Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Business School
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
4013SSLN-JAN-MTP
Aims
To enable students to examine the cultural geography of tourism and to develop an understanding of contemporary debates within social sciences
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate an appreciation of multi-sensual and performative nature of tourism and travel within contemporary societies.
2.
Discuss the significance of images, representations and discourses in the promotion and development of tourist destinations
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Mapping and mobilities, Mobilities and diasporas, Tourism, images and representations, Sightseeing and the tourist gaze: Creation of tourism place, Production and Consumption of tourism landscapes
Module Overview:
This module enables you to examine the cultural geography of tourism and to develop an understanding of contemporary debates within social sciences. Through lectures and seminars you will look at topics such as mapping and mobilities, diasporas, images and representations, sightseeing, and the tourist gaze.
This module enables you to examine the cultural geography of tourism and to develop an understanding of contemporary debates within social sciences. Through lectures and seminars you will look at topics such as mapping and mobilities, diasporas, images and representations, sightseeing, and the tourist gaze.
Additional Information:This module aims to enable students to examine the cultural geography of tourism and to develop an understanding of contemporary debates within social sciences
Assessments
Portfolio
Report