to follow-up on Dallen's inquiry, if there is interest I'd like to organize a session on RTS in the face of the global financial crisis. I haven't had a chance to go through the AAG website, pay my fee, etc. to officially make a session yet, but if any list members are planning to write something that would be a reasonable fit in such a session, please let me know and I'll formalize the process.
Thanks.
Wes Roehl
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Dallen Timothy <Dallen.Timothy@...> wrote:
Hi Folks,
Can anyone tell me if there are still some tourism sessions that have open slots for the AAGs?
I’m looking for one.
Thanks,
Dallen Timothy
-- Director of Programs in Tourism & Hospitality Management School of Tourism & Hospitality Management Temple University
Further to Dallen’s and Wesley’s emails I am writing
to say I am fairly surprised by the low level of interest expressed in terms of
setting up RTS sessions at the AAG. For years we have built up a fairly healthy
presence at the national conference but alas, this no longer seems to be the
case. To be sure there are a number of sessions proposed and the people
proposing them should be praised but it also seems to be – for the most
part – the old guard that keeps holding the baton.
That said, I would be quite interested in presenting – or even
chairing a session – on tourism and inequities. Among the topics
discussed could be issues that relate to labor, marginalization,
social/cultural sustainability etc.
I have been more reluctant than usual to take the initiative in
terms of organizing a session as I am not sure if I can actually make it to DC
next year. However, if there is a session that deals with the aforementioned
issues I would seriously think about developing something for the conference.
In response to Dallen, Wesley and Dimitri,
as the Chair of the RTS Specialty Group I must admit that I am surprised with
the lack of tourism-related proposals for the 2010 AAG meetings. I will shortly
send out a list of the RTS-related sessions that, at least to my knowledge, have
been proposed. Also look at the RTS Newsletter at http://www.geog.nau.edu/rts/news/news_0909.pdf
for some CFPs that may not have made it to TRINET or this list-serve.
--
Dr. Daniel H. Olsen
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography, BrandonUniversity Room 4-10, John R. Brodie Science Centre 270 18th
Street, Brandon,
Manitoba, CanadaR7A 6A9
Phone: (204) 727-9766 Fax: (204) 728-7346
olsend@...
From:rtsnet@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rtsnet@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ioannides Dimitri Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009
3:04 AM To: 'WESLEY S. ROEHL'; Dallen
Timothy Cc:rtsnet@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [rtsnet] AAG sessions
Dear all,
Further to Dallen’s and Wesley’s emails I am
writing to say I am fairly surprised by the low level of interest expressed in
terms of setting up RTS sessions at the AAG. For years we have built up a
fairly healthy presence at the national conference but alas, this no longer
seems to be the case. To be sure there are a number of sessions proposed and
the people proposing them should be praised but it also seems to be – for
the most part – the old guard that keeps holding the baton.
That said, I would be quite interested in presenting
– or even chairing a session – on tourism and inequities. Among the
topics discussed could be issues that relate to labor, marginalization,
social/cultural sustainability etc.
I have been more reluctant than usual to take the
initiative in terms of organizing a session as I am not sure if I can actually
make it to DC next year. However, if there is a session that deals with the
aforementioned issues I would seriously think about developing something for
the conference.
From: Terry Sakowski [tsakowsk@...] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 11:30 AM To: Terry Sakowski Cc: Diane M. Kuehn; Maureen A. Wakefield Subject: 2010 NERR Call for Abstracts, due Nov. 16, 2009
A message from Cliff Watts...
Greetings!
On behalf of the NERR Advisory Committee, I am pleased to formally announce the call for research abstracts to the 2010 Northeast Recreation Research
(NERR) Symposium. Now in its 22nd year, the NERR Symposium annually draws between 170-180 researchers, graduate students, and practitioners from across North America. Last year, NERR drew participants from 28 different U.S. states (as far west as California)
and Canadian provinces. Once again, the NERR Symposium will be held in Bolton Landing at the Sagamore from April 11-13, 2010.
In addition to research presentations, the symposium features a series of roundtable discussions designed to get conference attendees together to
share information, ideas, best practices, and research insights involving a current topic. The current call for abstracts (due November 16) solicits submissions for oral presentations of research, poster presentations
of research, and proposals for roundtable discussion sessions. The call for abstracts and other conference information is available through the NERR website:
http://www.esf.edu/nerr/.
