Our Dr Nikki MacLeod launched her new book Literary Fiction Tourism: Understanding the Practice of Fiction-inspired Travel at a TMRC event on Friday. Nikki was in conversation with Dr @jameskennell of the University of Surrey, and the evening ended with Q&A and a drinks.
Today is World Diabetes Day. There are good days and there are bad days, but no matter how hard it gets you are more than your condition and it doesn’t define you.
#WorldDiabetesDay#Diabetes
Doing fieldwork in remote tourism places present unique challenges but can also unlock transformation. Read our photo memory log in the #OpenAccess paper published in @AnnTourRes@GreTMRC
https://t.co/FxPQXPWSRk
Mama: "doh worry bout dem & dey foolishness, dey won't stop we carnival."
A couple years off 90 but with more energy than me; I struggled to stop her joining the crowds.
#NottingHillCarnival2023 is a beautiful celebration of multicultural Britain, inspired by the Windrush Gen.
Interested in helping to create V2 of The Event Safety Guide? Steve Adelman has put together a helpful video discussing the process, format, and needs. There's a role for everyone, so check out the video below and drop us a line. https://t.co/uyGnarTvL0
#eventprofs#eventsafety
I had the pleasure of being interviewed on @ABCaustralia on the topic of irresponsible travel behaviors and what those #Instagrammable places can really be like behind the scenes.
Destination influencers impacting global tourism https://t.co/p6Q4zujX92
Do not engage with someone giving the silent treatment. Silent treatment is a form of manipulation to control another person. Allow them to be silent. Don’t beg to be spoken to. When they return, let them know you won’t tolerate your existence being denied.
Why is it that developing research questions is so hard for students?
What are we NOT teaching that makes it so difficult for them to craft a well-design research question?
I see this with both qualitative and quantitative research questions.
A joyful start to a new ministry at @ChristChurchEG for The Revd John Pout - aka @gospelshow1 - as he is installed as Team Rector of the East Greenwich Team on St Alban’s Day @SouthwarkCofE
Racialised and working-class students enrolled on PGCE and other teacher education courses often experience accent policing and being told to change their voice. This research examines how that policing intersects with race and class based discrimination. https://t.co/x4GddIDcFe
#Research participants NEEDED!! (details in thread).
#Bordercontrol procedures are normalised processes to protect national security. But for many travellers, going through airport border control and passport checks can be an experience of "guilty until proven innocent".
CONTESTED TOURISTS' BORDER-CROSSING EXPERIENCES
More humane and dignified approaches to border policing should be adopted.
#bordercrossing#tourism
OPEN ACCESS: https://t.co/wJMaLAiqbX
AUTHORS' VIDEO 👇
You’re leaving toxic environments. Your nervous system is going back into a parasympathetic state after years of fight or flight.
Expect to to sleep a lot.
Eat whenever you feel hungry.
Let go of what you “should” be doing and let your body heal itself.