[ecrea] Summer School: IDEAL Tourism - Information and communication technologies for promotion and development of sustainable tourism around cultural and natural destinations.

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The Summer School IDEAL Tourism - Information and communication 
technologies for promotion and development of sustainable tourism around 
cultural and natural destinations. The case of the UNESCO World Heritage 
Sites, is organised and promoted by Università della Svizzera italiana 
(Lugano, Switzerland) by the UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote 
sustainable tourism in the World Heritage Sites.

Details:
The Summer School IDEAL-Tourism seeks to contribute to capacity building 
and knowledge advancement in the interdisciplinary research field, cross 
fertilizing tourism and technology studies, and in particular around the 
use of ICTs for the promotion and development of sustainable tourism at 
cultural and natural destinations.
It will blend online activities as well as a two-weeks residential seminar.
Online activities will start two months before the residential seminar, 
and will comprise preparatory readings and discussion activities.
The residential seminar will feature lectures by leading international 
scholars (including Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni, Prof. Marcel Danesi, Prof. 
John Traxler, and Prof. Font Xavier), as well as applied skills seminars 
on research methods lead by expert post-doc researchers. In addition 
participants will develop a group-work project.

Dates:
August 25-September 5, 2014
Place:
Università della Svizzera italiana, USI Lugano – Switzerland

How to apply:
Please send your CV and a one-page motivation letter to 
(unescochair /at/ usi.ch) no later than March 31, 2014. Tuition is 1989.- chf 
(early birds: 1450.- chf).
Detailed schedule of the summer school will be provided in due time.
For information about accommodation and other issues do not hesitate to 
contact (unescochair /at/ usi.ch)

Sponsors and Partners:
The Summer school is supported by the Swiss Commission for Research 
Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE).
More information:
http://www.unescochair.usi.ch/activities-2/summer-school

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Sara Vannini
PhD Candidate
ICT4D Activities Coordinator
NewMinE Lab - Università della Svizzera italiana
via G. Buffi, 13 - 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
Tel. +41 58 666 4674
(Mozambique: +258 820689223)
mailto: (sara.vannini /at/ usi.ch)

Personal website: http://www.saravannini.com
RE-ACT website: http://www.react-project.ch

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