You are warmly invited to join the following free online symposium:
19th and 20th of June 2024
Slowing Down: Tourism and Leisure Scholarship and Practice in the Era of
the Anthropocene II
A free online symposium
To book your ticket please use this link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slowing-down-tickets-840027283217?aff=YBS
This free event is organised as part of a collaboration between Geographies of Leisure and Tourism Research Group (GLTRG), Tourism Education Futures Initiative (TEFI) and Tourism RESET.
This will be the second time the symposium takes place, after its great success in 2023.
Please find below and attached more information about the programme and confirmed speakers:
Day 1:
Session 1: The Slow Movement in Academia and Beyond with Dr Tijana Rakić (De Montfort University, UK) and Prof Kellee Caton (Thompson Rivers University, Canada)
Session 2: We are not ok with Dr Stefanie Benjamin (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA), Dr Brendan Paddison (York St John University, UK), and Dr Karla Boluk (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Session 3: Nature Matters: a love letter to nature and a call to action to protect it with Dr Jenny Hall and Dr Brendan Paddison (York St John University, UK)
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Day 2:
Session 4: Reflecting on progress with UNWTO SDGs in times of crises with Dr Raymond Rastegar (Griffith University, Australia), Dr Alberto Amore (University of Oulu, Finland), Dr Karla Boluk (University of Waterloo, Canada) and Mahshad Akhoundoghli (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Session 5: Re-negotiating leisure, events and tourism in the age of Anthropocene with Dr Alberto Amore (University of Oulu, Finland), Dr Solène Prince (Linnaeus University, Sweden), Dr Barbara Grabher
(University of Brighton, UK), Dr Valeria Pecoreli (University of Iulm, Italy), and Dr Jenny Hall (York St John University, UK)
Session 6: The Dark Matters: an exploration of our relationship with the Dark Skies with Dr Jenny Hall and Dr Brendan Paddison (York St John University, UK)
Session 7: Degrowth in tourism and leisure: recalibrating the balance between people and environment with Dr Christina Cavaliere (Colorado State University, USA), Prof Sandro Carnicelli (University of the West of Scotland, UK), and Dr Bailey Ashton Adie (University of Oulu, Finland)
Session 8: Where next? With Dr Stefanie Benjamin (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA) and Dr Karla Boluk (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Yoga/Breathing Session – an all-time favourite to help you slow down with Dr Nancy Stevenson (University of Westminster, UK)
Please do let us know if you have any questions and we look forward to welcoming you to the symposium.
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