I would like to thank each of you for considering this call, and I hope to see many of you at this year's symposium.
Sincerely,
Clifton E. Watts Jr., PhD
Chair, 2010 Northeast Recreation Research Symposium Assistant Professor Dept. of Recreation and Leisure Studies East Carolina University Carol G.
Belk Building Room 1403 Greenville, NC 27858-4353
Intellectual Muscle is an eclectic series of talks by prominent and
up-and-coming Canadian intellectuals on topics related to the Vancouver
2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Public lectures will be
delivered at universities across Canada and made available online in
podcast form. The online program will include polls, discussion forums
and other interactive features, providing Canadians with a unique
opportunity to participate in a series of national dialogues.
Intellectual Muscle, developed by Vancouver 2010 and the University of
British Columbia, in collaboration with universities across Canada and
The Globe and Mail, will run from September 2009 until the end of the
Games in March 2010.
Alan A. Lew , Ph.D., AICP Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5016, USA
* alan.lew {at} nau.edu * homepage: <http://AlanLew.com> ********************************************* * Tourism Geographies Journal - http://TGJournal.com
* World Geography of Travel and Tourism - http://WorldGTT.com * Understanding & Managing Tourism Impacts - http://snipr.com/t-i-book * M. of Admin. in Community Planning - http://www.geog.nau.edu/MACP
* Planning Sustainable Tourism class - http://snipr.com/st-plan * IGU Tourism Conferences - http://tinyurl.com/IGUTourConf -- The Changing World of Coastal, Island & Tropical Tourism, 27-29 Jan 2011, Martinique, FWI
-- Tourism People, Places and Environments, July 2011, Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China * Twitter - http://twitter.com/alew ********************************************* "There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million." Walt Streightiff
Forwarded as requested.
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Dr. Daniel H. Olsen
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography, Brandon University
Room 4-10, John R. Brodie Science Centre
270 18th Street, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada R7A 6A9
Phone: (204) 727-9766
Fax: (204) 728-7346
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-----Original Message-----
From: Suzanne Walther [mailto:swalther@...]
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 2:37 PM
Hello-
Could you please post the call for panelists and posters below to your
speciality group? Apologies for any cross-postings. Thanks!
I wanted to make a broad cross-section of our membership aware of two
opportunities at AAG. Even if you aren't directly involved in study abroad,
if you are interested in it in the future or if your students have engaged
in studying abroad during their time in school, these sessions could be
useful.
We are hosting a session on how to improve or equalize the benefits of study
abroad in the developing world and need a few more panelists for this
session. You can do this in addition to a paper presentation, as it is a
panel discussion to share and exchange ideas.
We are also hosting a poster session for undergrads and graduate students
who have studied abroad to present on their experiences. This is a great
opportunity to gain conference experience for students and for them to share
what they learned.
Listed below are the titles and short abstracts for both.Please email me if
you are interested in either session.
Thank you,
Suzanne
swalther@...
Expanding the responsibilities of educators of study abroad in the
developing world
This panel will engage in a round-table discussion on development of
long-term relationships, two-way exchanges, and collaborative teaching in
study abroad in order to bridge the North-South global divide. The aim of
this discussion is to facilitate ideas to create more balanced gains for US
students and educators going abroad as well as for students and educators in
host countries. Panelists will present examples of how to achieve this goal
(possibly necessitated by a previous experience) and examples of ideas that
were not as successful when implemented.
Student experiences in studying abroad in the developing world
Undergraduates and recent graduates present posters on an aspect of their
experience as a study abroad student and how it has effected them since
returning to the U.S.
--
Suzanne Walther
President-UO Student Chapter of ASPRS
(American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing)
The Geospatial Information Society (GIS) Student Organization
Funding Chair-UO Women in Graduate Sciences
Department of Geography
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
From: serr-owner@... [serr-owner@...] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Hallo [JHALLO@...] Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 3:23 PM To: serr@... Subject: [serr] SERR 2010 Deadline Reminder
Please remember that the deadline for submission of paper proposals for the 32nd Annual Southeastern Recreation Research (SERR) Conference
is Monday,November 2nd. Details regarding the conference can be found below and at
www.serrconference.org. Please note that receipt of all submissions will be acknowledge by November 4th.
Please take a moment to forward this to colleagues or students who might be interested in attending SERR.
