Dear All,
Has anyone done any research into dark tourism events?
If so, you may be interested in publishing your work in an upcoming special edition of Managing Leisure which will focus on Events and Festivals.
Please see below for the call for papers.
Regards,
Elspeth
Dr Elspeth Frew
School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management
La Trobe University
Bundoora 3086
Victoria
Australia
Managing Leisure - An International Journal
Call for Papers
Journal Special Issue on
Events and Festivals: Current trends and issues
Aims
Acknowledging the multi-factorial and dynamic nature of events and festivals (in sports, arts and celebration) this forthcoming special issue of Managing Leisure seeks to document current academic and practitioner analysis and dialogue in respect of the issues affecting and trends concurrently appearing as a result of events and festivals.
The goal of this special issue is to present theoretical, applied and cross-disciplinary discourse and analysis in respect of (but not limited to) the following subject areas:
Management Tasks and Trends
§ Events/ Festivals and audience participation and development
§ Events/Festivals and Ethical management
§ Risk and Security Management - issues and application
§ Event/Festival and Quality Management
§ Events and Festivals and Facilities Management
§ Interdisciplinary approaches to managing events and festivals
§ Linking Events/ Festivals and excellence in sport/ art
Issues
§ Community of Commodity?
§ Poverty and Events - Leisure versus Function?
§ Local, regional, national and international perspectives of events/ festivals
§ The urban and rural divide - comparative analysis of event/ festival need
§ Issues and dilemmas for not-for-profit events
§ The Globalisation and localisation of events/festivals
§ Festival/ Events and Cultural Identity
Instructions for Submission
Abstracts of no more than 1,100 words should be submitted by email (in English, as Microsoft Word attachments) to the Guest Editor, Martin Robertson (details below) for arrival no later than 23rd January, 2006.
Full articles should normally be 4,000 to 7,000 words in length. Shorter case studies articles, normally of 1,000 to 2,000 words in length, will also be considered. Full format details of manuscript format are available at www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/rmleauth.asp and must be adhered to. All final submissions will be double-blind reviewed.
Key dates:
Abstract receipt by 23rd January, 2006
Feedback on abstract by 24th February, 2006
Deadline for paper submission 3rd July, 2006
Review results 8th August, 2006
Final manuscript 28th September 2006
Guest Editors
Martin Robertson
Programme Leader & Lecturer,
Committee Member, Centre for Festival & Event Management
Napier University Business School
Edinburgh EH14 1DJ, UK
email: [log in to unmask]
tel: +44 (0)131 455 4400
fax: +44 (0)131 455 4540
Dr Donna Chambers
Programme Leader & Lecturer,
Committee Member, Centre for Festival and Event Management
Napier University Business School
Edinburgh EH14 1DJ, UK
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tel: +44 (0)131 455 4403
fax: +44 (0)131 455 4540
Dr Elspeth Frew
Programmes Coordinator & Lecturer,
School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management
La Trobe University
Victoria, Australia
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