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The University of the West Indies

in association with the

University of Surrey, UK


CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
1ST INTERNATIONAL TOURISM CONFERENCE

Beyond the boundary: Creating new epistemologies in tourism

8-11 December 2009, Bridgetown (Barbados)


Conference Organiser:
The Department of Management Studies
The University of the West Indies
Cave Hill Campus
Barbados



Rationale

Since the latter half of the twentieth century, the world has witnessed
unparalleled change at both global and local levels with issues such as
terrorism, globalisation, sustainability, climate change, poverty
alleviation and migration assuming centre stage.  The demise of the
Soviet Union almost two decades ago seemed to sound the death knell of
socialist experiments but the recent collapse of international and
national financial markets have also brought capitalist systems into
question.  In this context it is clear that traditional ways of seeing
and knowing no longer provide adequate explanations for the rapid pace
of global and local change.  Tourism, which represents the largest
voluntary movement of people across international boundaries, has not
been untouched by these changes. While there have been some notable
contributions with respect to critical approaches to tourism knowledge,
there appears to still be a predominance of normative discourses and
practices within tourism which fail to take account of, or even provide
explanations of tourism within the context of rapid global and local
change.  

It is therefore becoming increasingly evident that there is a need to
look 'beyond the boundary' of normative discourses and practices of
tourism by embracing cross disciplinary perspectives which can provide
more plausible explanations for tourism phenomena within the context of
the 21st century.

Aim

Against this background, this conference seeks to cross the disciplinary
divide and invites colleagues and students from the widest array of
disciplines to explore tourism phenomena through new methodological,
ontological and epistemological lenses.  Ultimately it is hoped that
this conference will in some way contribute to cross-disciplinary
dialogues in tourism which can advance tourism knowledge and practice.  


Conference Tracks

Areas of interest for the conference include but are not limited to
papers which look 'beyond the boundary' between:

*	Tourism and Geography  
*	Tourism and Anthropology
*	Tourism and Demography
*	Tourism and Sociology
*	Tourism and Economics
*	Tourism and the Environment
*	Tourism and Cultural Studies
*	Tourism and the Media
*	Tourism and Political Science
*	Tourism and Health
*	Tourism and Gender
*	Tourism and Management
*	Tourism and History
*	Tourism and International Relations
*	Tourism and Sexuality
*	Tourism and Poverty alleviation
*	Tourism and Disability
*	Tourism and Education
*	Tourism and Accounting


Submission Guidelines:

*	Selection of papers will be based on abstract submissions.
Working papers will also be accepted. Abstracts should not exceed 500
words, 1.5 space, typed pages.

*	Indicate the author's name, affiliation and contact information
(phone number and email address) only on the cover page of the abstract.
Only the primary author will be notified regarding the outcome of the
paper review process.

*	Submit abstracts to the Conference Co-ordinator, Dr. Sherma
Roberts, by email:
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*	Only original manuscripts not previously published or presented
at another conference/forum should be submitted

*	For all accepted paper presentations, at least one (1) of the
authors must register for and present the paper at the conference


Conference Deadlines


Submission of Abstracts
	6 March 2009	
Notification of Acceptance/rejection
	27 March 2009	
Full Paper submission
	8 May 2009	



Dr. Donna Chambers
Lecturer in Tourism Studies
Programme Director MSc International Event Management
Faculty of Management and Law
University of Surrey
Guildford
GU2 7XH
Tel: 01483 686360
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