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Kevin Hannam
Independent Researcher, Tourism, Faculty Member
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Edinburgh Napier University, The Business School, Faculty MemberMiddlesex University, Dubai Campus, Faculty Member add
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Event Management, Volunteerism, Volunteer management, Y Generation, Festivals, Culture, and 11 moreSustainable Tourism, Mass media, Creative Industries, Collaboration, Creative City, Cultural Industry, Sociology of Tourism, Anthropology of Tourism, Backpacker Tourism, Tourism mobilities, and Mobility/Mobilities edit
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An exploration of the idea of the tourist as a pilgrim. Part of a multi-author review, led by our position piece.
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Sociology and Mobilities
Entry exert - "Ostensibly tourism can be seen as a form of mobility on a continuum where it involves a temporary overnight stay in a destination that is not home, in contrast to migration as another form of mobility that involves a... more
Entry exert - "Ostensibly tourism can be seen as a form of mobility on a continuum where it involves a temporary overnight stay in a destination that is not home, in contrast to migration as another form of mobility that involves a more or less permanent movement to another destination that is again rarely seen as home. However, it is argued that tourism is not just a form of mobility like other forms (such as commuting or migration) but that different mobilities, in the plural, inform and are informed by tourism (Sheller and Urry 2004). Such mobilities involve movements of people, of a whole range of material things, of more intangible thoughts and fantasies, and a range of transport and communicative technologies both old and new.
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ABSTRACT Hostels are synonymous with independent tourists and frequently identified as spaces of hospitality that enable a number of touristic performances to take place. These performances include resting, relaxation, destination or... more
ABSTRACT Hostels are synonymous with independent tourists and frequently identified as spaces of hospitality that enable a number of touristic performances to take place. These performances include resting, relaxation, destination or route planning, and interactions with other likeminded visitors. However, using Oslo, Norway as a research setting, we argue that such places may also permit a range of other performances to take place due to the increasing use of hostels as temporary and semi-permanent housing solutions for migrant populations. This alternative group of hostel users originated from a plethora of different countries and included economic and political migrants from Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Although hostel spaces provided comfort, safety, and platforms for friendships to prosper for non-tourist hostel users, they also served as settings for largely contrasting performances of immobility to take place. Thus, Oslo's hostels revealed a range of overlapping acts that resulted in a paradoxical ensemble of entangled tourist and non-tourist performances.
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Abstract This paper develops a critical understanding of one of the key railway journeys in India, namely, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR). Using the mobilities paradigm, this paper offers a cultural analysis of the ‘journey’ of... more
Abstract This paper develops a critical understanding of one of the key railway journeys in India, namely, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR). Using the mobilities paradigm, this paper offers a cultural analysis of the ‘journey’ of the DHR: how it is instrumental in making travel experiences and how it is itself constituted through different embodied travel practices and performances. Different modes of travel involve contrasting experiences, performances and affordances. In this context, this paper explores the ‘hybrid geographies’ of the DHR as involving a complex relationality between the traveller and the mode of travel: how it incorporates different aspects of mobilities. What is significant is the relative slowness of the DHR and the ways in which it communicates a different sense of time, which also leads to a blurring between practices of walking and travelling on the train itself. The train itself is also conceptualised as playful, as it engages with the places it passes through. Drawing upon recent literature on landscape and visuality, the DHR is further explored in terms of its movement through and engagement with the landscapes of the Himalayas.
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Sociology, Anthropology, Population Dynamics, China, Qualitative Research, and 15 moreMedicine, Activities of Daily Living, Social Science & Medicine, Independent Living, Humans, Mobilities, Healthy Aging, Female, Demographic economics, Male, Exercise, Aged, Public health systems and services research, Seasons, and Amenity
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Employability and Erasmus
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Envisioning Networked Urban Mobilities brings together scientific reflections on the relations of art and urban mobilities and artistic research on the topic. The editors open the book by setting out the concept grounded in the exhibition... more
Envisioning Networked Urban Mobilities brings together scientific reflections on the relations of art and urban mobilities and artistic research on the topic. The editors open the book by setting out the concept grounded in the exhibition curated by Aslak Aamot Kjaerulff and refers to earlier work on mobilities and art generated by the Cosmobilities Network. This third volume has two sections, both consisting of short papers and illustrations. The first section is based on artists who were part of the conferences' art exhibition, and the second part is based on theoretical reflections on art and artists.