Dear colleagues,
We invite your participation in the 32nd Annual Southeastern Recreation Research (SERR) Conference scheduled for February 21st – 23rd, 2010
in Greenville, South Carolina. Graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, agency planners, land managers, and researchers are all encouraged to attend the conference
and submit a proposal for an oral or poster presentation.
This year's conference will feature
Fran P. Mainella as the keynote speaker. She served as the 16th Director of the National Park Service and was the first woman to hold that position. Also, this year's conference will include brief, provocative position statements made by senior
members within our professions in an effort to challenge the current thinking and practices within the field of recreation and park management. Finally, the conference will include
concurrent sessions, which will allow greater opportunities for oral presentations and follow-up discussions.
The SERR Conference provides an exceptional opportunity for researchers and managers within the parks, recreation and amenity management system fields to learn about and discuss each
other’s projects, research findings, and regional needs. The conference focus is on outdoor-based leisure, recreation and tourism research, however other topics are welcome if they have a direct link to this focus.
The call for papers, additional conference information, and on-line registration can be found at
www.serrconference.org. The deadline for submission of paper proposals is
November 2nd.
Please forward this announcement to other colleagues who might be interested in attending the SERR Conference. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you in Greenville!
Jeffrey Hallo, Robert Bixler, and Gary Green
SERR 2010 Conference Co-Chairs
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Jeffrey C. Hallo
Assistant Professor
Clemson University
Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
I'm interested in organizing a session on Current Issues in Tourism Geography for the upcoming AAG. "Events this decade--natural disasters, terrorism, war, global financial crisis, pandemics--have created a challenging environment for tourism. The purpose of this session is to explore how tourism has responded to these and other challenges."
If you have a paper you'd like to include in this session please send my your PIN and the paper's title. I'll then create the session and add your content. Also, if you're interested in acting as chair or as discussant for this session, let me know.
Also, I've uploaded my abstract "The geography of US state tourism promotion funding, 1972-2009" if anyone has a session in which it would be a good fit, please contact me.
Thanks.
Wes Roehl
-- Director of Programs in Tourism & Hospitality Management School of Tourism & Hospitality Management Temple University
From: Rachel Dodds<r2dodds@...> Date: Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Subject: Attn: Canadian universities and colleges - tourism and climate change student symposium
Hello to all Canadian colleges and universities!
I would like to bring to your attention a Canadian on-line student symposium to be held in March for students nation-wide.
It would be super to see a number of universities and colleges participate and I have attached the proposal for schools. The Foundation is trying to determine participating numbers so if you are interested, please contact the project coordinator, Azma, at aousmand@... asap.
Background:
To be hosted by The Icarus Foundation (www.theicarusfoundation.com) in early Spring, 2010, students will present and discuss research, issues and possible solutions surrounding climate change and tourism. Through interactive presentations, including aspects of video, audio, text, or still images presentations will foster discussion and next steps for tourism to move forward.
Project Goals
The goals of this web symposium will be:
1.To foster research and climate change/sustainability interest among students
2.To enable students to share current research directly with industry
3.To enable students from the various colleges and universities to join together to present their research, network and discuss key issues in today’s industry via an online conference
4.To post and promote university’s and colleges research
Presentations will be no longer than 5 minutes to ensure on-line engagement and will outline findings of research or a project which may include:
§Impacts of climate change on tourism
§Mitigation strategies and/or best practices in industry or communities
§Adaptation techniques or strategies relating to hospitality and tourism
§Consumer behavior/response to climate change and tourism
Dr. Rachel Dodds Assistant Professor, Ted Rogers School of Hospitality & Tourism Management Ryerson University
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: r crane<crane@...> Date: Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Subject: new RFP on sociodemographics of travel To: PLANET@...
Dear researchers,
a heads up that the Transportation Research Board (of the National Academy of Sciences) just posted an RFP for a very broadly defined project on "the effects of socio-demographics on travel demand." One compelling aspect of the project is that the first task is essentially to develop a research plan for this topic, the second being to carry that agenda out. Thus, within a pretty big topic, proposers have a fairly free hand in developing both questions and means. Also worth mentioning is that it is budgeted for an even $1 million. The overall purpose is to provide advice for transportation planning agencies, so the goal is both lofty and grounded.
