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[ecrea] Encounters: Researchers as Tourists and Travellers

Tue May 04 09:34:06 GMT 2010



Cultural Studies <--> Critical Methodologies
Editor:  Norm Denzin
 
CALL FOR PAPERS
Encounters: Researchers as Tourists AND Travellers
Guest editors:   Keyan G Tomaselli and Andrew Causey

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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