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Call for Papers - New Section of Current Issues in Tourism (published by
Channel View Publications)

'CURRENT ISSUES IN METHOD AND PRACTICE'

As Current Issues in Tourism enters its eighth volume, there is an
opportunity to expand the focus of the Journal by incorporating a new
section that examines current issues in method and practice as they relate
to tourism research.  While the study of tourism and tourists as discrete
but dynamic and interrelated phenomena has grown significantly, there is a
continuing need for regular discussion and dissemination of the means by
which knowledge(s) are formulated, encapsulated and disseminated.  The new
'Current Issues in Method and Practice' section is designed to facilitate
and provide a platform for these discussions.

SCOPE

Examples of questions that can be posed with respect to both the application
of methods and the broader methodological orientation of tourism include:

1. To what extent has Tourism, as either a discipline or field of enquiry,
adopted a strongly reflexive or embodied approach to its subjects?

2. Where does the issue of 'applied' tourism research rest?  In other words,
for whom do we conduct research and how is it disseminated to appropriate
end-users?

3. Can the case be made that some methods are misused in tourism research?
If so, how might this be corrected?

4. When are particular methods considered appropriate?  In other words, what
elements, circumstances and situations dictate the use of particular methods
in tourism research?  How might a 'best practice' of a particular method be
developed, if at all?

IMPLEMENTATION

Short articles and/or research notes that examine explicitly a particular
aspect of research method or methodology as it relates to tourism research
are welcomed. We particularly welcome submissions that have as their focus:

a) a specific methodological issue (for example, issues of ontology and
epistemology in tourism research)

b) an exploration of a particular method (for example, the use of particular
method in tourism research, where the focus is purely on the
operationalisation of that method as opposed to the information it yields)

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

In addition to the submission guidelines associated with full papers for
Current Issues in Tourism (which can be found at
www.business.otago.ac.nz/tourism/current-issues/Submissions.html), the
following guidelines should be followed when submitting a paper for the
Current Issues in Method and Practice section:

1. All submissions to be submitted directly to the Editor - Dr David Timothy
Duval, 'Current Issues in Method and Practice', Current Issues in Tourism,
c/o Channel View Publications, Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria
Road, Clevedon BS21 7HH, England.

2. Submissions should be between 2000 and 5000 words.

All submissions will be anonymously reviewed by two independent assessors.
Please note that it is Channel View's policy not to review papers which are
currently under consideration by other journals.

For further information, please contact:

Dr David Timothy Duval, Editor - 'Current Issues in Method and Practice'
Senior Lecturer
Department of Tourism
University of Otago
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www.business.otago.ac.nz/tourism/current-issues/index.html


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Dr David Timothy Duval, Senior Lecturer, Department of Tourism, School of
Business, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND

Tel 64 3 479 5398 | Mobile 64 0210 423 700 | Fax 64 3 479 9034
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Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Heritage Tourism
(www.channelviewpublications.com)

Editor, 'Current Issues in Methods and Practice' section (Current Issues in
Tourism) (www.otago.ac.nz/tourism/current-issues/index.html)

Internet Editor, Current Issues in Tourism
(www.otago.ac.nz/tourism/current-issues/index.html)