As a member of the project panel that wrote the RFP, will review the proposals, and then work with the research team over the couple of years of the project through completion, I apparently cannot answer any questions about the RFP process or discuss other project details except through formal channels, such as TRB staff -- though we were all asked to spread the news of the RFP. Any such inquiries should go to the extremely helpful project manager, Christopher Hedges, as indicated in the RFP linked below. I can say that everyone is excited at the prospect that this level of support will generate creative thinking, ambitious research programs, and substantial research and practice contributions on these questions and topics. Note the closing date for proposals is December 16.
p.s. Here are some key excerpts from the RFP, including a complete description of its 6 phases. Again, Mr. Hedges is waiting for your call for any points of clarification of substance or process.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this research is to determine how socio-demographic factors are likely to affect travel demand over the next 30 to 50 years and to identify strategies and actions that can be used by policymakers in state and local transportation and planning agencies to plan and prepare for alternative future scenarios.
The focus of the research should be on understanding the fundamental relationships between social and demographic factors and travel demand, and how these relationships might change over time. These factors may include diversity, gender, birth rates, aging population, wealth and income, immigration, regional migration and employment patterns, rural versus urban populations, and the size and structure of households and families. The research will also examine the relationships between human factors and other variables affecting travel demand such as new technology, alternative fuels, economics and the economy, climate change, land use, and development patterns. In addition, it should identify opportunities for incorporating the results into the planning and decision-making process.
Note: Proposers are asked to develop a detailed research plan for accomplishing the project objective. Proposers are expected to describe a research plan that can realistically be accomplished within the constraints of available funds and contract time. Proposals must present the proposers' current thinking in sufficient detail to demonstrate their understanding of the issues and the soundness of their approach to meeting the research objective. The work proposed for each phase must be divided into tasks and proposers must describe the work proposed in each task in detail.
The work contents represent NCHRP’ s expectations but are not meant to be restrictive on proposers’ thinking. The phases described below are not intended to suggest particular tasks, but rather to describe content and effort that should be part of the research plan.
Phase I.Assess the adequacy of current methods used in the U.S. and internationally to forecast travel demand and patterns with respect to socio-demographic factors.
Phase II.Identify and assess socio-demographic driving forces, their leading indicators, and critical interdependencies. Assess the relative impacts of these driving forces on travel demand and patterns. Identify gaps in the current state of knowledge and practice. Develop a plan of research that will address information gaps within the schedule and budget of this project. It is anticipated that the research may involve data collection or the development or enhancement of models and tools. Present the results of Phases I and II in an Interim Report No. 1.
Note: Since these driving forces may impact different regions of the country under the responsibility of different levels of government, the proposer should identify the geographic scales and jurisdictional boundaries that can be used to structure the analysis. Proposers should include in their work plan a presentation of Interim Report No. 1 and a conference call with the NCHRP project panel to discuss the work following the panel’s review. Proposers should include in their work plans a period of 1-month for the panel’s review and the conference call and should not initiate work on subsequent phases of the project until the panel has approved Interim Report No. 1.
Phase III.Upon approval of Interim Report No. 1, conduct the research plan developed in Phase II as approved by the project panel. Document the results in Interim Report No. 2.
Note: Proposers should include in their work plan a presentation of Interim Report No. 2 and a conference call with the NCHRP project panel to discuss the work following the panel’s review. Based on Interim Report No. 2, the project panel will select the basis for development of scenarios in Phase IV. Proposers should include in their work plans a period of one month for the panel’s review and the conference call and should not initiate work on subsequent phases of the project until the panel has approved initiation of scenario development.
Phase IV. Develop representative future travel demand scenarios that may result from the driving forces identified in Phase II. In addition, provide examples that illustrate the potential impacts of these scenarios on transportation demand in various conditions and locations at a national, state, or regional level. Document the results in an Interim Report No. 3.
Note: Proposers should include in their work plan a presentation of Interim Report No. 3 and a 1-day meeting with the NCHRP project panel to discuss the work following the panel’s review. Proposers should be prepared to discuss their preliminary ideas on scenarios at the meeting. Proposers should include in their work plans a period of 1 month for the panel’s review and the meeting and should not initiate work on subsequent phases of the project until the panel has approved the scenarios.
Phase V. Prepare a detailed analysis of how the role, funding, and operations of DOTs and other planning and transportation agencies will likely be affected by the travel demand scenarios identified in Phase IV. In response, identify and deliver short- and long-range actions, strategies, tools, or models that DOTs can use to plan, respond to, and otherwise manage under each scenario. Assess the potential risks and uncertainties, as well as the risks of a “business as usual” approach. Identify indicators that should be monitored and analyzed in order to help predict the scenarios that are most likely to occur. Document the results in Interim Report No. 4.
