COVID-19 the intruder: A brief philosophical reflection on strangeness and hospitality, 2020
A philosophical reflection inspired by Jean-Luc Nancy's essay "L'Intrús" and published as part of... more A philosophical reflection inspired by Jean-Luc Nancy's essay "L'Intrús" and published as part of the special issue "Looking forward to a hopeful future", Hospitality Insights, Vol. 4 No. 2 (2020). Edited by Alison McIntosh, Shelagh Mooney and David Williamson https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/hospitality-insights/issue/view/8
Gender-Based Harassment in Tourism Academia: Organisational Collusion, Coercion and Compliance, 2020
This chapter presents a critical synthesis of a range of literature from tourism studies, organiz... more This chapter presents a critical synthesis of a range of literature from tourism studies, organization studies and the wider social sciences, and has two interrelated aims. First, to locate gender-based harassment (GBH) as an issue in the tourism academy and thereby de-isolate, empower and reassure victims/survivors that they are not alone in experiencing such ordeals. Second, by discussing the issue, to create a lexicon for resistance and recovery for those subjected to GBH, which may help them to name and share their experiences. It is argued that higher education (HE) institutions must recognize that they inherently organize in ways that support orderings and behaviours that go unchecked and nurture harassment. The chapter then discusses how, in our neoliberal age, women and other underrepresented groups tend to be isolated and marginalized in HE hierarchies, before examining how GBH occurs in the tourism academy and concluding with an agenda for future enquiry.
Do we need anger to advance an agenda of gender equity? Is love the appropriate emotion or a misp... more Do we need anger to advance an agenda of gender equity? Is love the appropriate emotion or a misplaced emotional reaction in the face of injustice? In this paper I begin by reflecting on the interlinkages between activism and anger, I then apply the thesis presented by the philosopher Martha Nussbaum to examine a series of personal experiences of gender and feminist activism. In her book, Nussbaum (2016) discusses the nature of anger and claims that anger is both a sign of deficient rationality and morally wrong. She defends that if we aim at developing a more just society that contributes to human flourishing we should reject anger and instead encourage a speedy form of transition-anger followed by a further emotional change into love. I enter into dialogue with Nussbaum’s main thesis by examining a number of activist examples that go from the personal and intimate spheres to those of work environments and institutional settings and further to the level of scholarly global networks. This essay finalizes by reflecting on the bumpy emotional dance that links anger and love.
Preprint of Munar, A. M. 2018. Foreword. In: Grimwood, B. S. R. , Mair, H., Caton, K., and Muldoo... more Preprint of Munar, A. M. 2018. Foreword. In: Grimwood, B. S. R. , Mair, H., Caton, K., and Muldoon, M. (Eds.). Tourism and Wellness. Travel for the Good of All?. London: Lexington Books, xi-xiv.
Wellness does not take us by surprise like beauty or wonder. Wellness dwells in places of possibility, trust, and belonging. It does not appear in the flint of a moment; instead, it needs time and nurturing to settle, like the slow growth of the olive tree or the persistent and recurrent waves of the oceans. Its nature resembles the air that we breathe. It may seem invisible, and still it is so necessary for our existence. Wellness allows our being to expand and flourish with a sense of calmness and entitlement; it broadens and strengthens our connection to the world and to others. There are those sites, places, and stories that provide the nurturing for our wellness to set root. We can look back into our lives and find them: sense deep inside our bodies the welcoming of the experiences where oxygen was abundant and compare them to the heaviness of moments of asphyxiating toxicity. At times, wellbeing takes root in the gaze of those who see us through kindness and love. Our whole being can rest and be held by such a gaze. Through the transformative power of this gaze, we may even feel born anew, experiencing a profound revelation of what is to be well. And in moments of sadness or despair, it is the recollection of these gazes which provides us shelter from the alienating present. Sometimes we find such gazes in our closest proximity-from a parent, a friend, a teacher-and other times in surprising contact with a stranger. A core element of wellbeing is to be recognized as a valuable, lovable being. Such a gaze does not only exist in one-to-one relationships: it is also a collective gaze, which can give voice and visibility and allow for societies to flourish. Like the waves of the sea, social wellbeing demands of us a constancy of presence and commitment to each other. It has a historical dimension, being passed from one generation to the next. When social habits, institutional systems, prejudices, and political regimes deprive people of visibility and belonging, what grows instead is mistrust, fear, and anxiety. In these situations, the claim of wellness has a revolutionary potential, like the powerful idea expressed by Audre Lorde that "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare." Indeed, there are different ways humanity can be unseen and unwell. Ways of being and ways of doing can be erased, isolated, or silenced. Anyone who has experienced heartbreak knows the destructive (also self-destructive) energy of becoming dispensable, forgotten. There are forms of collective heartbreak. Social wellbeing depends on our world loving us, on the capacity to create communities and spaces where people and the earth are loved, and where creativity and joy can flourish ...
