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Tourism Policy Research Group Public Seminar
Department of Marketing, Branding and Tourism
Date:
Wednesday 28th September, 2016
Time:
17.30pm
(with refreshments and light food)
Venue:
College Building Boardroom - Room C219 (Middlesex University,
The Burroughs, Hendon, London, NW4 4BQ)
Chair:
Rui Su, Middlesex University London, UK
The Tourism Policy Research Group (TPRG) invites you to this seminar to be delivered by
Dr. Peter Lugosi, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom
Parenting on the move: Paradoxical spaces of care and risk in tourism, leisure and hospitality
Abstract:
There has been growing interest in family consumption of leisure, tourism and hospitality. Researchers have recognised that commercial hospitality venues are important
sites in which family leisure and parenting are performed and brought into public domains; however, it is acknowledged that little is known about consumption practices in restaurants, cafés and bars. This study addresses this gap in knowledge by considering
parents’ and carers’ experiences of consuming with children in hospitality venues. Importantly, this study seeks to consider hospitality as context and also as a sensitising concept used to understand people’s consumptive and social experiences. More specifically,
beyond simply considering these venues as functional settings for food and drink consumption, utilising concepts from emergent hospitality studies enables us to be attentive to what happens in these spaces. Focusing on the nuances of hospitality provision
forces us to be mindful of how the organisation of the consumption environment, transactions of food and drink, and encounters with staff and other consumers shape the parenting practices of those involved in care provision. This includes how people’s choices
and behaviours may be constrained or facilitated in venues and why some venues, and spaces within venues, become inclusive and welcoming, while others are experienced as restrictive and unwelcoming. Considering hospitality as physical context for care provision
and as relational exchange facilitates the conceptualisation of experiences in venues, contributing to knowledge in several ways. Firstly, it provides new insights into parents’, particularly women’s, experiences of hospitality spaces, including factors that
make various spaces inclusive or exclusive. Secondly, it helps us to appreciate how those involved in ‘doing’ childcare manage specific aspects of their experiences during visits to venues. Thirdly, the study provides broader insights into experiences of parenthood
and motherhood, including the multiple functions hospitality venues perform, sometimes offering relief from the stresses of parenthood, but often becoming part of the parenting process.
Short Bio:
Peter is a
Reader at the
Oxford School of Hospitality Management, Oxford Brookes University.
His research and publications consider a wide range
of subjects including customer experience management, co-creation in consumer experiences, hospitality and urban regeneration, migrants’ experiences of hospitality work, research ethics, entrepreneurship and organisational culture. He has worked on collaborative
research projects funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, European Commission and the Higher Education Academy. Peter co-founded the
Hospitality & Society
journal, and he is currently the Controversies and Reviews Editor. He has been the guest editor of
Perspectives in Public Health, the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy and the
Journal of Destination Marketing and Management. He also serves on the editorial boards of a number of journals including the
Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, International Journal of Tourism Research and
Annals of Leisure Research.
The seminar series are free and offer a unique opportunity to meet colleagues, share experiences and ideas, and network on various themes affecting tourism research and practice within
and outside the UK.
To book contact
Gulizar Karaca ([log in to unmask]),
Programme Administrator Department of Marketing, Branding and Tourism.
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Konstantinos Andriotis
Professor in Tourism
Department of Marketing, Branding and Tourism
Room W215 – Williams Building The Burroughs
London NW4 4BT United Kingdom
Co-Editor,
International Journal of Tourism Policy
Resource Editor,
Annals of Tourism Research
Editorial Board Member:
Cadernos de Economia Journal, International Journal of Heritage and Sustainable Development (IJHSD), International Journal of Leisure and Tourism
Marketing (IJLTM), International Journal of Social Sciences (IJoSS), International Journal of Tourism Anthropology, International Journal of Tourism Sciences (IJTS), International Scientific Journal - TURIZAM, International Scientific Journal Geographica Pannonica,
Island Dynamics: Occasional Papers, OTTOMAN: Journal of Tourism and Management Research, Revista de Turism Journal (Journal of Tourism), Tourism and Hospitality Management
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