ASIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE 5^th GRADUATE WORKSHOP

QUESTIONS OF METHODOLOGY; RESEARCHING TOURISM IN ASIA

5-6 September 2006

Hosted by
Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore

Co-organised by
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Dept of Tourism, University of Otago, New Zealand

 This event precedes the workshop;
'OF ASIAN ORIGIN': RETHINKING TOURISM IN CONTEMPORARY ASIA,
(Hosted by Asia Research Institute, 7-9 September 2006)

Programme

 
In collaboration with the University of Otago, the Asia Research Institute is hosting a graduate workshop on Research Methods in Tourism in Asia. This two day workshop will provide students enrolled on either Masters or PhD programmes with the opportunity to discuss, and reflect upon, a range of methodological issues and the problems of conducting tourism fieldwork in Asia. Over 25 presentations will address the difficulties, dilemmas, struggles, successes or failures of doing tourism research. In addition to these presentations, the workshop will feature key-note presentations from Michael Hall, Nelson Graburn, Alan Lew, and Geoff Wall.

What challenges does the nature of tourism pose for integrating or independently using qualitative or quantitative approaches? What role should academic research play in shaping tourism policy? What ethical dilemmas does researching sex tourism pose? How well can localised case study based fieldwork interpret processes of globalisation? Can the researcher transcend his or her own tourist gaze to interpret ‘situated knowledge'? With tourism studies dispersed across a number of disciplines how does the researcher define theoretical and methodological rigor? What challenges does regional/domestic tourism in Asia pose to existing theories and approaches in tourism studies?

Sessions exploring these questions, and many more, will be led by a team of academics from Asia and beyond, all of whom have researched and published extensively on tourism in the region. This workshop will directly connect with the conference on ‘Of Asian Origin’; Rethinking Tourism in Contemporary Asia, which is taking place immediately afterwards (7-9th September). For more information on the Conference on 'Of Asian Origin'; Rethinking Tourism in Contemporary Asia, please click the following link: http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/conf2006/tourism.htm

THEMES INCLUDE

PUBLICATIONS

High quality papers will be selected for the ARI working paper series, with possible inclusion in publications arising from the ‘Of Asian Origin’ workshop.

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SECRETARIAT

Ms Alyson Rozells
Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
AS7, Level 4, 5 Arts Link

Singapore 117570

Tel: (65) 6516 8787
Fax: (65) 679 1428