How does my gender impact upon the field experience? This study addresses this question by analys... more How does my gender impact upon the field experience? This study addresses this question by analysing a challenging personal experience. It examines the personal and emotional negotiations of conducting fieldwork in the Bierstrasse (German for ‘Beer Street’). The Bierstrasse is an iconic drunken/alcohol mass tourism destination in the seaside city of Palma de Majorca, Spain. The popularity and success of the experience of the Bierstrasse are rooted in high alcohol consumption, staged nationalism, touristic rituals of camaraderie, hegemonic masculinity, heteronormativity, sex and borderline behaviours (Munar, 2013). This study is an exercise in self-reflectivity, which aims at revealing the role that gender plays in some aspects of my research life. In this chapter, I apply the theoretical frameworks of positionality and the situatedness of knowledge to critically examine my research practices and emotional negotiations in the landscape of extreme drinking cultures. This chapter is also an attempt to better understand the importance of subjectivity and biography in our seemingly ‘objective’ academic endeavours.
Purpose – What ought we morally to do in a tourism academia dominated by metrics, quantification ... more Purpose – What ought we morally to do in a tourism academia dominated by metrics, quantification and digital codification? The purpose of this paper is to address this question by presenting the idea of 'hyper academia' and exploring ethical perspectives and values related to hyper-digital cultures.
Design- Drawing inspiration from classical and postdisciplinary traditions, the topic is exposed in a creative and multi-layered way using conceptual, philosophical and artistic tools. It is structured in four sections: An introductory essay on gratitude, a philosophical thought experiment, a literary short story and a manifesto.
Findings – Gratitude referencing is a method of personalizing the attribution of influence in scholarship and restoring the importance of depth and slowness over speed, novelty and quantity. The thought experiment allows us to see how we make value judgements on academic work under different scenarios. The dystopian short story shows the radical power that such a genre has to create emotional engagement whilst activating our critical reflexivity. Finally, the manifesto answers the question of what we morally " ought to do " by inviting scholars to engage with five duties. Originality/Value – This article looks beyond previous descriptive studies of academic rankings and metrics, inviting tourism scholars to reflect on the values and moral justifications behind our evaluation cultures.
This handbook encourages dialogue and reflexivity on human relationships and emotions in academic... more This handbook encourages dialogue and reflexivity on human relationships and emotions in academic environments. Fifteen vignettes inspired by real stories are presented. These narratives explore the light and shade of how love, friendship, eroticism, power, sexism, harassment and gendered academic identities and cultures shape our daily working lives. This intervention tool has been designed to be used in workshops, seminars and other forms of academic gatherings. It can also be used and shared freely for information and inspiration among individual academics, in mentoring programs and as an input for competence development of academic leaders and managers. The document includes reflexive questions, a workshop pedagogy and a thematic list of recommended resources.
This concluding essay challenges the tendency in academia to consider feminist epistemologies and... more This concluding essay challenges the tendency in academia to consider feminist epistemologies and gender equality as peripheral when instead they are central to the flourishing of tourism scholarship. We analyze pervasive misconceptions about gender in higher education and present an alternative way of doing academia based on dissent and critical engagement; commitment to democratic practices that allow for different points of view to be shared and accepted as trustworthy; engagement with value judgement in knowledge production; care and accountability in our ways of knowing and teaching, and the establishment of diverse career patterns and decent contractual conditions to researchers so freedom of thought can take place.
This introductory essay argues for the adoption of feminist epistemologies to unpack the role, na... more This introductory essay argues for the adoption of feminist epistemologies to unpack the role, nature and effects of gender (in) equality in our tourism academy. Our focus on tourism academia recognizes the importance of tourism to social life and the crucial role that tourism academics play in knowledge production. We therefore argue for a shift in the focus of extant gender research in tourism away from tourism as a phenomenon to ourselves as tourism academics. We provide an overview of the five papers in this special issue which explore the gendered nature of our academy in diverse contexts, ending with a call for greater self-reflexivity to achieve a more just and equitable tourism academy, thus benefitting both women and men.
This study explores what it means to be a feminist in (tourism) academia. Different understanding... more This study explores what it means to be a feminist in (tourism) academia. Different understandings of feminist identity and their ethical and political dimensions are examined using the method of the vignette. This technique is applied as an autoethnographic and narrative tool that facilitates the exploration of feminism from multiple viewpoints. Three characters, Sheryl-Ana, Gloria-Ana, and Gaga-Ana, are presented, drawing inspiration from the literature and my own life experiences, research and activism in tourism academia. These narratives are followed by a discussion on multiple ways of doing academic feminism and demonstrating our capacities for political engagement.
