Resorting to the Coast, Blackpool :: Call for papers till 2 February 2009
(2008 11 09 00:12)
The international and multi-disciplinary conference Resorting to the Coast: Tourism, Heritage and Cultures of the Seaside is planned on June 25-29, 2009 in Blackpool in UK. It aims at crossing the disciplinary boundaries concerning the subject of the coastline and its role in tourism.
Therefore the organisers call for papers in various 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. The conference will give an opportunity to look at the relationship between tourism and the coast from different angles and create a new network for scholars, policy makers and professionals.
The issues the conference will address include:
- The patterns and trends in how tourists mobilise the resources of sea, sand and shore,
- Ways in which coastal communities have adapted to tourism,
- Environmental degradation and regeneration of coastal regions and marine ecologies,
- The historical forms, structures and aesthetics of 'seaside' resorts,
- Regeneration of 'historic' resorts,
- Continuing multi-national development of 'pristine' coastlines,
- Inclusivities and exclusivities in coastal resorts,
- Changing beach and seaside holiday 'traditions'.
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