Note: This is the main component in which the project objectives are realized. Proposers should include in their work plan a presentation of Interim Report No. 4 at a 1-day meeting with the NCHRP project panel to discuss the work following the panel’s review of the interim report. Proposers should include in their work plan a period of 1 month for the panel’s review and the meeting.
Phase VI. Present project results in compelling ways to encourage and guide policymakers to institute appropriate actions and management strategies. These deliverables could include executive summaries, briefing materials, multimedia presentations, and similar products to communicate appropriate planning strategies to senior DOT executives and other stakeholders. The “look and feel” of these products should be coordinated with other projects in the 20-83 series. Develop an outreach plan to facilitate adoption of results. Prepare and submit a final report documenting the full research effort.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rachel Dodds<r2dodds@...> Date: Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Subject: Attn: USA & Canadian universities and colleges - tourism and climate change student symposium
Hello to all US AND Canadian colleges and universities!
I would like to bring to your attention a NOW EXPANDED on-line student symposium to be held in March for students in Canada and the USA.
Due to an overwhelming response of interest, I was asked to resend this out to all North American universities and colleges!
It would be super to see a number of universities and colleges participate and I have attached the revised proposal for schools as well as a handout that schools can send out to their students. The Foundation is trying to determine participating numbers so if you are interested, please contact the project coordinator, Azma, at aousmand@... BY NOVEMBER 19, 2009.
Background:
To be hosted by The Icarus Foundation (www.theicarusfoundation.com) in early Spring, 2010, students will present and discuss research, issues and possible solutions surrounding climate change and tourism. Through interactive presentations, including aspects of video, audio, text, or still images presentations will foster discussion and next steps for tourism to move forward. As climate change has no boundaries, and due to interest levels, this symposium will now be held with US and Canadian Universities and Colleges
Project Goals
The goals of this web symposium will be:
1.To foster research and climate change/sustainability interest among students
2.To enable students to share current research directly with industry
3.To enable students from the various colleges and universities to join together to present their research, network and discuss key issues in today’s industry via an online conference
4.To post and promote university’s and colleges research
Presentations will be no longer than 5 minutes to ensure on-line engagement and will outline findings of research or a project which may include:
§Impacts of climate change on tourism
§Mitigation strategies and/or best practices in industry or communities
§Adaptation techniques or strategies relating to hospitality and tourism
§Consumer behavior/response to climate change and tourism
As schools must participate in order to have their students submit abstracts, please contact aousmand@... if you should require any further information.
Dr. Rachel Dodds Assistant Professor, Ted Rogers School of Hospitality & Tourism Management
Ryerson University
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sue Beeton<S.Beeton@...> Date: Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:43 AM
Subject: TTRA 2010 REMINDER (June 18-21)
This is a ‘gentle’ reminder that abstracts or
full papers for Review for the TTRA 2010 Annual Conference in San Antonio Texas
are required by 15 December, 2010.
In light of the rapidly approaching November 18 deadline I'm still looking for papers for a special session I'd like to organize. I have two papers in-hand; a session needs 5 papers or 4 papers and a discussant.
I'm interested in organizing a session on Current Issues in Tourism Geography for the upcoming AAG. "Events this decade--natural disasters, terrorism, war, global financial crisis, pandemics--have created a challenging environment for tourism. The purpose of this session is to explore how tourism has responded to these and other challenges."
If you have a paper you'd like to include in this session please send my your PIN and the paper's title. I'll then create the session and add your content. Also, if you're interested in acting as chair or as discussant for this session, let me know.
Also, I've uploaded my abstract "The geography of US state tourism promotion funding, 1972-2009" if anyone has a session in which it would be a good fit, please contact me.
Sincerely,
Wes Roehl
-- Director of Programs in Tourism & Hospitality Management School of Tourism & Hospitality Management Temple University
Perhaps you would be interested to know that Dallen Timothy and I have just published a book on tourism in the US (see description from Routledge below). The book is now available for order in both paperback and hardback.
The United States continues to provide opportunities for travel and tourism to domestic and international travellers. This is the first book to offer
students a comprehensive overview of both tourism and travel in this region, paying specific attention to the disciplines of Geography, Tourism Studies and, more generally, Social Science.