This report examines the relationship between gender and the Heads of Department group’s leaders... more This report examines the relationship between gender and the Heads of Department group’s leadership practices at Copenhagen Business School. This research project is one of the initiatives of the action plan developed by the Diversity and Inclusion Council at this university. Its aim is two fold. First, it examines the following aspects in relation to gender: 1) Management practices in recruitment and promotion (with a special focus on scouting and nudging); 2) Management practices in establishing and maintaining good work cultures and attractive research environments; 3) Best practices and guidelines for the promotion of diversity and equality, including suggestions for avoiding unconscious bias. Second, this initiative aims to stimulate self-reflexivity and open dialogue on the topic of gender and talent development among CBS’s management groups and between these groups and the Diversity and Inclusion Council. This report’s analysis is divided into six sections: Agency and Structure; Merit and Excellence; Recruitment and Promotion (including a subsection on Scouting and Nudging); Work-Life Balance; Unconscious Bias; Dos and Don’ts of policies and interventions. These sections present and discuss the results of this empirical study. The report concludes with a series of recommended actions.
This chapter introduces a metaphor—the house—and
applies Habermas’ philosophy to examine the envi... more This chapter introduces a metaphor—the house—and applies Habermas’ philosophy to examine the environment where knowledge production takes place. The analysis shows the dominance of “the systemic paradigm,” which is characterized by increased bureaucratization and commercialization. This paradigm has severe consequences for two core features of universities: the open-ended search for deeper understanding and the principle of autonomy. The chapter advances the idea of reclaiming the political dimension of the epistemic endeavor and presents a series of initiatives which help to advance tourism scholarship by non-conforming to the steering conditions of this paradigm and instead reclaiming the personal and subjective; promoting multiple knowledges; and building alternative platforms of knowledge production, cooperation, and dissemination. Keywords: Epistemology; Habermas; higher education; dissent
Postdisciplinarity makes claims on ontological, epistemic, and methodological levels, but it is i... more Postdisciplinarity makes claims on ontological, epistemic, and methodological levels, but it is inevitably a personal philosophical stance. This article represents an existentialist approach to the discourse on postdisciplinarity, offering reflective narratives of three academics. Tomas Pernecky discusses creativity, criticality, freedom, and methodological and epistemic pluralism; Ana María Munar reveals her journey of epistemological awakening; and Brian Wheeller underscores the importance of researchers’ subjective and emotive voice. Jointly, the authors depict postdisciplinarity as an invitation to conceptual and interpretive eclecticism, critical analysis, and creative problem solving. Key words: Constructionism; Existential; Identity; Knowledge; Subjective; Truth
Reviews of Ground Zero, New York on TripAdvisor show a diversity of interpretations. Amidst the c... more Reviews of Ground Zero, New York on TripAdvisor show a diversity of interpretations. Amidst the cacophony of voices, there is communication and a semblance of community. This sense of community—despite the lack of strong coherent and consistent views, a plethora of diverse topics, and heterogeneous perspectives—is brought together and built on chronotopic (time–space) structures. Drawing inspiration from Bakhtin's chronotopes, this chapter shows how spatial and temporal structures are negotiated. The negotiation processes demonstrate that tourists now have a global platform to communicate and are able to stake claims of legitimacy to interpreting foreign heritage. Thus tourists are layering new meanings on historical sites and are contributing to the rewriting of local histories, all as part of glocalization.
A six minutes video presenting the main results and conclusions of the report "The Gender Gap in ... more A six minutes video presenting the main results and conclusions of the report "The Gender Gap in the Tourism Academy" by While Waiting for the Dawn.
COVID-19 the intruder: A brief philosophical reflection on strangeness and hospitality, 2020
A philosophical reflection inspired by Jean-Luc Nancy's essay "L'Intrús" and published as part of... more A philosophical reflection inspired by Jean-Luc Nancy's essay "L'Intrús" and published as part of the special issue "Looking forward to a hopeful future", Hospitality Insights, Vol. 4 No. 2 (2020). Edited by Alison McIntosh, Shelagh Mooney and David Williamson https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/hospitality-insights/issue/view/8
Gender-Based Harassment in Tourism Academia: Organisational Collusion, Coercion and Compliance, 2020
This chapter presents a critical synthesis of a range of literature from tourism studies, organiz... more This chapter presents a critical synthesis of a range of literature from tourism studies, organization studies and the wider social sciences, and has two interrelated aims. First, to locate gender-based harassment (GBH) as an issue in the tourism academy and thereby de-isolate, empower and reassure victims/survivors that they are not alone in experiencing such ordeals. Second, by discussing the issue, to create a lexicon for resistance and recovery for those subjected to GBH, which may help them to name and share their experiences. It is argued that higher education (HE) institutions must recognize that they inherently organize in ways that support orderings and behaviours that go unchecked and nurture harassment. The chapter then discusses how, in our neoliberal age, women and other underrepresented groups tend to be isolated and marginalized in HE hierarchies, before examining how GBH occurs in the tourism academy and concluding with an agenda for future enquiry.
