Al-Khalīl/Hebron indeed is a special destination in Palestine/Israel, an aspect that is dealt with in #AffectiveTourism book: “Tourism as a political tool is skilfully used by Palestinians to rally international tourists to voice solidarity for life under occupation, such is the case of the city of al-Khalīl/Hebron. Hebron is one of the important Jewish holy […]
It looks like a chain of hotels got #AffectiveTourism memo – affective tourism: touring, visiting, and travelling are all about feelings, emotions, and affects through which we experience and perform places. Likewise, places, spaces, all sorts of locations and situations are imbued with feelings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEXJuwyFsUY
Like #AffectiveTourism, MoeLaddin is committed to spreading messages of peace. #AffectiveTourism loves this! Watch the clip, worth it! The ‘action’ seems to take place somewhere in the US. If their ‘experiment’ were to be conducted in Jerusalem/Al Quds, Amman, Tel Aviv, or other such cities in that region, how would people there react? I can […]
My colleague at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands has 4 wonderful PhD positions in tourism related topics, part of the project: ‘Worlds of Imagination: A Comparative Study of Film Tourism in India, Nigeria, Jamaica, South Korea and the United Kingdom.’ Deadline to apply before April 25, 2016 by e-mail to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="sollicitaties@eshcc.eur.nl”>sollicitaties@eshcc.eur.nl. More […]
The world is in dire need of peace. #AffectiveTourism is committed to spreading messages of peace. “Peace is not static and utopian, it is beyond the absence of war, imperfect and permeable. Building peaceful relationships can be achieved through understanding and accepting difference of others, as rebuttal of cultural identities fuels wars and conflicts.” page […]
This video of former Israeli soldiers conducting tours in the West Bank is so illustrative of one of the points made in #AffectiveTourism book: “I maintain that there are more than just two sides, Palestinian and Israeli, to the story of tourism in this politically contested place. The several nuanced ‘in-between’ positions can potentially disrupt […]
#AffectiveTourism project actively seeks to employ a professional company to design & maintain one website for a tourism research & teaching project. The budget for this service is subsidised by a NWO* VENI project and a RuG* Teaching Fellowship. Please contact us at your earliest convenience if you can offer this service. Ideally, the company […]
Indeed, show emotional support & understanding, show empathy for those for whom travel is not fun! #NotAllTravelisFun The number of Refugees worldwide is higher than ever before. This world needs empathy so badly.
For those interested in #AffectiveTourism, please see the PhD position below! Deadline 10 January 2016!
“Affective Tourism: Dark Routes in Conflict” was officially launched on 17 November on a boat sailing the Groningen canals in the Netherlands. Thank you all for being there to support the book launch. Heartfelt thanks to the two wonderful speakers: Alison McIntosh and HAzel Tucker. Thank you Pascalle Quaden for this great video you so […]