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Call for Papers
Royal Geographical Society and the Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, Manchester, 2009
26th-28th August
Hospitality and regeneration
Hospitality can play an important role in the regeneration process (Bell, 2007). Bars, cafes, restaurants, hotels and clubs provide the contexts for interaction, and transactions of hospitality facilitate the formation of networks and cultural practices that transform urban and suburban spaces (Latham, 2003; Lugosi and Lugosi, 2008). The provision and consumption of hospitality can become drivers of change in urban contexts; hospitality can provide the social and economic underpinning for ongoing regeneration, and its particular forms, for example culinary culture, offer ‘powerful symbolic statements about urban fortunes’ (Bell and Binnie, 2005, p. 80). The location of hospitality venues can be used as part of a civilising or rehabilitation process, and venues often reflect an area’s cosmopolitanism; social and commercial practices of hospitality can encourage visitors or residents into an area, and its provision may form part of a broader strategy for capital and employment generation. However, certain forms of hospitality can disrupt the social practices of existing residents or visitors: for example, the emergence of branded hospitality venues can undermine the unique characteristics of an area; new venues may displace existing providers, and activities such as vertical drinking can create a range of social problems. This session welcomes papers that help to develop a greater understanding of the relationship between hospitality and regeneration, and we particularly welcome theoretical and empirical papers that explore one or more of the following issues:
The role of hospitality in policy, planning and regeneration
Hospitality-led regeneration
Creative cities, creative classes and hospitality
Hospitality, place-marketing and promotion
The economic, social and environmental impacts of hospitality provision in urban, suburban and rural contexts
Hospitality, culture and regeneration
Hospitality and gentrification
Hospitality, community and identity
Hospitality provision and building reuse
Entrepreneurship and hospitality
Heritage, hospitality and conservation
Aesthetics and hospitality
The entanglement of social and commercial forms of hospitality in regeneration
Authors should submit a 200-word abstract by Friday 16th of January to Peter Lugosi via email [log in to unmask] Authors of accepted papers will be notified by the 22nd of January.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards,
Peter
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