[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: Tourism, Heritage and Cultural Change in the MidEast and N-Afr (4 - 7 April 2009, Amman, Jordan)

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Call for Papers: Tourism, Heritage and Cultural Change in the MidEast and
N-Afr

The Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change/ Leeds Metropolitan University
is pleased to announce the following forthcoming conference that might be
of interest to you:

Traditions and Transformations:

Tourism, Heritage and Cultural Change in the Middle East and North Africa
Region

4 - 7 April 2009, Amman, Jordan

Tourism is a well established phenomenon across the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA) Region and despite political instabilities it demonstrates
remarkable resilience. As well as being a major economic force and a key
driver for development, tourism is also an important mechanism for social
exchange and identity building at both the individual and regional/national
levels. Over recent years the rate of tourism development has increased
substantively. Multi-national investments in hotels, resort complexes and
infrastructure, together with major heritage conservation projects are
catalysing significant social changes (such as shifting patterns of labour
migration and the testing of 'traditional' values and practices),
environmental changes (at the aesthetic level and in terms of physical
change), and political changes (re-orientation of alliances and new
globalised relationships).


The aims of this major international and multi-disciplinary conference are:
To critically explore the major issues facing the MENA region with regard
to the development of tourism and its relationships with heritage and
culture; To draw upon ideas, cases and best practice from international
scholars and help develop new understandings and research
capacities regarding the relationships between tourism, heritage and
culture in the MENA Region and; To provide a major networking opportunity
for international scholars, policy makers and professionals.



CALL FOR PAPERS


In this major conference we seek to examine the phenomenon of tourism
across the Middle East and North Africa Region and its changing
relationships with heritage and culture. We wish to promote dialogue across
disciplinary boundaries and thus we welcome papers from the following
disciplines: anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art and design
history, cultural geography, cultural studies, ethnology and folklore,
history, heritage studies, landscape studies, linguistics, museum studies,
political science, sociology, tourism studies and urban/spatial planning.

Key themes of interest to the conference include:

* Histories, mobilities, and the symbolic / political economies of tourism
* Tourism in the construction of places / spaces / nations
* The role of archaeology in contemporary tourism
* Structures / infrastructures of international tourism - building/
architecture/ design for tourism & tourists
* Tourism and the role of the museum
* The conservation of heritage for tourism
* The practices and performances of 'tradition'
* Tourist art and art for tourists
* Intangible heritage and its role in tourism
* Rural and urban tourism practices


Please submit a 300 word abstract including title and full contact details
as an electronic file to Prof Mike Robinson (ctcc at leedsmet.ac.uk). You may
submit your abstract as soon as possible but no later than 30th September
2008.

Conference Organisers: Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds
Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, and the Council for British
Research in the Levant, Amman, Jordan.

For further details on the conference please visit:
www.tourism-culture.com or www.cbrl.org.uk or contact us at:

phone +44 (0) 113- 2838541 or email ctcc at leedsmet.ac.uk

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Daniela Carl
Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change
Faculty of Arts & Society
Leeds Metropolitan University
Old School Board
Calverley Street

Leeds
LS1 3ED
UK


phone +44 (0)113- 283 8541
fax +44 (0)113- 283 8544
www.tourism-culture.com


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