Tourism in the USA explains the evolution of tourism paying attention to the forces that shaped the product that exists today. The focus of
the book includes the manner in which tourism has played out in various contexts; the role of federal, state, and local policy is also examined in terms of the effects it has had on the US travel industry and on destinations. The various elements of tourism
demand and supply are discussed and the influence that transportation (especially Americans’ high personal mobility rates and love affair with the auto) has had on the sector highlighted. The economics of tourism are fleshed out before focusing more narrowly
on both the urban and rural settings where tourism occurs. A look into the manner in which the spatial structure of cities is transformed through tourism is also offered. Additionally, a brief examination of future issues in American tourism is presented along
with explanations concerning the ascendancy of tourism as an economic development tool in various areas.
The book combines theory and practice as well as integrating a range of useful student orientated resources to aid understanding and spur further
debate, which can be used for independent study or in class exercises. These include:
‘Closer Look’ case studies with reflective questions to help show theory in practice and encourage critical thinking about tourism developments in this region
‘Discussion questions’ at the end of each chapter encourage stimulating debates
‘Further Reading’ sections direct the readers to related book and web resources so that they can learn more about the topics covered in each chapter.
Written in an engaging style and supported with visual aids, this book will provide students globally with an in-depth and essential understanding
of the complexities of tourism and travel in the USA
We wish to inform you about the following
forthcoming event organised by the Centre for Tourism and Culture
Management, CopenhagenBusinessSchool and the
Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, LeedsMetropolitanUniversity(www.tourism-culture.com)
in association with the International Festivals and Events Association Europe (www.ifeaeurope.com)
Journeys
of Expression VIII
Celebrating
through times of crisis: prospects and potentials for tourism, festivals and
cultural events
Copenhagen, Denmark 20th
– 21st April 2010
Building on the established
collaboration between the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change
(CTCC) and the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA), this
conference will bring together international academic researchers in the field
of tourism and festival studies with policy makers and practitioners in the
festivals and cultural events sector. The CTCC and IFEA are delighted to be
working in partnership with the Centre for Tourism and Culture
Management, CopenhagenBusinessSchool in the
organisation and hosting of this event which coincides with IFEA’s annual
conference.
The conference will discuss the
complex implications of the global economic downturn for the relationships
between tourism, festivals and cultural events. We particularly welcome paper
proposals that consider questions of how the balance between social, artistic
and commercial aspects of festivals can be sustained during these challenging
times and how festivals and cultural events and their attractiveness to
tourists may contribute to addressing economic, social and environmental crises
at local, regional, national and international levels. The conference will take
place in Copenhagen, Denmarkand will form the 8th edition of the ‘Journeys of Expression’ conferences
organised by the CTCC with partners since 2002.
Conference Aims
Festivals and cultural events of all
kinds are of enduring and growing interest to policy makers and practitioners
in the arts, community development, regeneration and, tourism sectors. This
interest and involvement gives rise to a number of critical questions
concerning the relationships between these sectors in the development,
management and evaluation of festivals and cultural events during times of
economic downturn, social and environmental crises. The conference aims to share
the latest research findings and debates in these areas of critical concern for
researchers, policy makers and practitioners alike. Proposals for papers are welcome from researchers working
across the social sciences and humanities in examining festival and tourism
relationships in any international setting.
Themes of Interest
Key themes of interest to the
conference include:
Economic development policy and
regeneration dimensions of festivals and cultural events
Partnerships and collaborations
in festival planning, management and performance
Festivals as product and
packaging opportunities for the tourism sector
The contribution of festivals
and cultural events to place images
The re-structuring, re-shaping
and re-animation of city spaces and new communities through festivals and
cultural events
Festival and event 'legacies'
Emerging tourist market trends
and their implications for festivals and cultural events
Service quality management at
festivals and cultural events
Economic assessments of
festivals and cultural events
Managing risk and visitor
behaviour at festivals and cultural events
Festivals and cultural events
as sites of protest and dissent
Please send your abstract of no more than 300 words with full correspondence
details as an electronic file to both Dr. Philip Long (p.e.long@...) and Dr Lise Lyck (ll.tcm@...) as soon as possible but by January 15th 2010 at the
latest. Selected papers will be considered for publication in a special edition
of the journal Event Management.