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Introduction En conjuguant les themes de l’opportunite, de la durabilite et de la mobilite, l’exposition universelle qui se tiendra a Dubai en 2020 met en lumiere les manieres complexes selon lesquelles s’articulent tourisme, mobilites et... more
Introduction En conjuguant les themes de l’opportunite, de la durabilite et de la mobilite, l’exposition universelle qui se tiendra a Dubai en 2020 met en lumiere les manieres complexes selon lesquelles s’articulent tourisme, mobilites et evenements. Le 21e siecle a souvent ete qualifie d’hypermobile et l’ensemble ces mobilites - c.-a-d. les relations multiples entre ces differentes formes de mobilite que sont le tourisme, le capital, les migrations, la communication, etc. - a eu des conseque...
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Introduction With its interwoven themes of ‘opportunity’, ‘sustainability’ and ‘mobility’ the forthcoming Dubai World Exposition in 2020 highlights the ways in which tourism, mobilities and events come together in complex ways. The 21st... more
Introduction With its interwoven themes of ‘opportunity’, ‘sustainability’ and ‘mobility’ the forthcoming Dubai World Exposition in 2020 highlights the ways in which tourism, mobilities and events come together in complex ways. The 21st century has often been deemed hypermobile and such mobilities – the multiple interconnections between different forms of mobility such as tourism, capital, migration, communication and so on - have had far reaching consequences for both socio-spatial lives an...
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ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of various social, economic and political changes on the work of the Indian Forest Service, the elite organization concerned with environmental management in India. It is noted that whilst many... more
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of various social, economic and political changes on the work of the Indian Forest Service, the elite organization concerned with environmental management in India. It is noted that whilst many leading authors criticize this ...
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Management, Social Change, Sustainable Communities, Information Society, Political Science, and 13 morePolitics, Environmental Management, Environmental Planning, Multidisciplinary, Language Change, General Management, ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, Water Science and Technology, Elite, Forest Service, Liberalization, service Business, and Nobody
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ABSTRACT The constitution of Europe has fostered greater human and other mobilities across European borders, however it is not clear whether the border is still actually present in some places or inhibits cross-border mobilities. In this... more
ABSTRACT The constitution of Europe has fostered greater human and other mobilities across European borders, however it is not clear whether the border is still actually present in some places or inhibits cross-border mobilities. In this context, a leisure mobilities approach has been used to identify the mobility styles in the Basque Eurocity corridor – a cross-border area between Spain and France. The analysis focuses on leisure mobilities and identifies four different mobility styles based upon leisure orientation variables in terms of values, attitudes and lifestyles; nationality; and socio-demographic characteristics: (1) time-conscious workers, (2) French shoppers, (3) mobile youth and (4) older and less mobile. The results indicate that different leisure orientations and participation levels are highly significant in the constitution of mobility styles, which are usually correlated only with national demographic data. Furthermore, it was identified that a higher identification of mobility constraints was not related to lower levels of participation. Instead, the groups with higher mobility and participation rates raised more awareness of the constraints related to transport and information. Finally, intrapersonal constraints such as age and lack of health showed a greater impact on cross-border mobility, while, unexpectedly, a higher identification of cultural and linguistic constraints was not perceived by participants.
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Purpose Contemporary mobilities research has demonstrated a fundamental blurring between work, leisure and tourism practices for migrants as they seek to construct new lifestyles whilst maintaining connections with their homelands. The... more
Purpose Contemporary mobilities research has demonstrated a fundamental blurring between work, leisure and tourism practices for migrants as they seek to construct new lifestyles whilst maintaining connections with their homelands. The purpose of this paper is to present some of the results of a research project that analysed the work and leisure experiences of Polish migrants living in the North East of England using a mobilities theoretical approach. In this paper, the authors focus on the reasons influencing their migration and their leisure and tourism mobility practices. Design/methodology/approach The results are based upon a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods gathering a sample of 90 questionnaires and 11 focus groups. Findings Based upon a statistical analysis of the questionnaires using SPSS and textual analysis applied to the focus group transcriptions, different gendered work, leisure and tourism mobilities were identified relating to family attachments and social ties. Research limitations/implications The authors argue that seemingly mundane leisure and tourism practices can often be a catalyst for greater mobility, and this mobility has significant gender dimensions. Originality/value This paper thus provides new insights into the interweaving of different gendered work and leisure mobility practices based upon empirical findings of Polish migrants to the North East of England.
