Date:
Location:
MACS 129
On Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 the College of Business and Economics is hosting guest speaker Dr. Heather Mair from the University of Waterloo. Dr. Mair's seminar is entitled "Tourism as Pedagogy?" Dr. Mair's seminar is scheduled from 3:30 - 5:00pm in MACS 129.
Please note Dr. Mair is currently spending her sabbatical in SEDRD and is housed in LA 144. Also Dr. Mair is a graduate of the Rural Studies PhD program.
Please note Dr. Mair is currently spending her sabbatical in SEDRD and is housed in LA 144. Also Dr. Mair is a graduate of the Rural Studies PhD program.
Abstract:
The presentation will build on an ongoing interest in tourism and critical pedagogies. Asking: "What does tourism teach?" I will unpack the ideologically-laden messages reinforced by most tourism development and point towards opportunities for tourism to instead plant the seeds for critical thinking and consciousness-raising. If we accept that tourism is always a "pedagogical act" we need to ask not just: what does tourism teach? but: what could tourism teach?
