2016-12-01
CfP: Culture, Sustainability, and Place: Innovative Approaches for Tourism Development
The United Nations has designated 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. In this context, the conference "Culture, Sustainability, and Place: Innovative Approaches for Tourism Development" will explore the place and roles of culture within sustainable tourism and local sustainable development. It follows from transdisciplinary work on investigating cultural sustainability across Europe and other international efforts to highlight and understand the roles of culture in sustainable development, and to develop and strengthen our cultural bridges to nature. Invited are proposals for a wide range of papers and workshops addressing the topic of innovative approaches to culture in sustainable tourism for local and regional development. Deadline is 16 December 2016.
The conference aims to bring together artists working with ecological and sustainability issues, cultural heritage and cultural sustainability researchers, local development actors, and tourism practitioners. It will shine a spotlight on issues and approaches to operationalize the inclusion of culture in sustainable tourism for local and regional development, within a co-learning interdisciplinary context.
Event components
- Keynotes
- Plenary panel sessions with discussions among researchers, artists/creators, and practitioners
- Thematic presentation and exchange sessions
- Interactive workshop sessions and pre-conferences based on place-based artistic practices
- Professional development seminars (focused on linking cultural/creative and tourism initiatives)
Key themes
- Culture-nature connections
- Relationships between cultural sustainability and environmental sustainability
- Cultural trends in sustainable tourism
- Tourism as a vehicle to explore cultural landscapes and heritage
- Tourism experiences and the sustainable representation of authenticity
- Cultural mapping and deep mapping as tools for sustainable tourism development
- Artistic inquiry into issues of sustainable culture and tourism
- Understanding place through creative activities and expressions
- Representations of heritage through a cultural tourism lens
- The relationship between sustainable tourism and local development
- Cultural sustainability and tourism
- Relationships between artistic practice, audience development, and tourism
- Linking cultural/creative and environmental tourism initiatives
- Gastronomy, culture, and place
Invite are academics, artists, tourism practitioners, and students to propose presentations or workshops in these areas, or to suggest other innovative and provocative themes.
An international book with selected papers from the conference is in planning.
All information and the proposal form can be found on the conference website.
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