[ecrea] Encounters: Researchers as Tourists and Travellers

> Cultural Studies <-->
> Critical Methodologies
> Editor:  Norm Denzin
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> CALL FOR PAPERS
> Encounters: Researchers as Tourists AND Travellers
> Guest editors:   Keyan G Tomaselli and Andrew Causey
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> Writing on tourism research is often akin to that of forensic accounting:
> humorless and persnickety in the extreme. Articles in some high impact
> tourism journals manage to drain the lifeblood out of the most
> interesting topics, usually by prefacing their work with extensive
> literature reviews that go back to the 19th century and then plod slowly
> forward, embalming theories at each stop along the way.
>
> We invite papers which explore how academics encounter their research
> sites, subjects and even their own holiday destinations. Autoethnography
> would offer one of a number of key research methods into studies of our
> own back yards and/or far away places. Tourism guides like the Lonely
> Planet and Bradt series, though often anecdotal, do offer sometimes
> intriguing insights and guidance into local norms, cultures and
> practices. These guides themselves need to be studied, critiqued, and
> analysed through both theoretical and methodological lenses, and of
> course in the field itself.
>
> Papers should offer new methods and ways of doing research, based on
> empirical experiences and theoretical revisions. We are looking for
> submissions which offer theorised diaries of actual researcher-researched
> experiences which develop new ways of researching and particularly,
> writing, through which new insights are generated and new research is
> inspired.
> Papers should reach us by 31 July 2010. The manuscript (including
> abstract, notes, references and quotations) should be double spaced,
> prepared in accordance with the APA system (Publication Manual of the
> American Psychological Association, 5th Edition:
>
> http://www.uwsp.edu/PSYCH/apa4b.htm) and should not exceed 30 pages
> (including tables, figures and references). The title page must include
> all authors' names, affiliations and highest professional degrees; the
> corresponding author's postal address, email address, telephone number;
> and a brief biographical statement. Papers should not have been
> previously published, or simultaneously submitted to another journal, if
> in substantially similar form or with substantially similar content.
> Authors in doubt about what constitutes prior publication should consult
> the editors. Electronic copies should be simultaneously submitted to
> Andrew Causey
> (acausey /at/ colom.edu) and
> Keyan Tomaselli
> (tomasell /at/ ukzn.ac.za)
> Submitting authors should contact the editors for further information
> regarding submission procedures.
> Guest Editors
> Andrew Causey
> Dept of Anthropology
> Columbia College
> Chicago
>
>
> Keyan G Tomaselli
> Centre for Communication, Media and Society
> University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
> http://ccms.ukzn.ac.za
>
>
>

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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