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Dear List Members
The Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change (CTCC), Leeds Metropolitan
University would like to remind you of the following forthcoming
conference that might be of interest to you:
Resorting to the Coast:
Tourism, Heritage and Cultures of the Seaside
25-29 June 2009
Blackpool, United Kingdom
organised by
Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change
&
Institute of Northern Studies
Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
www.tourism-culture.com
Globally, coastlines are arguably the most important sites for tourist
activity and tourism development. The various combinations of sea and
shore have become highly popular and successful attractions, and a
majority of the world's leisure tourists cling to these liminal spaces
at the margins of the land. The lure of the 'seaside', the beach, and
the resorts which have evolved to service and entertain tourists, is
immensely powerful, reflecting a long standing but ever-changing
relationship between humans and the oceans. The dominance of coastal
tourism within the modern period has generated a wealth of issues which
this conference seeks to address, including: The patterns and trends in
how tourists mobilise the resources of sea, sand and shore; Ways in
which coastal communities have adapted to tourism; Environmental
degradation and regeneration of coastal regions and marine ecologies;
The historical forms, structures and aesthetics of 'seaside' resorts;
Regeneration of 'historic' resorts; Continuing multi-national
development of 'pristine' coastlines; Inclusivities and exclusivities in
coastal resorts; Changing beach and seaside holiday 'traditions'.
In addressing such issues this major international and
multi-disciplinary conference seeks to promote dialogue across
disciplinary boundaries on a global stage. We therefore welcome papers
from: anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art and design history,
cultural geography, cultural studies, ethnology and folklore, history,
heritage studies, landscape studies, linguistics, museum studies,
political science, sociology, tourism studies and urban/spatial
planning. The event will seek to draw upon ideas, cases and best
practice from international scholars and help develop new understandings
of the relationships between tourism and the coast. It will also provide
a major networking opportunity for international scholars, policy makers
and professionals.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Key themes of interest to the conference include:
* Histories of coastal tourism developments and resorts;
* Regeneration of coastal economies;
* Social and environmental impacts of coastal developments;
* Representations of seaside holidays in popular culture;
* Worker migrations to coastal sites;
* Beach behaviours and traditions;
* Myths of the sea and coastal communities;
* Coastal resort art and architecture;
* Tourist coastal colonies.
Please submit a 300 word abstract including title and full contact
details as an electronic file to the conference manager Daniela Carl
([log in to unmask]). You may submit your abstract as soon as possible
but no later than 2nd February 2009.
CONTACT
For further details on the conference please visit:
http://www.tourism-culture.com/pop_up/forthcoming_conferences.html?PAGE=
3
or contact us at:
Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change
Faculty of Arts and Society
Leeds Metropolitan University
Old School Board, Calverley Street
Leeds LS1 3ED, United Kingdom.
Tel. +44 (0) 113 812 8541 or Fax +44 (0) 113 812 8544
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Daniela Carl
Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change
Faculty of Arts & Society
Leeds Metropolitan University
Old School Board
Calverley Street
Leeds
LS1 3ED
UK
phone +44 (0)113- 812 8541
fax +44 (0)113- 812 8544
www.tourism-culture.com
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Forthcoming Events
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Balancing Socio-Cultural, Artistic, Tourism and Commercial Dimensions of
Festivals
18 - 20 March 2009, Bratislava, Slovakia
Traditions and Transformations:
Tourism, Heritage and Cultural Change in the Middle East and North
Africa Region
4-7 April 2009, Amman, Jordan
Resorting to the Coast:
Tourism, Heritage and Cultures of the Seaside
25-29 June 2009, Blackpool, United Kingdom
11th Royal Anthropological Institute International Festival of
Ethnographic Film
1-4 July 2009, Leeds, United Kingdom
Emotion in Motion:
The Passions of Tourism, Travel and Movement
4-7 July 2009, Leeds, United Kingdom
New MA Course
MA Cultural Tourism
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