Becoming common plantain: metaphor, settler responsibility, and decolonizing tourismby Michela J. Stinson,Bryan S. R. GrimwoodandKellee CatonAs tourism scholars have turned to matters of reflexivity, epistemology, and ethics in research and practice, questions have been raised about how those in positions of privilege ought to situate their knowledge/power and take responsibility for enacting justice. In this presentation, we convey and engage the mer...

On the affective capacities of rock climbingbyMichela J. StinsonandBryan S. R. Grimwood Rock climbing is frequently constructed as a tourism practice that exemplifies the rational, masculine, and colonial quest to conquer the chaotic, natural world (Nettlefold & Stratford, 1999). Climbing, in effect, is permeated with discourses that hold nature and culture forever apart. But rock climbing is also a negotiation between many affected bodies—those human an...

Moderator: Prof. Britt Kramvig (UiT) and Dr. Bryan S.R. Grimwood (UWaterloo)In this panel, Scholars and PhD students from UiT The Arctic University of Norway address multiple engagements with sustainability, justice and a quest for a more responsible tourist development in the multiple landscapes and communities in Sápmi/ Arctic Norway. Tourism participates in the making of specific landscapes, at moments interrupting but also destructing indigenous and local landscape practi...

We are living in an era of growing illiberalism and authoritarianism. Tourism scholars must confront this trend and consider what it means for how we understand democracy, justice, and power. Framed by a critical, political economy approach, the presentation situates the illiberal/authoritarian turn within the broader context of a changing neoliberal landscape, which is inspired by, and supportive of, so-called populist (ethno-nationalist) movements, ...