Do we need anger to advance an agenda of gender equity? Is love the appropriate emotion or a misp... more Do we need anger to advance an agenda of gender equity? Is love the appropriate emotion or a misplaced emotional reaction in the face of injustice? In this paper I begin by reflecting on the interlinkages between activism and anger, I then apply the thesis presented by the philosopher Martha Nussbaum to examine a series of personal experiences of gender and feminist activism. In her book, Nussbaum (2016) discusses the nature of anger and claims that anger is both a sign of deficient rationality and morally wrong. She defends that if we aim at developing a more just society that contributes to human flourishing we should reject anger and instead encourage a speedy form of transition-anger followed by a further emotional change into love. I enter into dialogue with Nussbaum’s main thesis by examining a number of activist examples that go from the personal and intimate spheres to those of work environments and institutional settings and further to the level of scholarly global networks. This essay finalizes by reflecting on the bumpy emotional dance that links anger and love.
Preprint of Munar, A. M. 2018. Foreword. In: Grimwood, B. S. R. , Mair, H., Caton, K., and Muldoo... more Preprint of Munar, A. M. 2018. Foreword. In: Grimwood, B. S. R. , Mair, H., Caton, K., and Muldoon, M. (Eds.). Tourism and Wellness. Travel for the Good of All?. London: Lexington Books, xi-xiv.
Wellness does not take us by surprise like beauty or wonder. Wellness dwells in places of possibility, trust, and belonging. It does not appear in the flint of a moment; instead, it needs time and nurturing to settle, like the slow growth of the olive tree or the persistent and recurrent waves of the oceans. Its nature resembles the air that we breathe. It may seem invisible, and still it is so necessary for our existence. Wellness allows our being to expand and flourish with a sense of calmness and entitlement; it broadens and strengthens our connection to the world and to others. There are those sites, places, and stories that provide the nurturing for our wellness to set root. We can look back into our lives and find them: sense deep inside our bodies the welcoming of the experiences where oxygen was abundant and compare them to the heaviness of moments of asphyxiating toxicity. At times, wellbeing takes root in the gaze of those who see us through kindness and love. Our whole being can rest and be held by such a gaze. Through the transformative power of this gaze, we may even feel born anew, experiencing a profound revelation of what is to be well. And in moments of sadness or despair, it is the recollection of these gazes which provides us shelter from the alienating present. Sometimes we find such gazes in our closest proximity-from a parent, a friend, a teacher-and other times in surprising contact with a stranger. A core element of wellbeing is to be recognized as a valuable, lovable being. Such a gaze does not only exist in one-to-one relationships: it is also a collective gaze, which can give voice and visibility and allow for societies to flourish. Like the waves of the sea, social wellbeing demands of us a constancy of presence and commitment to each other. It has a historical dimension, being passed from one generation to the next. When social habits, institutional systems, prejudices, and political regimes deprive people of visibility and belonging, what grows instead is mistrust, fear, and anxiety. In these situations, the claim of wellness has a revolutionary potential, like the powerful idea expressed by Audre Lorde that "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare." Indeed, there are different ways humanity can be unseen and unwell. Ways of being and ways of doing can be erased, isolated, or silenced. Anyone who has experienced heartbreak knows the destructive (also self-destructive) energy of becoming dispensable, forgotten. There are forms of collective heartbreak. Social wellbeing depends on our world loving us, on the capacity to create communities and spaces where people and the earth are loved, and where creativity and joy can flourish ...
How does my gender impact upon the field experience? This study addresses this question by analys... more How does my gender impact upon the field experience? This study addresses this question by analysing a challenging personal experience. It examines the personal and emotional negotiations of conducting fieldwork in the Bierstrasse (German for ‘Beer Street’). The Bierstrasse is an iconic drunken/alcohol mass tourism destination in the seaside city of Palma de Majorca, Spain. The popularity and success of the experience of the Bierstrasse are rooted in high alcohol consumption, staged nationalism, touristic rituals of camaraderie, hegemonic masculinity, heteronormativity, sex and borderline behaviours (Munar, 2013). This study is an exercise in self-reflectivity, which aims at revealing the role that gender plays in some aspects of my research life. In this chapter, I apply the theoretical frameworks of positionality and the situatedness of knowledge to critically examine my research practices and emotional negotiations in the landscape of extreme drinking cultures. This chapter is also an attempt to better understand the importance of subjectivity and biography in our seemingly ‘objective’ academic endeavours.
Purpose – What ought we morally to do in a tourism academia dominated by metrics, quantification ... more Purpose – What ought we morally to do in a tourism academia dominated by metrics, quantification and digital codification? The purpose of this paper is to address this question by presenting the idea of 'hyper academia' and exploring ethical perspectives and values related to hyper-digital cultures.
Design- Drawing inspiration from classical and postdisciplinary traditions, the topic is exposed in a creative and multi-layered way using conceptual, philosophical and artistic tools. It is structured in four sections: An introductory essay on gratitude, a philosophical thought experiment, a literary short story and a manifesto.
Findings – Gratitude referencing is a method of personalizing the attribution of influence in scholarship and restoring the importance of depth and slowness over speed, novelty and quantity. The thought experiment allows us to see how we make value judgements on academic work under different scenarios. The dystopian short story shows the radical power that such a genre has to create emotional engagement whilst activating our critical reflexivity. Finally, the manifesto answers the question of what we morally " ought to do " by inviting scholars to engage with five duties. Originality/Value – This article looks beyond previous descriptive studies of academic rankings and metrics, inviting tourism scholars to reflect on the values and moral justifications behind our evaluation cultures.
