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.
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
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