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This chapter traces out the sets of practices that effect the creation of masculine subjects and objects in two tourist settings. It is argued that embodied performances in heritage tourist settings help to concretize and stabilize... more
This chapter traces out the sets of practices that effect the creation of masculine subjects and objects in two tourist settings. It is argued that embodied performances in heritage tourist settings help to concretize and stabilize certain male identities. The Highland Games of Scotland and Viking heritage tourism in Scandinavia form the empirical case-study material from which conceptual insights are drawn and further research agendas proposed.
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Mobility has become an evocative keyword for the twenty-first century and a powerful discourse that creates its own effects and contexts. The concept of mobilities encompasses both the large-scale movements of people, objects, capital and... more
Mobility has become an evocative keyword for the twenty-first century and a powerful discourse that creates its own effects and contexts. The concept of mobilities encompasses both the large-scale movements of people, objects, capital and information across the world, as ...
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Critical Theory, Economic Geography, Anthropology of Tourism, Critical Geopolitics, Cultural Heritage, and 15 moreGeopolitics, E Tourism, Anthropology of Mobility, Cultural Theory, Computer Networks, Cultural Heritage Conservation, Augmented Reality, Cultural Tourism, Cultures and heritage tourism, Car Culture, Facebook, Cultural Heritage Management, Automobile, Automobilities, and Commercial Services
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction (Paweł Bryła) Chapter 1. Erasmus mobility and employability research (Robert Brown, Basagaitz Guereño- Omil, Kevin Hannam) 1.1. Introduction 1.2. The aims of the Erasmus programme 1.3. Mobility and... more
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction (Paweł Bryła)
Chapter 1. Erasmus mobility and employability research (Robert Brown, Basagaitz Guereño-
Omil, Kevin Hannam)
1.1. Introduction
1.2. The aims of the Erasmus programme
1.3. Mobility and Employability Research for Generation Erasmus (MERGE)
1.4. Erasmus in a European migration and integration context
1.5. The socio-economic dimensions of Erasmus mobility
1.6. Conclusions: tomorrow’s Erasmus
Chapter 2. A theoretical framework for European student mobilities (Felix Schubert)
2.1. Dimensions and aspects of student mobilities
2.2. Theoretical assumptions of Erasmus student exchange mobility
2.3. Student mobility models
2.4. Practices of regulatory regionalism in the EU
2.5. Main assumptions about Erasmus student exchange mobility
Chapter 3. International student mobility in Spain and selected results of the MERGE survey
among former Erasmus participants in Spain (Arantza Arruti, Itziar Elexpuru, Basagaitz
Guereño-Omil, Álvaro Moro, Lourdes Villardón)
3.1. Introduction
3.2. International student mobility in Spain
3.3. Results of the MERGE survey
3.4. Conclusion
Chapter 4. The German case study of the MERGE project (Ala Al-Hamarneh, Felix Schubert)
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Statistical data on Erasmus mobility at the JGU
4.3. Summary of the MERGE case study results
4.4. Conclusion
Chapter 5. The UK case study of the MERGE project (Kevin Hannam, Felix Schubert, Basagaitz
Guereño-Omil)
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Literature review
5.3. Erasmus mobility in the UK
5.4. Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) Erasmus statistical data
5.5. International student mobility experiences
5.6. Conclusion
Chapter 6. International student mobility in Poland – a quantitative analysis (Paweł Bryła)
6.1. Policy context
6.2. International students: facts and figures
6.3. Erasmus mobility in Poland
6.4. University of Lodz statistics
6.5. Conclusion
Chapter 7. International student mobility in Poland – a literature review on tendencies, motivations,
and obstacles (Paweł Bryła)
7.1. Student mobility in higher education: tendencies and motivations
7.2. Obstacles to student/Erasmus mobility
7.3. Erasmus employability
7.4. Conclusion
Chapter 8. The results of the MERGE survey among former Erasmus participants in Poland
(Paweł Bryła)
8.1. Material and methods
8.2. Characteristics of respondents
8.3. Principal results
8.4. Conclusion and selected insights from in-depth interviews
Chapter 9. The role of the Erasmus programme in the development strategy of the Faculty