This handbook encourages dialogue and reflexivity on human relationships and emotions in academic... more This handbook encourages dialogue and reflexivity on human relationships and emotions in academic environments. Fifteen vignettes inspired by real stories are presented. These narratives explore the light and shade of how love, friendship, eroticism, power, sexism, harassment and gendered academic identities and cultures shape our daily working lives. This intervention tool has been designed to be used in workshops, seminars and other forms of academic gatherings. It can also be used and shared freely for information and inspiration among individual academics, in mentoring programs and as an input for competence development of academic leaders and managers. The document includes reflexive questions, a workshop pedagogy and a thematic list of recommended resources.
This concluding essay challenges the tendency in academia to consider feminist epistemologies and... more This concluding essay challenges the tendency in academia to consider feminist epistemologies and gender equality as peripheral when instead they are central to the flourishing of tourism scholarship. We analyze pervasive misconceptions about gender in higher education and present an alternative way of doing academia based on dissent and critical engagement; commitment to democratic practices that allow for different points of view to be shared and accepted as trustworthy; engagement with value judgement in knowledge production; care and accountability in our ways of knowing and teaching, and the establishment of diverse career patterns and decent contractual conditions to researchers so freedom of thought can take place.
This introductory essay argues for the adoption of feminist epistemologies to unpack the role, na... more This introductory essay argues for the adoption of feminist epistemologies to unpack the role, nature and effects of gender (in) equality in our tourism academy. Our focus on tourism academia recognizes the importance of tourism to social life and the crucial role that tourism academics play in knowledge production. We therefore argue for a shift in the focus of extant gender research in tourism away from tourism as a phenomenon to ourselves as tourism academics. We provide an overview of the five papers in this special issue which explore the gendered nature of our academy in diverse contexts, ending with a call for greater self-reflexivity to achieve a more just and equitable tourism academy, thus benefitting both women and men.
This study explores what it means to be a feminist in (tourism) academia. Different understanding... more This study explores what it means to be a feminist in (tourism) academia. Different understandings of feminist identity and their ethical and political dimensions are examined using the method of the vignette. This technique is applied as an autoethnographic and narrative tool that facilitates the exploration of feminism from multiple viewpoints. Three characters, Sheryl-Ana, Gloria-Ana, and Gaga-Ana, are presented, drawing inspiration from the literature and my own life experiences, research and activism in tourism academia. These narratives are followed by a discussion on multiple ways of doing academic feminism and demonstrating our capacities for political engagement.
This report examines the relationship between gender and the Heads of Department group’s leaders... more This report examines the relationship between gender and the Heads of Department group’s leadership practices at Copenhagen Business School. This research project is one of the initiatives of the action plan developed by the Diversity and Inclusion Council at this university. Its aim is two fold. First, it examines the following aspects in relation to gender: 1) Management practices in recruitment and promotion (with a special focus on scouting and nudging); 2) Management practices in establishing and maintaining good work cultures and attractive research environments; 3) Best practices and guidelines for the promotion of diversity and equality, including suggestions for avoiding unconscious bias. Second, this initiative aims to stimulate self-reflexivity and open dialogue on the topic of gender and talent development among CBS’s management groups and between these groups and the Diversity and Inclusion Council. This report’s analysis is divided into six sections: Agency and Structure; Merit and Excellence; Recruitment and Promotion (including a subsection on Scouting and Nudging); Work-Life Balance; Unconscious Bias; Dos and Don’ts of policies and interventions. These sections present and discuss the results of this empirical study. The report concludes with a series of recommended actions.
