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)>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
<mailto:(colom.edumacausey /at/ colom.edu)>(acausey /at/ colom.edu) and Keyan
Tomaselli <mailto:(tomasell /at/ ukzn.ac.za)>(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
Proto Centre for Communication, Media and Society
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
<http://ccms.ukzn.ac.za>http://ccms.ukzn.ac.za
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