In recent years, I have been an active member of two distinct scholarly fields of study: Critical Tourism Studies and Critical Refugee Studies. I have consistently noted remarkable overlaps in the two fields. For example, as critical projects, the fields of Critical Tourism Studies and Critical Refugee Studies share the fundamental objectives of examining border controls and how governmental power normalize...

International tourism and global capitalism is currently in the throes of a series of profound and recurrent crises.  While much of the recent attention has been on the recovery of tourism from the shock triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, and more recently, the intensifying climate crisis, the current conjuncture is marked by a “polycrisis” (Tooze, 2022). It is one moreover, that is compounded by an intensification of political divisions and a legitimation crisis of democracy. This t...

This talk will begin by taking the audience on an exploration of Indigenous-led toxic tours as tools for connecting with and supporting goals of justice and resurgence for place and people alike. Drawing first from the case study of Tar Creek Toxic Tours in northeastern Oklahoma Indian Country and Bobbie's close collaboration with toxic tour leaders, these stories offer an important example of how the impacts of toxic assaults on land, water, air, humans and non-human beings alike continue...

Ah, Lofoten! This arctic island archipelago off the coast of Norway harbors emerald fjords, icy waters and beaches where folk linger to bathe in the midnight sun. Pristine. Stunning. Magic. Norway. But something else lingers here, the alluring scent of money perhaps, as municipalities here turn to nature-based tourism to grow local economies. Tourism to Lofoten has exploded in recent years, and especially to the newly for...

This panel will be a discussion on multilingual scholarship. In an academic world where metrics rules and english language journal are setting the norms, why building multilingual scholarship? What it involves for the scholars who make those choices? Those are the line of inquiry that we will explore in this panel. 

emerge /əˈmərj/ verb gerund or present participle: emerging Move out of or away from something and come into view. become apparent, important, or prominent; become known; recover from or survive a difficult or demanding situation; break out from an egg, cocoon, or pupal case.

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Montreal's reputation as a party town has remained strong over the years, in no small part due to tales about its rumoured and renowned (in equal measure) Red Light District. Sex work, especially in its most visible forms, tends to be recognized as a problem, requiring intervention and eradication. However, over the past century, The City of Montreal has had a far more nuanced relationship to its Red Light District – at times exploiting...

Tourism, identified just a few years ago as an inescapable global phenomenon, has been called into question in terms of its trajectory, its effects and even... its relevance. Theories suggesting that certain countries will catch up on the basis of quantitative criteria, or proposing a set of measures to accelerate economic growth, appear to be clearly out of step with the acceleration in inequalities and the multiplication of climatic challenges observed in recent years. Tourism is at the ...