This chapter introduces a metaphor—the house—and
applies Habermas’ philosophy to examine the envi... more This chapter introduces a metaphor—the house—and applies Habermas’ philosophy to examine the environment where knowledge production takes place. The analysis shows the dominance of “the systemic paradigm,” which is characterized by increased bureaucratization and commercialization. This paradigm has severe consequences for two core features of universities: the open-ended search for deeper understanding and the principle of autonomy. The chapter advances the idea of reclaiming the political dimension of the epistemic endeavor and presents a series of initiatives which help to advance tourism scholarship by non-conforming to the steering conditions of this paradigm and instead reclaiming the personal and subjective; promoting multiple knowledges; and building alternative platforms of knowledge production, cooperation, and dissemination. Keywords: Epistemology; Habermas; higher education; dissent
Postdisciplinarity makes claims on ontological, epistemic, and methodological levels, but it is i... more Postdisciplinarity makes claims on ontological, epistemic, and methodological levels, but it is inevitably a personal philosophical stance. This article represents an existentialist approach to the discourse on postdisciplinarity, offering reflective narratives of three academics. Tomas Pernecky discusses creativity, criticality, freedom, and methodological and epistemic pluralism; Ana María Munar reveals her journey of epistemological awakening; and Brian Wheeller underscores the importance of researchers’ subjective and emotive voice. Jointly, the authors depict postdisciplinarity as an invitation to conceptual and interpretive eclecticism, critical analysis, and creative problem solving. Key words: Constructionism; Existential; Identity; Knowledge; Subjective; Truth
Reviews of Ground Zero, New York on TripAdvisor show a diversity of interpretations. Amidst the c... more Reviews of Ground Zero, New York on TripAdvisor show a diversity of interpretations. Amidst the cacophony of voices, there is communication and a semblance of community. This sense of community—despite the lack of strong coherent and consistent views, a plethora of diverse topics, and heterogeneous perspectives—is brought together and built on chronotopic (time–space) structures. Drawing inspiration from Bakhtin's chronotopes, this chapter shows how spatial and temporal structures are negotiated. The negotiation processes demonstrate that tourists now have a global platform to communicate and are able to stake claims of legitimacy to interpreting foreign heritage. Thus tourists are layering new meanings on historical sites and are contributing to the rewriting of local histories, all as part of glocalization.
A six minutes video presenting the main results and conclusions of the report "The Gender Gap in ... more A six minutes video presenting the main results and conclusions of the report "The Gender Gap in the Tourism Academy" by While Waiting for the Dawn.
Sexism in Danish Higher Education and Research: Understanding, Exploring, Acting, 2021
This book is the result of the hundreds of brave employees at Danish higher education institution... more This book is the result of the hundreds of brave employees at Danish higher education institutions who dared to step forward, either with their names or with their stories about sexism and sexual harassment through the initiative concerning Sexism in Danish academia, which we started by launching a petition in early October 2020. As the initiator group—16 individuals from six different research institutions—we are forever grateful for their courage and solidarity with each other and with us. Their many voices and stories show the surprising pervasiveness of sexism, with its many facets and types. They reveal how sexism traps our human flourishing and constrains what we can become individually, collectively, institutionally, and as a society. This book is a revolutionary exposition of the many voices, the transformation from “I have suffered” to “We have suffered.” The awakening of the us is in itself a political action toward change, assuring that we won’t forget or hide away the suffering that gendered and sexual harassment courses this day today. We dedicate this book to the change that is necessary in our society and institutions and hope that we hereby provide some justice to all those who have suffered wrongs rooted in sexism.
This book is structured in four parts. First, we introduce the nature and issues of sexism in the chapter “Understanding,” which provides information that will help readers understand what sexism is, how it operates, and how it is performed. Secondly, this is followed by the chapter “Exploring,” which presents a “methodological mix” including both qualitative and quantitative data to explore the multiple ways in which sexism operates. In the first part, we present an array of vignettes, developed from the accounts and testimonials submitted to our petition, which are divided into different categories of sexism. Each story is part of a category and presents questions that invite readers to work with the complexity of sexism. In the second part, we present our quantitative study—a survey questionnaire—which we sent out following our petition to capture the extent of sexism. The next chapter, “Acting,” includes practical knowledge and exercises for staff and managers to examine how they can approach local efforts to fight sexism, including tangible tips and tools for handling sexism in the workplace. Lastly, the book offers a collection of knowledge resources and references to learn more about the complexity and action possibilities to deal with sexism.
I Am Man is a collection of philosophical reflections and poems on gender difference. It combines... more I Am Man is a collection of philosophical reflections and poems on gender difference. It combines biographical experiences, philosophy, feminist thought, literature and art to reveal the interlinkages of language, body and being. The book explores the theoretical position of gender skepticism; specifically, the beliefs that gender does not exist and that gender is invisible (“I do not see gender”). Composed as a space with forty-six imaginations, I Am Man addresses the historical and cultural dominance of the idea of Man as the universal, as the invisible default-rule. The reflections, poems and exhibits represent the creative act of imagining the being and doing of man when one has biographically always identified as woman. Inspired by art and literary works and by the philosophical polemics about gender of Jacques Lacan, Joan Copjec, Audre Lorde and Judith Butler among others, the book represents an expressive and creative approach to investigating how gender manifests in the world. I Am Man invites us to playfully and critically question gender identity and the power of words.
Welcome to a critical and hopeful dialogue about contexts, moralities, knowledges, creativity, th... more Welcome to a critical and hopeful dialogue about contexts, moralities, knowledges, creativity, the world, and the self. We invite contributions ranging from the traditionally intellectual to the innovative, artistic, and experiential. We welcome any submissions in English, French, or Spanish that fit under the broad umbrella of critical tourism studies or one of our cognate critical fields—critical hospitality studies, critical events studies, critical leisure studies.
