The implications of Lacanian Theory for understanding authenticity in tourism

Presented by the Travel Cultures Network in collaboration with the Development Studies Association – Tourism Study Group, as part of the 2017-2018 seminar series: Authenticity and Development Discourses in Tourism.

Tags: Authenticity and Development Discourses in Tourism, Development Studies Association, Lacanian theory, Professor Daniel Knudsen, tourism, Tourism Study Group, Travel Cultures Network

World heritage: authenticity, development and espistemological de-linking

In this presentation we focus on World Heritage Sites within five Anglophone Caribbean SIDS and problematise the extent to which their representations are ‘authentic’ and the role they play in the (under)development of these countries.

Tags: Development Studies Association, Professor Donna Chambers, Tourism Study Group, Travel Cultures Network, UNESCO World Heritage, World Heritage