We wish to remind you of the approaching deadline for abstract
submission (15 December 2009) for the following conference:
world heritage and tourism:
Managing for the global and the local
3-4 June 2010, Quebec City, Canada
As of 2009, approximately 900
sites are registered on the UNESCO World Heritage list. For many sites
inscription on the World
Heritage Listacts asa
promotional device and the management challenge is one of protection,
conservation and dealing with increased numbers of tourists. For other sites,
designation has not brought anticipated expansion in tourist numbers and
associated investments. What is clear is that tourism is now a central concern
to the wide array of stakeholders involved with World Heritage Sites. We
increasingly need to understand the multi-layered relationships between the
diverse range of Sites and tourism and tourists and, to focus on how tourism is
effectively managed for the benefit of all.
This conference seeks to explore a
series of critical and fundamental questions being raised by the various
‘owners’, managers and local communities involved with World
Heritage Sites in relation to tourism: Why do tourists visit some World
Heritage Sites and not others? What is the tourist experience of such Sites?
How successful are Sites in the management of tourists? What roles do local
communities play in Site management? How can the ‘spirit of place’
be protected in the face of the sheer volume of tourists? How can some Sites
maximize the potential of a sustainable tourism for the purposes of poverty
alleviation and community cohesion? How effective are communication strategies
in bringing stakeholders together? What management skills are needed to address
the needs of different stakeholders, different sites and different cultures?
We encourage papers from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives
and welcome submissions which address theoretical, empirical, methodological,
comparative and practical perspectives on the fullest array of themes associated
with the management of UNESCO World Heritage.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Original papers are
invited to consider subject areas including, but not limited to, the following
themes:
·Marketing in the management of
World Heritage Sites;
·The pragmatics of managing
tourists;
·Financing World Heritage;
·Community involvement in Site
management;
·Relations between intangible
cultural heritage and Site management;
·The role of the private tourism
sector;
·The nature of tourist experience
and behaviour at World Heritage Sites;
·Shaping local, regional and
national identities through Site inscription;
·Issues of governance and
transnational regulation;
·Legal rights and notions of
‘ownership’;
·The management of World Heritage
‘values’;
·The geo-politics of inclusion and
exclusion;
·Methods of Site evaluation;
·Managing spiritual values and
biodiversity;
·The role of
UNESCO and the political economies of designation.
Please submit your 500 words abstract (in French or English) including a title and full contact details as
an electronic file to Professor Maria Gravari-Barbas (Maria.Gravari-Barbas@...) or Laurent
Bourdeau (laurent.bourdeau@...) as soon as possible but no later than15 December 2009.
Publication
opportunity:Papers accepted for the conference will be
published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration. Best
papers from the conference will also be considered for publication in a special
issue of the Journal of Tourism and
Cultural Change.
Conference Organisers: UNESCO/UNITWIN NETWORK for Culture,
Tourism and Development, the Faculty of Business Administration at Université
Laval, the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Centre for Tourism and
Cultural Change at Leeds Metropolitan University.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Christian Rogerson<Christian.Rogerson@...>
Date: Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:15 AM Subject: FW: Atlas SA: Conference
4thth Backpacker Research Group Meeting
Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa 2nd-4th September 2010
Following the third expert meeting in Shimla in 2008, the Backpacker
Research Group (BRG) is due to hold the fourth symposium, scheduled for
September 2010 at Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa. The overall
conference aim is to examine how the independent travel market has
responded to recent economic, social, political and environmental
changes. The timing of the conference potentially allows delegates to
also attend the International Geographical Union (IGU) conference to be
held in Stellenbosch, South Africa 5th-8th September 2010 with the theme of Global Change and Economic Crisis in Tourism, see:
According to the ATLAS BRG research programme, potential themes to be addressed include:
Independent travel and economic change
Independent travel and environmental change
Law and the regulation of independent travel
Independent travel, ethics and responsible tourism
Relationships between work and leisure in independent travel
Issues of gender, race, ethnicity and class in independent travel
Issues of food and drink in independent travel>
New markets for independent travel
Product development for independent travel
Negotiation of risks and uncertainties in independent travel
Engagement with new and old technologies in independent travel
Policy and planning dilemmas for managing independent travel
Alternative methodologies in travel research
The official language of the meeting is English. All
abstracts will be subject to double-blind review by at least two
members of the Scientific Committee. Acceptance of a submission will be
based on theoretical and empirical significance, methodological
soundness, technical competency, and logical clarity.