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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:12:01 +0100
From: "Picard, David" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: CFP: Tourism and the Roots/Routes of Religious Festivity,
Belfast, 13-15 March 2005
Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
Journeys of Expressions V Tourism and the Roots/Routes of Religious
Festivity Belfast, Northern-Ireland, 13-15 March 2006
Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change Sheffield Hallam University,
United Kingdom www.tourism-culture.com
This is the first call for papers for JOURNEYS OF EXPRESSIONS V: TOURISM
AND THE ROOTS/ROUTES OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVITY which will take place in
Belfast, Northern Ireland, from 13th to 15th March 2006. Regularly
updated information can be found at our website
www.tourism-culture.com.
In this, the fifth of our continuing conference series exploring the
multi-faceted relationships between tourism and festivals, Journeys of
Expression aims to discuss touristic practices in relation to forms of
traditional and contemporary religious festivity. The conference seeks
to examine the meanings and roots of religious festivity within the
context of tourism and related studies, the ways by which tourists
arrive at, and consume religious festivity, and the ways in which
touristic practice encounters, and in some instances shapes, the
religious.
In a world apparently struggling with the boundaries of 'the religious',
we are interested in the social practice of tourism, as a spatial
displacement of the human body creating, a priori, a liminal space for
mental and physical recreation. Situating this approach within the
field of tourism, we hope, permits to analyse important shifts and
transformations of traditional liturgical practices, manifested in
particular by the veneration of new, now touristic forms of 'sacred'
objects, spaces and elements ('nature', 'culture', 'art', 'sun',
'water', etc.). Within the contemporary transnationalised world how do
we make sense of the religious - its symbolic expression, its
politicisation etc. - through both festivity and tourism? How do
festivals mobilise religious symbols to tell stories and make visible
particular representations of the self? What are the festive roles
attributed to, or taken by tourists and how are these integrated with
forms of festive exchange and ritual? And, how can a better
understanding of tourism-festival relationships shape agendas for
'intercultural dialogue' and peace as articulated by international
organisations such as UNESCO.
Indicative themes of the conference include:
- Defining Religious Festivity: Genesis, Genealogy and Displacement
- Tourism, Pilgrimage and Travel Liturgies: Variations and Continuity of
the 'Sacred Journey' in the Contemporary World
- Tourism and Transnational Festival Spaces: Festive Ostentation,
Sacrifice, Transgression and Exchange in the Contemporary World
- Festive Economics / Politics of Making Visible: Religious Symbols,
Discourse and the Formulation of Social Spaces / Boundaries in the
Contemporary World
- Material Diasporas: Tourism Souvenirs and Meanings - Tourism,
Intersubjective Encounters and Power Relations in Religious Festivals
- The Continuity / End of War and Conflict: From Paradigms of Clash to
Paradigms of Peace?
The conference is designed to be a discussion led, small scale event
hosting approximately 50-70 international delegates. In the tradition
of the Journeys of Expression series, we wish to animate an
interdisciplinary debate on the suggested themes and welcome paper
proposals from academics from various disciplinary backgrounds
including: tourism studies, anthropology, cultural studies, cultural
geography, religious studies, theology, philosophy, performance
studies, cultural economics, politics, etc. If you wish to submit a
paper proposal, please send a 300-word abstract with full address and
institutional affiliation details as an electronic file to Dr. David
Picard ([log in to unmask]). The deadline for the reception of
abstracts is 10th January 2006. Please find regularly updated
information regarding this conference, registration procedures and (at
a later stage) a programme at our website www.tourism-culture.com.
Dr David Picard
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change
Sheffield Hallam University
Owen Building, Howard Street
Sheffield S1 1WB
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 114 225 3973
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web: www.tourism-culture.com
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