[Gandur] Fw: call for papers

[Terry Gunnell]

> call for papers:
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> Journeys of Expression VII
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> Celebrating the Edges of the World: Tourism and Festivals of the Coast and
> Sea
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> February 29th -  Marts 1st, 2008
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> Venue: University of Iceland, Reykjavík
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> Organisers: Geography and Tourism studies Department, University of 
> Iceland;
> Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
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> Partners: Visit Reykjavík; International Festivals and Events Association
> Europe
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> Journeys of Expression VI will bring together researchers who share
> interests in festivals, cultural events and associated tourism in coastal
> settings. The conference encourages contributions from contrasting but
> related theoretical and conceptual approaches from Social Science and
> Humanities disciplinary perspectives.
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> Communities inhabiting coastal settlements around the world have long
> celebrated the harvest of the sea and appeased and appealed to the gods of
> the ocean through festivals and events. The coast has also been the focus 
> of
> tourist attraction for many years as a liminal space for mental and 
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> recreation, whether in large scale seaside resorts, as ports of
> (dis)-embarkation for cruise and liner passengers, or in remote and
> beautiful coastal areas and fishing harbours. Here tourists may encounter
> community celebrations and festivities whether incidentally and unplanned 
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> as packaged by tourism and cultural agencies and operators in coastal
> locations.
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> The phenomenon of coastal community festivals and tourism suggests a 
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> of areas for research. How do festival and tourism intersect at the sea
> shore? What are the distinguishing characteristics of festivals of the 
> coast
> and sea? How do these vary between communities worldwide? What are the
> consequences of the decline in fisheries for coastal communities and how 
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> tourism and festivals relate to such decline? How may tourism and 
> festivals
> contribute to 'regeneration' in urban ports that have experienced profound
> social and economic changes? How have festivals and tourism contributed to
> change in 'traditional' seaside, holiday resorts? What are the 
> implications
> for tourism and festivals of population changes, whether depopulation as a
> consequence of economic decline or repopulation in second home 
> 'communities'
> ? Is the cruise industry itself 'festivalizing' and what are the links
> between this growing sector and tourism and festivals of the coast and 
> sea?
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> In the tradition of the Journeys of Expressions conference series, we wish
> to encourage an interdisciplinary debate on the suggested themes and 
> welcome
> paper proposals from academics from various disciplinary backgrounds
> including: tourism studies, festival studies, geography, sociology,
> anthropology, cultural studies, cultural geography, politics, etc. If you
> wish to submit a paper proposal, please send a 300-word abstract with full
> address and institutional affiliation details as an electronic file to Dr.
> Philip Long (p.e.long at leedsmet.ac.uk). The deadline for the reception of
> abstracts is 14th December 2007. Please find regularly updated information
> regarding this conference, registration procedures and (at a later stage) 
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> programme at our website www.tourism-culture.com.
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