Welcome to a critical and hopeful dialogue about contexts, moralities, knowledges, the world, and... more Welcome to a critical and hopeful dialogue about contexts, moralities, knowledges, the world, and the self. We invite contributions ranging from the traditionally intellectual to the innovative, artistic, and experiential. For more information see www.criticaltourismstudies.info
Desire matters for the way we can know and make sense of the world. In this chapter we explore th... more Desire matters for the way we can know and make sense of the world. In this chapter we explore the complex nature of desire by juxtaposing multiple understandings. Esther Perel helps us to reflect on what nurtures or kills desire and on the role of the gap. Helen Fisher teaches us to see desire as drive and as obsession while Martha Nussbaum questions the interplay between belief and desire and how this impacts our possibilities to flourish. Finally, with Gilles Deleuze, we meditate on what desire can do and what it means to plug into desire. There is not only one simple way (or one right way) to approach desire. The four meditations included in this chapter celebrate the multiplicity of meaning and invite the reader to reflect on the many ways desire manifests in our lives.
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Wellness does not take us by surprise like beauty or wonder. Wellness dwells in places of possibility, trust, and belonging. It does not appear in the flint of a moment; instead, it needs time and nurturing to settle, like the slow growth of the olive tree or the persistent and recurrent waves of the oceans. Its nature resembles the air that we breathe. It may seem invisible, and still it is so necessary for our existence. Wellness allows our being to expand and flourish with a sense of calmness and entitlement; it broadens and strengthens our connection to the world and to others. There are those sites, places, and stories that provide the nurturing for our wellness to set root. We can look back into our lives and find them: sense deep inside our bodies the welcoming of the experiences where oxygen was abundant and compare them to the heaviness of moments of asphyxiating toxicity. At times, wellbeing takes root in the gaze of those who see us through kindness and love. Our whole being can rest and be held by such a gaze. Through the transformative power of this gaze, we may even feel born anew, experiencing a profound revelation of what is to be well. And in moments of sadness or despair, it is the recollection of these gazes which provides us shelter from the alienating present. Sometimes we find such gazes in our closest proximity-from a parent, a friend, a teacher-and other times in surprising contact with a stranger. A core element of wellbeing is to be recognized as a valuable, lovable being. Such a gaze does not only exist in one-to-one relationships: it is also a collective gaze, which can give voice and visibility and allow for societies to flourish. Like the waves of the sea, social wellbeing demands of us a constancy of presence and commitment to each other. It has a historical dimension, being passed from one generation to the next. When social habits, institutional systems, prejudices, and political regimes deprive people of visibility and belonging, what grows instead is mistrust, fear, and anxiety. In these situations, the claim of wellness has a revolutionary potential, like the powerful idea expressed by Audre Lorde that "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare." Indeed, there are different ways humanity can be unseen and unwell. Ways of being and ways of doing can be erased, isolated, or silenced. Anyone who has experienced heartbreak knows the destructive (also self-destructive) energy of becoming dispensable, forgotten. There are forms of collective heartbreak. Social wellbeing depends on our world loving us, on the capacity to create communities and spaces where people and the earth are loved, and where creativity and joy can flourish ...
Design- Drawing inspiration from classical and postdisciplinary traditions, the topic is exposed in a creative and multi-layered way using conceptual, philosophical and artistic tools. It is structured in four sections: An introductory essay on gratitude, a philosophical thought experiment, a literary short story and a manifesto.
Findings – Gratitude referencing is a method of personalizing the attribution of influence in scholarship and restoring the importance of depth and slowness over speed, novelty and quantity. The thought experiment allows us to see how we make value judgements on academic work under different scenarios. The dystopian short story shows the radical power that such a genre has to create emotional engagement whilst activating our critical reflexivity. Finally, the manifesto answers the question of what we morally " ought to do " by inviting scholars to engage with five duties. Originality/Value – This article looks beyond previous descriptive studies of academic rankings and metrics, inviting tourism scholars to reflect on the values and moral justifications behind our evaluation cultures.
This report’s analysis is divided into six sections: Agency and Structure; Merit and Excellence; Recruitment and Promotion (including a subsection on Scouting and Nudging); Work-Life Balance; Unconscious Bias; Dos and Don’ts of policies and interventions. These sections present and discuss the results of this empirical study. The report concludes with a series of recommended actions.
applies Habermas’ philosophy to examine the environment where
knowledge production takes place. The analysis shows the dominance
of “the systemic paradigm,” which is characterized by increased
bureaucratization and commercialization. This paradigm has severe
consequences for two core features of universities: the open-ended
search for deeper understanding and the principle of autonomy. The
chapter advances the idea of reclaiming the political dimension of the
epistemic endeavor and presents a series of initiatives which help to
advance tourism scholarship by non-conforming to the steering conditions
of this paradigm and instead reclaiming the personal and
subjective; promoting multiple knowledges; and building alternative
platforms of knowledge production, cooperation, and dissemination.
