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Slowing Down Tourism Practice and Scholarship in the Era of The Anthropocene (24-25th May 2023)

You are warmly invited to join the Geographies of Leisure and Tourism Research Group (GLTRG) at the Royal Geographical Society, Tourism Education Futures Initiative (TEFI) and Tourism RESET Online Symposium running from 24th – 25th May 2023. Please see below for the event schedule and for more information on the sessions.

The symposium will run online and is free to attend for anyone. However, pre-registration is necessary via https://forms.office.com/e/apRXAhkmwT. The sessions will not be recorded.

Click here to download the full programme as a pdf.

WEDNESDAY, 24TH MAY 2023  

TIME SESSION SPEAKERS 
11:00 – 11:15 Eastern time  
(16:00 – 16:15 UK time) 
Welcome Address  Katharina Bürger
Cristina Alexandra Trifan 
11:15 – 11:45 Eastern Time
(16:15 – 16:45 UK time) 
Session 1: Guided Meditation  Dr Nancy Stevenson 
11:45 – 12:30 Eastern Time 
(16:45 – 17:30 UK time) 
Session 2: Keynote – Resistance and Resilience in the Neoliberal University Professor Nigel Morgan 
12:30 – 12:35 Eastern Time  (17:30 – 17:35 UK time) Chair’s Closing Remarks Katharina Bürger
Cristina Alexandra Trifan 

THURSDAY, 25TH MAY 2023 

TIME SESSION SPEAKERS 
09:00 – 09:05 Eastern time 
(14:00 – 14:05 UK time) 
Chair’s Welcome Katharina Bürger 
09:05 – 09:50 Eastern time 
(14:05-14:50 UK time) 
Session 1: Keynote – Proximatizing Tourism ResearchProfessor Outi Rantala 
09:50 – 10:00 Eastern time 
(14:50 – 15:00 UK time) 
Comfort Break 
10:00 – 10:50 Eastern time 
(15:00 – 15:50 UK time) 
Session 2: Panel Discussion – Democratising education Dr. Maggie Miller
Dr. Christina Cavaliere
Dr. Stroma Cole
Dr. Karla Boluk 
10:50 – 11:00 Eastern time (15:50 – 16:00 UK time) Comfort Break 
11:00 – 11:45 Eastern time 
(16:00 – 16:45 UK time) 
Session 3:  Slowing down tourism and academic practice – Strategies to disrupt the system and develop boundaries Dr. Stefanie Benjamin
Dr. Kai-Sean Lee 
11:45 – 11:55 Eastern time 
(16:45 – 16:55 UK time) 
Comfort Break 
11:55 – 12:55 Eastern time 
(16:55 – 17:55 UK time) 
Session 4: Building supportive structures – allyship and solidarity Dr. Karla Boluk
Dr. Tijana Rakic
Dr. Alberto Amore
Dr. Sandro Carnicelli
Dr. Kai-Sean Lee 
12:55 – 13:05 Eastern time 
(17:55 – 18:05 UK time) 
Closing panel and remarks Dr. Karla Boluk
Dr. Tijana Rakic
Dr. Stefanie Benjamin
Dr. Brendan Paddison
Dr. Jenny Hall
Cristina Alexandra Trifan 
13:05 – 13:35 Eastern time 
(18:05 – 18:35 UK time) 
Session 5: Brewing and reflection tutorial Dr. Kai-Sean Lee 

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