Center for Leisure and Culture Services Research

09/10/2020

16 kvindelige topforskere har indsamlet underskrifter og vidnesbyrd for at slå fast, at sexisme foregår i den akademiske verden og er årsag til, at flere forlader branchen.

18/09/2019

Don't you love deadlines? ;-) If you have been thinking to contribute to our special issue on "Gender and Tourism Sustainability" the deadline for abstract submission is fast approaching - Send a 200-300 words abstract to Claudia Eger [email protected] by the 1st of October.

This special issue examines the relationship between gender and sustainability in tourism. While there is already an extensive body of work in the area of gender and in that of sustainability, seldom these two fields of knowledge are taken together in examining the tourism phenomena

03/06/2019

11/05/2019

We are all waiting for you!
Did you register for CTS? 😀💚

Welcome to the 8th Critical Tourism Studies Conference, "Pride and Prejudice: Que(e)rying Tourism Hope", 24-28 June, Ibiza 2019.

07/01/2019

Dear all, her is a Call for Papers for the RGS-IBG Annual Conference, London, 28 August - 30 September 2019.

Geographies of Inequality and Hope: Towards Sustainable Tourism Futures

Convenors:
Dr Claudia Eger, Copenhagen Business School
Dr Jenny Hall, York St John University
Dr Paola Vizcaino, Bournemouth University
Dr Brendan Paddison, York St John University

Sponsored by the Geographies of Leisure and Tourism Research Group (GLTRG)

This session explores the ways in which geographies of inequality and disadvantage are materialised in space, (re)produced through social interaction and reconfigured by tourisms’ constantly ‘shifting grounds’. The spatial politics of travel have shaped the access to and production of places and their governance structures. The persistence of inequality permeates tourism, being embodied in its interactions, constructed in the (gendered) division of labor and inscribed on representations of destinations.

Challenging these power structures requires an understanding of how these have become institutionalised through culture, politics and business practice, shaping social relations that encode and evaluate the bases of social power. It also demands to question the prevalent needs-based approach to inequality in wider development discourses, which limits a fuller comprehension of the intersecting systems of difference and inequality. In particular, building geographies of sustainable engagement with diverse and indigenous communities to trouble the elitism and tokenism ingrained in private sector driven structures governing tourism.

The potential of hope as part of a wider moral economy allows articulating alternative understandings of our complex world that build on collective reflection and action. This session calls for contributions that engage in critical analyses of space, mobilities and performativity to envision more hopeful geographies of repossession, resistance and sustainable engagement. Through an exploration of these diverse narratives this session aims to start a conversation about the being and becoming of geographies of equality and hope in tourism.

This session aims to traverse disciplinary boundaries and welcomes contributions from all fields, which may relate to but are not confined by the following areas:

Geographies of inequality
Mobilities and spatial politics of travel
Performativity
Gendered divisions of labour
Representations of difference
Development discourses
Hopeful geographies of repossession and resistance
Sustainable engagement with communities
Reflexive and critical modes of tourism practice
Governance structures and the role of the private sector

We are currently seeking contributions for a paper presentation session involving five presentations each lasting around 15 minutes with time for questions. The presentation may be executed in a traditional or innovative style, and we actively encourage a wide range of styles; including snapshots and pechakucha.

Please send abstracts (approx. 250 words) with author contact details to Claudia Eger ([email protected]) by the 1st February 2019.

13/11/2018

Blue. White. Extended Deadline.
We have extended the deadline for submitting contributions to Critical Tourism Studies 8 until the 21st of November :-) https://www.criticaltourismstudies.info/submit

02/10/2018

Dear Friends,

We would love for you to join us at the 8th Critical Tourism
Studies international conference this June in Ibiza. There are so many ways to characterize this special little island. It is a place of great natural beauty but also human creativity and warmth. The atmosphere is relaxed and very welcoming to families, and the food is incredible. We fell in love instantly when we walked to dinner on the first evening of our visit and saw a giant “Refugees Welcome” sign hanging from a central government building. Ibiza is also a thriving LGBTQ2S+ space, where diverse human identities are celebrated with pride—the perfect setting for our 2019 theme:

Pride and Prejudice: Que(e)rying Tourism Hope!

But no description of Ibiza would be complete without mention of its musical heritage. In honor of the rich role of music in contemporary Ibizan culture, we invite your contributions inspired by the sub-themes on our attached call for contributions. Click on each lyrical sub-theme title to link to an inspiring live performance or thought-provoking video. And then send your submissions our way, via the directions on our conference website, https://www.criticaltourismstudies.info/call-for-contributions We look forward to your contributions to our growing CTS 8 playlist. ;)

See you in Ibiza!

Love,
Ana & Kellee

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Dr. Kellee Caton (Thompson Rivers University) & Dr. Ana María Munar (Copenhagen Business School)
CTS Network Co-Chairs

Welcome to the 8th Critical Tourism Studies Conference, "Pride and Prejudice: Que(e)rying Tourism Hope", 24-28 June, Ibiza 2019.

16/05/2018

Today we are saying goodbye. CLCS is leaving the Department of International Economics and Management (INT) and moving to the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy - our new academic home. It is a goodbye full of gratitude for the many beautiful relationships and the support that we have received from our colleagues and the leadership of INT throughout the last nine years. And it is difficult not to look at this moment with a sense of nostalgia. Our own becoming as scholars is thanks to this environment which was always able to respect freedom of thought and public engagement. We will bring this and the many treasured moments of collegiality with us wherever we go ...and plan to meet our old INT colleagues again in other collaborations and - not to forget - at the dancing floor of many CBS parties! THANK YOU INT

01/05/2018

Come and join the Public seminar on Gender Issues in Tourism and Hospitality organized by the University of Greenwich.