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

Welcoming animals: the borders of hospitality

The Travel Cultures Network and Professor Judith Still present ‘Welcoming animals: the borders of hospitality’. This paper will consider the defining of hospitality and inhospitality in more than one language in relation to ‘man’ and his ‘others’.

Tags: hospitality, Judith Still, School of Cultures Languages and Area Studies, tourism, Travel Cultures Network

Researching multilingually: dialogues between tourism and language learning

The Travel Cultures Network welcome Professor Alison Phipps, University of Glasgow, to deliver the lecture ‘Researching multilingually: dialogues between tourism and language learning’.

Tags: Alison Phipps, language, language learning, Modern Languages, tourism, Travel Cultures Network, University of Glasgow

‘Hospitelity’: assembling care in medical tourism

The Travel Cultures Network welcomes Dr David Bell from The University of Leeds to deliver ‘”Hospitelity”: assembling care in medical tourism’. Admission free, all welcome.

Tags: David Bell, hospitality, medicine, tourism, Travel Cultures Network, University of Leeds, University Park

Constructing consumer responsibility: exploring the role of corporate communications

Institute for Science and Society seminar by Dr Robert Caruana, Associate Professor of Business Ethics, exploring corporate responsibility using discourse analysis. Followed by tea and coffee.

Tags: discourse, ethics, language, Nottingham University Business School, NUBS, Robert Caruana, tourism, University Park

Life through a lens

From the lecture theatre to your TV screen.

Appears in Issue 42

Tags: BBC4 Dr Rob Lambert, birds, ecology, environment, Nottingham University Business School, School of History, tourism