Dear all,





please see below a call for papers in the framework of ISA Interim conference in 2020:







Call for Papers



ISA RC50 Interim Conference 2020



Theme: THE POWER OF TOURISM: CONTESTED REPRESENTATIONS OF PEOPLE AND PLACES



Location & Dates: Chiang Mai, Thailand 1-5 April 2020



Submission deadline: Tuesday 1st October 2019



Abstract Submission



An abstract between 300 to 500 words (excluding references) should be submitted to be presented at one of the sessions below. The abstract should include, session number and name, an indication of the research aim, the (inter)disciplinary approach taken, the methods used and the key (expected) findings.  The abstract should be submitted as a MS Word document to both Erdinç Çakmak [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and Rami K. Isaac [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.



Key Dates



Deadline for abstract submission: Tuesday 1st October 2019



Notification of acceptance: Friday 1st November 2019



Early Bird Registration Deadline: Sunday 1st December 2019





The sessions will cover the following topics:



  1.  “Bangkok street food: conflicting discourses of tourism and modernity” chaired by Ray Boland

  2.  “Agency and authority in the representations of people, places, pasts and presents” chaired by Keith Hollinshead & Rukeya Suleman

  3.  “Tourism as a legitimizing discourse” chaired by Evi Eftychiou

  4.  “Community-based Tourism in Asia” chaired by Claudia Dolezal

  5.  “Gender and Work in Asia’s Tourism Economies” chaired by Sirijit Sunanta & Alexander Trupp

  6.  “Imagined sustainability? Going beyond the image” chaired by Can-Seng OOI, & LIU Jun

  7.  “The Power of New Urban Tourism: Representations and Contestations” chaired by Sybille Frank & Anna Laura Raschke

  8.  “Gentrification:  Local (Urban) Image Development Instrument while Carrying Out Cultural/Creative Tourism” chaired by Virginija Jurėnienė

  9.  “Crossing (your own?) borders: Tourist movements in difficult spaces” chaired by Jack Shepherd & Daniel Laven

  10. ”Glocalisation/globalisation strategies for in sustainable tourism in rural communities” chaired by Barbara Tomasella:

  11. “Tourism in Asia: Multi-identities and Representations” chaired by Ploysri Porananond

  12. “Walls and Borders” chaired by Anne Hertzog & Rami K. Isaac

  13. “The Reframing of Narratives of Representation and Identities in the Branding of Coastal and Maritime Tourist Areas” chaired by Rico Lie & Loes Witteveen

  14. “The Unfurling Imaginary of Soft Science Approaches in Tourism Studies” chaired by Keith Hollinshead & Rukeya Suleman

  15. “Disaster risks and tourism resilience” chaired by Saranphat Wongput, Yuthasak Chatkaewnapanon, & Kannapa Pongponrat



There will also be also open sessions (for interesting papers submitted but not under one of the themes above).



Full details of the conference sessions are available at the RC50 website https://www.rc50tourism.org<http://www.rc50tourism.org>/services



Confirmed Keynote Speakers



Prof Kathleen M. Adams, Loyola University, Chicago, USA.



For more info about professor Adams please visit https://www.luc.edu/anthropology/faculty/adams.shtml



Dr. Wantanee Suntikul, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.



For more info about Dr. Suntikul please visit https://shtm.polyu.edu.hk/people/academic-staff/wantanee-suntikul/



Ms. Mam-Jaranya Daengnoy, Bangkok, Thailand



Director of Thailand Community Based Tourism Institute (CBT-I)



Publication Opportunities



Selected papers will be considered for publication at the special issues and edited books on the conference topics.



Key Contacts



Erdinç Çakmak & Rami K. Isaac



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Chair of the Organising Committee









Kind regards,





Evi Eftychiou, BA, MSc, PhD

Lecturer

Department of Law

School of Law



46 Makedonitissas Avenue, CY-2417

P.O.Box 24005, CY-1700, Nicosia, Cyprus

t +357 22 842449

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