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Dear Colleagues, Please consider proposing a paper for our panel in the conference: “On Time”: The Biennial Conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society, Helsinki, 29–30 August 2019. Time in touristic areas Tourism is both bound up with yet a contradictory activity in terms of the concept of time. On the one hand, tourists often seek an idyllic past (or present) – unspoilt by modernity. On the other hand, contemporary tourists usually expect modern comforts and services during their trips. Tourism can be defined as a temporary liminal experience where “time stops” for the duration of one’s holiday. At the same time, the host communities live their everyday lives in those same locations – for them it is not a question of liminality. This panel seeks to investigate the understandings and potential contradictions related to time in touristic areas and in tourist encounters. This panel welcomes papers which discuss, for example, the following themes: Do tourists view time differently by being located in different spaces away from home? Is time different for different tourists? For example, does time stop, slow down or speed up during a touristic experience? Is time measured differently by tourists–that is, through sensorial/affective experiences (ie watching the sunset on a beach), and/or rituals of eating, drinking and having fun? How is time conceptualised in the context of extreme tourist experiences or among long-term tourists? How do host communities experience the peak tourist seasons and the off-peak seasons? Do they hold different understandings of time from the tourists they cater to? Are these temporal understandings in contradiction with one another? Can “tourist time” be interrupted, and by which factors (e.g. political, social, or environmental)? Panel conveners: Mari Korpela, Tampere University Pamila Gupta, WiSER, University of the Witwatersrand If you are interested in joining this panel, please send your name, affiliation and the abstract (max. 250 words) to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and [log in to unmask] by April 1st, 2019 More information on the conference can be found here: http://www.antropologinenseura.fi/en/events/anthropology-conference-2019/ Yours sincerely, Mari Korpela and Pamila Gupta Dr. Mari Korpela senior lecturer/yliopistonlehtori Adjunct professor/ dosentti (sosiaali- ja kulttuuriantropologia) President of the Finnish Anthropological Society/ Suomen Antropologisen seuran esimies Faculty of Social Sciences Linna room 5058 33014 Tampere University Finland tel. + 358 50 318 6131 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://people.uta.fi/~mari.korpela/ ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/Anthropology-Matters * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new * * CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com * * an international directory of anthropology researchers * To unsubscribe please click here: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ANTHROPOLOGY-MATTERS&A=1 ***************************************************************