of International and Political Studies, the University of Lodz (Tomasz Domański)
9.1. Introduction
9.2. International and interdisciplinary model of students’ education
9.3. International education as a relevant source of competitive advantage
9.4. Advisory services helping students choose a course
9.5. Partner collaboration with selected universities abroad
9.6. Individual career path model
9.7. Combining studies with learning about local business environment
9.8. International Marketing — model principles of benefiting from Erasmus Programme
9.9. Conclusions – future challenges
Annexes
Chapter 10. Erasmus mobility for studies – a case of my own experiences in Spain, France,
and Sweden (Jędrzej Kotarski, Aleksandra Olejnik, Michał Sędkowski)
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Erasmus mobility experiences in Spain
10.3. Erasmus mobility experiences in France
10.4. Erasmus mobility experiences in Sweden
10.5. Conclusion
Conclusion (Tomasz Domański)
Bibliography
List of tables
List of figures
About Authors
Introduction (Paweł Bryła)
Chapter 1. Erasmus mobility and employability research (Robert Brown, Basagaitz Guereño-
Omil, Kevin Hannam)
1.1. Introduction
1.2. The aims of the Erasmus programme
1.3. Mobility and Employability Research for Generation Erasmus (MERGE)
1.4. Erasmus in a European migration and integration context
1.5. The socio-economic dimensions of Erasmus mobility
1.6. Conclusions: tomorrow’s Erasmus
Chapter 2. A theoretical framework for European student mobilities (Felix Schubert)
2.1. Dimensions and aspects of student mobilities
2.2. Theoretical assumptions of Erasmus student exchange mobility
2.3. Student mobility models
2.4. Practices of regulatory regionalism in the EU
2.5. Main assumptions about Erasmus student exchange mobility
Chapter 3. International student mobility in Spain and selected results of the MERGE survey
among former Erasmus participants in Spain (Arantza Arruti, Itziar Elexpuru, Basagaitz
Guereño-Omil, Álvaro Moro, Lourdes Villardón)
3.1. Introduction
3.2. International student mobility in Spain
3.3. Results of the MERGE survey
3.4. Conclusion
Chapter 4. The German case study of the MERGE project (Ala Al-Hamarneh, Felix Schubert)
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Statistical data on Erasmus mobility at the JGU
4.3. Summary of the MERGE case study results
4.4. Conclusion
Chapter 5. The UK case study of the MERGE project (Kevin Hannam, Felix Schubert, Basagaitz
Guereño-Omil)
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Literature review
5.3. Erasmus mobility in the UK
5.4. Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) Erasmus statistical data
5.5. International student mobility experiences
5.6. Conclusion
Chapter 6. International student mobility in Poland – a quantitative analysis (Paweł Bryła)
6.1. Policy context
6.2. International students: facts and figures
6.3. Erasmus mobility in Poland
6.4. University of Lodz statistics
6.5. Conclusion
Chapter 7. International student mobility in Poland – a literature review on tendencies, motivations,
and obstacles (Paweł Bryła)
7.1. Student mobility in higher education: tendencies and motivations
7.2. Obstacles to student/Erasmus mobility
7.3. Erasmus employability
7.4. Conclusion
Chapter 8. The results of the MERGE survey among former Erasmus participants in Poland
(Paweł Bryła)
8.1. Material and methods
8.2. Characteristics of respondents
8.3. Principal results
8.4. Conclusion and selected insights from in-depth interviews
Chapter 9. The role of the Erasmus programme in the development strategy of the Faculty
of International and Political Studies, the University of Lodz (Tomasz Domański)
9.1. Introduction
9.2. International and interdisciplinary model of students’ education
9.3. International education as a relevant source of competitive advantage
9.4. Advisory services helping students choose a course
9.5. Partner collaboration with selected universities abroad
9.6. Individual career path model
9.7. Combining studies with learning about local business environment
9.8. International Marketing — model principles of benefiting from Erasmus Programme
9.9. Conclusions – future challenges
Annexes
Chapter 10. Erasmus mobility for studies – a case of my own experiences in Spain, France,
and Sweden (Jędrzej Kotarski, Aleksandra Olejnik, Michał Sędkowski)
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Erasmus mobility experiences in Spain
10.3. Erasmus mobility experiences in France
10.4. Erasmus mobility experiences in Sweden
10.5. Conclusion
Conclusion (Tomasz Domański)
Bibliography
List of tables
List of figures
About Authors