[Commlist] PhD vacancy - Minority representation in European heritage, tourism and media

*PhD: Minority representation in European heritage, tourism and media*
*Erasmus University Rotterdam*
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*Project*

This PhD project critically examines how ethnic, religious, and sexual 
minorities are represented within European heritage tourism, with 
particular attention to sites shaped by popular culture and media 
exposure. Film, television, literature, music, games, and digital 
platforms play a key role in producing tourism imaginaries: shared 
narratives that define what heritage means, whose histories are made 
visible, and who is positioned as belonging. These imaginaries are 
shaped not only by cultural storytelling but also by governance 
frameworks and risk-management logics that increasingly frame heritage 
sites as spaces requiring protection and control; acting as spaces of 
inclusion and exclusion.
The project draws on media studies and critical heritage studies to 
analyse heritage tourism as a mediated and power-laden field where 
representation, regulation, and access intersect. Through multi-sited 
qualitative ethnography at selected media-related and popular-culture 
heritage sites across Europe and its overseas countries and territories, 
it examines how minority narratives are framed, contested, or 
marginalised within interpretative strategies, diversity policies, and 
everyday site management practices. By foregrounding imaginaries as both 
cultural and governmental constructs, the project explores how inclusion 
and exclusion are co-produced through representation, policy, and 
spatial governance. It seeks to reconcile heritage protection with 
social justice through participatory and reflexive approaches to 
heritage management.
This PhD position (DC-9) is embedded in the MSCA Doctoral Network 
HERITOUR (see below) and is supervised by Prof.dr. Stijn Reijnders, Dr. 
Naomi Oosterman (both Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Prof.dr. Maria 
Lexhagen (Mid Sweden University). PhD candidates will be seconded at Cas 
di Cultura (Aruba) and KORDER (Türkiye).
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*HERITOUR*

HERITOUR is a _Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network_ 
<https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101226351> that examines how the 
cultural heritage and tourism sectors can collaborate more effectively 
to address shared challenges and reduce the negative impacts of tourism. 
Cultural heritage represents a major segment of contemporary tourism, 
yet increasing touristification and overtourism have intensified debates 
about environmental degradation, social disruption, and pressures on 
heritage sites. Although European and international policy frameworks 
promote ethical and sustainable tourism, heritage and tourism 
governance remains fragmented, with sectors operating under different 
institutional structures and 
priorities. HERITOUR investigates how current collaborations function and how cross-sectoral policies can be developed within a democratic and regenerative governance model. 
The project focuses on 
hybridisation, sustainability, resilience, and democratisation, and provides interdisciplinary training for Doctoral Candidates. 


HERITOUR is a collaboration between Erasmus University Rotterdam, 
University of Stavanger, Middle East Technical University, University of 
Aruba, Mid Sweden University, and the University of Granada.
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For more information, please visit: 
https://www.eur.nl/en/working-at-eur/vacancies/phd-minority-representation-european-heritage-tourism-and-media 
<https://www.eur.nl/en/working-at-eur/vacancies/phd-minority-representation-european-heritage-tourism-and-media>
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