This week #AffectiveTourism we’ve reflected on #TinderTravel #EmergingMethodologicalTool. Wrapping up these reflections, have some fun watching this hilarious video: http://virginradiolebanon.com/what-if-disney-princes-were-real-this-is-hilarious/
#AffectiveTourism #Emotions #TinderTravel Online dating apps have started to influence not only how research is carried out in areas of ongoing socio-political conflict (see previous post), but also how people travel, the type of experiences people engage while on vacation. One Belgian man is reported to travel around Europe and stay only at Tinder dates’ […]
In November 2017 I posted an article about Tinder as ethnographic tool in Israel and Palestine. The author, a PhD student has written a follow up. “Little is written about anthropologists pursuing romance or sex in the field, and even less on the complex ethical issues involved in the construction of ethical relations between parties […]
For that holiday you’re planning in Scotland, here’s a wee bit of help from Gerard Butler on Scottish slang. https://www.facebook.com/CondeNastTraveler/videos/1987031301513703/
The transformative power of travel and tourism! Tourism is a way of recreating memories, ‘re-imagining’ history and constructing our present.” It can help us learn from the past, and teach us to detect those ideas of religious hostility, racial inferiority and the like, which generate violence, wars and conflicts. We need to challenge these ideas […]
The pen is mightier than the sword! #thepowerofeducation #knowledgeispower #smiletheboldeststatement
Tourism raising awareness about the archaeological importance of Petra in Jordan with local students! Great idea! Watch the video!
“… hiring, promoting and retaining more women, not because it is the right thing to do, or the nice thing to do, but because it is the smart thing to do …” #foodforthought #healthyeconomies #fairsocieties #JustinTrudeau More here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=207JmWKBNNM
12 European heritage sites shortlisted for the 7 Most Endangered programme 2018 These endangered heritage landmarks from 10 European countries are: the Historic Centre of Gjirokastra, Albania; the Post-Byzantine Churches in Voskopoja and Vithkuqi, Albania; the Historic Centre of Vienna, Austria; the Coal Preparation Plant in Beringen, Belgium; the Buzludzha Monument, Bulgaria; the Aerial Cableway […]
Israel and Palestinian Territories, and at times Jordan too offer a ‘unique’ tourism product and experience called, by and large, the Holy Land – a land holy to the three monotheistic religions: Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Over the last decade, tourism interest in this region has become more diversified and alternative to the pilgrimage/religious mass […]