Interdisciplinary Workshop Series "Major Concepts in Tourism Research" (2008)
March to May 2008
Leeds/ UK
Much research in the field of tourism addresses at least one of the following concepts: Exchange, Memory, Representation and Experience. Although these concepts are very popular, it is not always clear what they actually refer to, and how we may grasp them in, or through, our research. Therefore, the PhD-students at the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change at Leeds Metropolitan University took the initiative to organize a workshop series on key concepts in tourism research. During the spring term of 2008, four two-day workshops focused, respectively, on Exchange, Memory, Representation and Experience.
13/14 March 2008 Workshop “Experience”
Keynote: Claudio Minca, University of London
"After the Island: the hard work of being (with) tourists”
3/4 April 2008 Workshop “Exchange”
Keynote: Keith Hart, Goldsmith College London
"On commoditization: exchange in the human economy"
17/18 April 2008 Workshop “Memory”
Keynote: Sharon MacDonald, Manchester University
“Memory, Materiality and Tourism”
8/9 May 2008 Workshop “Representation”
Keynote: David Crouch, University of Derby
“The Problems with Representation: Consumption, Space and Images”
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This workshop series aimed to generate an interdisciplinary dialogue based on short paper presentations by the workshop participants.
For more information on this workshop series please contact Claudia at C.Mueller@leedsmet.ac.uk