CFP
Journeys of Expression IV: Tourism, Carnival and Folklore
17-20 march 2005, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Tourism, Carnival and Folklore is an international academic conference
jointly organised by the Centre for Tourism and Cultural
Change at Sheffield Hallam University and the Croatian Ivo Pilar Institute
for Social Sciences. It will be held in Dubrovnik,
Croatia, from 17-20 March 2005. Tourism, Carnival and Folklore is the fourth
of the Journeys of Expression conferences, which will
again bring together an international audience interested in the ethnology,
geography and political economy of festivals and
festival performance, the transnational connectivity of festival spaces, and
the micro-politics of festive hospitality and
exchange.
Conference themes
The themes to be discussed are inspired by the conclusions of our 2004
conference held in Innsbruck, Austria, with our partners at
the Institute of European Ethnology and Folklore, Innsbruck University. In
this sense, there will be a focus on festival tourism
as a transnational social practice, the theme of the 2004 Innsbruck
conference, which we believe allows us to rethink the role of
tourists in the symbolic and economic exchange and consumption processes of
contemporary society. Integral to this we will also
focus upon the extent to which custom, tradition, legend and myth are
expressed or performed through festivals and are
communicated to, and experienced by, tourists.
Themes of the conference include:
- Festival Tourism as Transnational Connectivity, Exchange and Consumption
- Carnivores, Carnivals, Cannibals: Ontology of Tourist 'Consumption'
- Music, Feast, Firework, Orgy and Dance - Festive Transgressions and Erotic
Spaces
- Micropolitics of Hospitality: Appropriations and Manipulations of Festival
Tourists
- Nation / Region Building in a Transnational Society: Changing Forms,
Boundaries and Meanings of Festival Folklore
- Cultural Performance, Ethnicity and the Politics of the Aesthetic
- Festival Tourism, Folklore, Intangible Heritage and Agency
- Management Dilemmas related to Cross-Cultural Festival Audiences;
- 'Non-Festivals': Global Mobility, Uni-formisation, Re-signification of
Festival Spaces and Practices
- Urban Myths and Legends in Contemporary Festival Spaces
- Myth, Legend and Superstition in Festival Tourism
- Tales that Travel - 'Buying' and 'Selling' Narratives of Tradition
Call for Papers
If you wish to present a paper in this conference, please send an abstract
of no more than 300 words with full address details as
an electronic file to Dr. David Picard ([log in to unmask] ) as soon as
possible, but by January 30th 2005 at the latest.
Venue and programme
The conference will take place in the old buildings of the Dubrovnik
University, situated next to Dubrovnik's historic town
centre. Coffee, tea and lunch will be served in the courtyard of this
building (if it does not rain!). In this time of the year,
temperatures are likely to be around 15-20°C (no guarantees!). The programme
will further include a guided study trip through the
walled town and a conference dinner.
Conference Registration and Accommodation
To register to this conference, please use the form on the back of this
card. The conference registration fee does not include
accommodation. We have negotiated special accommodation rates in hotels
close to the conference venue (at around 35-45 EUR for
standard category). These preferential prices can be booked directly with
the Dubrovnik conference centre by using a hotel booking
form, which can (soon - end of January) be downloaded below.
Further information
For any further information, contact us at [log in to unmask]
Alternatively, mail to:
Dr David Picard
Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change
Sheffield Hallam University
City Campus / Owen Building
Howard Street
Sheffield S1 1WB
United Kingdom
Phone +44 (0) 114 225 3973
Fax +44 (0) 114 225 4434
Email [log in to unmask]
Website www.tourism-culture.com
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Forthcoming events:
Journeys of Expression IV: Tourism, Carnival and Folklore. International
conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 17-20 March 2005.
Tourism and Performance: Scripts, Stages, Stories. International conference
in Sheffield, UK, 14-18 July, 2005.
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