[Commlist] Call for Chapters: Urban Tourism, Viral Society and the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic

  Call for Chapters: Urban Tourism, Viral Society and the Impact of the
  Covid-19 Pandemic

*Editors: *Pedro Andrade, University of Minho, Portugal and Moisés de 
Lemos Martins, University of Minho, Portugal

**

*Introduction*

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Portugal was chosen as the world’s best 
tourism destination for 3 consecutive years (2017-2019), and Lisbon was 
designated as the Best City Destination and City Break at the World 
Travel Awards event (2020), besides conquering the title of Lisbon Green 
Capital 2020 (2020). Furthermore, Braga won recently a contest for its 
designation as a Unesco Creative City of Media Arts (Braga,2020).

After the rising of Coronavirus, everything changed. As soon as in the 
first months of the pandemic, global lost revenue was estimated at € 273 
billion. In particular, risks in the tourism activities provoked a very 
serious crisis in the sector: 300 million losses mean a 56% drop in 
comparison with the same period of 1999 (World Tourism 
Organization-UNWTO, 2020). At the beginning of the 2020 summer high 
tourism season (middle of July), a poll showed major tendencies on 
preferred tourism destinations in the world, by Germans, Italians, 
French and Spanish tourists, underlining some major changes after the 
pandemic emergence (Pollet,2020).

*Objective*

To cope with such a dramatic situation, this book, among other purposes, 
aims to study the emergent social risk ‘Covid-19’, in particular in what 
concerns urban tourism, and its economic, political and cultural causes 
and impacts. This may contribute to a sustainable and healthier urban 
life, namely to help different social actors to cope with risks within 
travelling localities: local citizens, tourists, marginalities 
(pensioners, disabled people and migrants), etc.

To achieve such a goal, the book intends to gather:

– Theoretical essays, in order to analyze the economic, ecological, 
sociological, demographic, political, cultural and discursive dimensions 
of tourism activities, under the new Covid-19 pandemic’s conjuncture.

– Empirical case studies on tourism structural processes and travelling 
daily life within urban risks’ contexts.

On both of these directions, among other ideas, authors are invited to 
contribute to the proposition of a practical global/local solidarity and 
business model, for information and knowledge dissemination about and 
against the pandemic causes and impact of the pandemic on touristic 
activities. E.g. to include suggestions, to be used by social actors who 
are travelling or receiving travellers (tourists, migrants, local 
citizens), to better cope with Covid-19. This may augment their 
reciprocal social solidarity, inclusive practices, citizenship education 
and lifelong learning opportunities, within a safe, resilient and 
sustainable city. Such recommendations may also inspire more specific 
socioeconomic stakeholders connected with the tourism sector, such as 
medium/small corporations (travel agencies), institutions (universities, 
museums), ONGs, associations and local communities, to develop and 
diffuse these or other anti-pandemic instruments and strategies.

*Target Audience*

This book is targeted to social stakeholders connected, directly or 
indirectly, with tourism activities and studies, within the context of 
the Covid-19 pandemic.

This includes both state regulators/regulations (tourism and public 
health policies and politics, vaccination certificates, etc.), and civil 
society actors, such as professionals within tourism industries and 
services, in the areas of travelling, hotels, restoration, leisure and 
culture.  This may help the creation of jobs and the development of good 
practices adapted to the pandemic threat, such as the enhancement of 
information and knowledge sharing and transfer, among universities, 
innovating industries (spin-offs, startups), tourism agencies, museums, etc.

On the research side, teachers, students and other social agents within 
scientific communities, may establish connections with the 
above-mentioned stakeholders, by developing reflections, technologies 
and ideas to cope with social and travelling risks and needs under the 
pandemic.

In particular, the proposed book intends to develop a scientific daily 
research ethos within the academy, which may disseminate content among 
external users, who hopefully may also become co-authors of knowledge 
produced collectively in this way.

*Recommended Topics*

Some perspectives and topics to be considered by authors are, but are 
not limited to, the following issues:

*1. Possible theories for discussing travel and tourism within the 
contemporary violent/virulent social fabric:*
Urban mobilities and tourism (John Urry); Risk society (Ulrich Beck)
Postcolonial studies (Homi Bhabha); Network society (Manuel Castells), etc.

*2. Methodology suggestions for studying urban tourism in the age of 
Covid-19:*
Interviews; surveys; direct observations via photos and video; content 
and discourse analysis; new media and digital methods; new apps and 
guides for urban and touristic circulation.

*3. Case studies about the impact of Covid-19 on the urban fabric and 
tourism activities:*
Travelling across local and global pandemic realities
The role of socio-economic stakeholders on the new ‘viral economy/viral 
ecology’ of tourism
The coverage of the Corona viral effects on tourism, by mass media and 
social media
The impact of the pandemic on culture and the arts, whether in the 
countries visited or in the countries where tourists originate

*4. Viral wars: debates for the next decade:*
The new vaccines’ industries and services for citizens and tourists
The transformations of lifestyles and of travel by the virus
Debates on citizenship and public opinion about travelling under the 
pandemic
Political struggles for/against vaccination and the use of masks across 
the urban circulation
Migrations and intercultural dialogues under the virus threat

*5. The new vocabulary/glossary of the pandemic, articulated with travel:*
‘Covid-19’ (meaning precisely the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 
infection; ‘SARS-CoV-2’ (i.e., the new coronavirus detected in China at 
the end of 2019, and an acronym of  ‘severe acute respiratory syndrome – 
coronavirus 2’; ‘confinement/deconfinement’; ‘social remobility’, 
‘mobile locative culture/tourism’, ‘communicative tourism’; ‘tourism 
3.0’; ‘viral tourism’, etc.

*6. The day after Covid-19 (since 2020):*
The phenomenon of ‘viral risk tourism’
The ‘viral society’ emerging paradigm

*7. Practical measures to fight the social impact of Coronavirus:*
Novel travelling economic and ecological solutions
New political conscience and actions on urban confinement and deconfinement
Unprecedented cultural and discursive means, methods and media about 
travelling

*Submission Procedure*

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before 
*October 25, 2021*, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly 
explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. 
Authors will be notified by *November 8, 2021,* about the status of 
their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.

Full chapters are expected to be submitted by *February 22, 2021*, and 
all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript 
submissions 
<https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/>. 
All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. 
Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts 
submitted to this book publication, /Urban Tourism, Viral Society, and 
the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic/. All manuscripts are accepted based 
on a double-blind peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery^® 
 online submission manager.

*Publisher*

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea 
Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the “Information 
Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information 
Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering 
Science Reference” imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing 
reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring 
academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but 
not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, 
business and management, information science and technology, 
engineering, public administration, library and information science, 
media and communication studies, and environmental science. More 
information regarding the publisher, here <https://www.igi-global.com/>. 
This publication is anticipated to be released in 2022.

*Important Dates:*

*October 25, 2021*: Proposal Submission Deadline
*November 8, 2021*: Notification of Acceptance
*February 22, 2022*: Full Chapter Submission
*April 22, 2022*: Review Results Returned
*June 3, 2022*: Final Acceptance Notification
*Jun 17, 2022*: Final Chapter Submission

*Contacts:*

Pedro Andrade
University of Minho
(pjoandrade /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(pjoandrade /at/ gmail.com)>

Moisés de Lemos Martins
University of Minho
(moisesm /at/ ics.uminho.pt) <mailto:(moisesm /at/ ics.uminho.pt)>

*Classifications*
Social Sciences and Humanities; Media and Communications

More information, here 
<https://www.igi-global.com/book/urban-tourism-viral-society-impact/283955#description>.

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