Keywords: Epistemology; Habermas; higher education; dissent
to conceptual and interpretive eclecticism, critical analysis, and creative problem solving. Key words: Constructionism; Existential; Identity; Knowledge; Subjective; Truth
Wellness does not take us by surprise like beauty or wonder. Wellness dwells in places of possibility, trust, and belonging. It does not appear in the flint of a moment; instead, it needs time and nurturing to settle, like the slow growth of the olive tree or the persistent and recurrent waves of the oceans. Its nature resembles the air that we breathe. It may seem invisible, and still it is so necessary for our existence. Wellness allows our being to expand and flourish with a sense of calmness and entitlement; it broadens and strengthens our connection to the world and to others. There are those sites, places, and stories that provide the nurturing for our wellness to set root. We can look back into our lives and find them: sense deep inside our bodies the welcoming of the experiences where oxygen was abundant and compare them to the heaviness of moments of asphyxiating toxicity. At times, wellbeing takes root in the gaze of those who see us through kindness and love. Our whole being can rest and be held by such a gaze. Through the transformative power of this gaze, we may even feel born anew, experiencing a profound revelation of what is to be well. And in moments of sadness or despair, it is the recollection of these gazes which provides us shelter from the alienating present. Sometimes we find such gazes in our closest proximity-from a parent, a friend, a teacher-and other times in surprising contact with a stranger. A core element of wellbeing is to be recognized as a valuable, lovable being. Such a gaze does not only exist in one-to-one relationships: it is also a collective gaze, which can give voice and visibility and allow for societies to flourish. Like the waves of the sea, social wellbeing demands of us a constancy of presence and commitment to each other. It has a historical dimension, being passed from one generation to the next. When social habits, institutional systems, prejudices, and political regimes deprive people of visibility and belonging, what grows instead is mistrust, fear, and anxiety. In these situations, the claim of wellness has a revolutionary potential, like the powerful idea expressed by Audre Lorde that "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare." Indeed, there are different ways humanity can be unseen and unwell. Ways of being and ways of doing can be erased, isolated, or silenced. Anyone who has experienced heartbreak knows the destructive (also self-destructive) energy of becoming dispensable, forgotten. There are forms of collective heartbreak. Social wellbeing depends on our world loving us, on the capacity to create communities and spaces where people and the earth are loved, and where creativity and joy can flourish ...
Design- Drawing inspiration from classical and postdisciplinary traditions, the topic is exposed in a creative and multi-layered way using conceptual, philosophical and artistic tools. It is structured in four sections: An introductory essay on gratitude, a philosophical thought experiment, a literary short story and a manifesto.
Findings – Gratitude referencing is a method of personalizing the attribution of influence in scholarship and restoring the importance of depth and slowness over speed, novelty and quantity. The thought experiment allows us to see how we make value judgements on academic work under different scenarios. The dystopian short story shows the radical power that such a genre has to create emotional engagement whilst activating our critical reflexivity. Finally, the manifesto answers the question of what we morally " ought to do " by inviting scholars to engage with five duties. Originality/Value – This article looks beyond previous descriptive studies of academic rankings and metrics, inviting tourism scholars to reflect on the values and moral justifications behind our evaluation cultures.
This report’s analysis is divided into six sections: Agency and Structure; Merit and Excellence; Recruitment and Promotion (including a subsection on Scouting and Nudging); Work-Life Balance; Unconscious Bias; Dos and Don’ts of policies and interventions. These sections present and discuss the results of this empirical study. The report concludes with a series of recommended actions.
applies Habermas’ philosophy to examine the environment where
knowledge production takes place. The analysis shows the dominance
of “the systemic paradigm,” which is characterized by increased
bureaucratization and commercialization. This paradigm has severe
consequences for two core features of universities: the open-ended
search for deeper understanding and the principle of autonomy. The
chapter advances the idea of reclaiming the political dimension of the
epistemic endeavor and presents a series of initiatives which help to
advance tourism scholarship by non-conforming to the steering conditions
of this paradigm and instead reclaiming the personal and
subjective; promoting multiple knowledges; and building alternative
platforms of knowledge production, cooperation, and dissemination.
Keywords: Epistemology; Habermas; higher education; dissent
to conceptual and interpretive eclecticism, critical analysis, and creative problem solving. Key words: Constructionism; Existential; Identity; Knowledge; Subjective; Truth
This book is structured in four parts. First, we introduce the nature and issues of sexism in the chapter “Understanding,” which provides information that will help readers understand what sexism is, how it operates, and how it is performed. Secondly, this is followed by the chapter “Exploring,” which presents a “methodological mix” including both qualitative and quantitative data to explore the multiple ways in which sexism operates. In the first part, we present an array of vignettes, developed from the accounts and testimonials submitted to our petition, which are divided into different categories of sexism. Each story is part of a category and presents questions that invite readers to work with the complexity of sexism. In the second part, we present our quantitative study—a survey questionnaire—which we sent out following our petition to capture the extent of sexism. The next chapter, “Acting,” includes practical knowledge and exercises for staff and managers to examine how they can approach local efforts to fight sexism, including tangible tips and tools for handling sexism in the workplace. Lastly, the book offers a collection of knowledge resources and references to learn more about the complexity and action possibilities to deal with sexism.