CRITICAL TOURISM STUDIES

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For questions about the conference accommodation and venue contact the technical secretariat, email info@uibcongres.org

For academic requests contact the co-chairs of the conference Kellee Caton Kcaton@tru.ca and Ana María Munar amm.int@cbs.dk

UNDERSTAND TOURISM - CHANGE TOURISM

UNDERSTAND OURSELVES - CHANGE OURSELVES

June 25-29, 2017, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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Welcome to a critical and hopeful dialogue about contexts, moralities, knowledges, the world, and the self. We invite contributions ranging from the traditionally intellectual to the innovative, artistic, and experiential. We welcome any submissions that fit under the broad umbrella of critical tourism studies and especially encourage submissions relating to the following themes:

Critical Explorations of Systems and Moments

WALLS, WIRES, AND FAST TRACKS: THE MOBILITIES OF SOME AND THE IMMOBILITIES OF OTHERS
RELATIONBITS: EXPLORING HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTIONS AND DIGITAL WORLDS, COMMUNITIES, AND CULTURES
SHAKES AND SHOCKS: POLITICALLY-LOADED CRISES AND REACTIONS IN TOURISM PLACES
ECOLOGIES OF CARE: LIVING RELATIONALLY WITH OTHERS AND WITH OUR PLANET

Critical Responses to Essentialism and Erasure

I AM NOT A NUMBER: CELEBRATING THE PERSONAL AND THE SUBJECTIVE, CHALLENGING METRICS AND CAREERISM
BEING AND BECOMING: GENDERS, ETHNICITIES, SEXUALITIES, AND IDENTITIES
TIME TO LISTEN: CHALLENGING INEQUITIES OF REPRESENTATION, LEARNING AND COMMITTING TO HEAR OTHERS
OPEN SESAME: PLURAL KNOWABILITIES AND EPISTEMOLOGIES

Hopeful Imaginaries and Practices

ANOTHER ECONOMY IS POSSIBLE: ALTERNATIVES TO GROWTH AND EXPLOITATION
SENSE OF PURPOSE: ACTION, AGENCY, AND EMPOWERMENT IN TOURISM AND IN THE ACADEMY
CELEBRATE: ONTOLOGIES AND EPISTEMOLOGIES OF HOPE, LOVE, AND JOY
RETHINKING TOURISM EDUCATION: PEDAGOGICAL AND CURRICULAR INNOVATION, TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING, LIFELONG LEARNING—TOWARD WHAT ENDS?