Social and Cultural tourism issues

The course provides an insight in a number of social and cultural issues related to tourism:

1. Looking into definitions and concepts and analysing how culture is transformed for tourism consumption and how culture – on the other hand - shapes communities' and tourists' behaviours and consumption.
2. Aiming at deconstructing and analysing the different stakeholders involved in tourism, the communities, the tourists, authorities and the tourism sector tackling the (power) relationships.
3. Illustrating critically the relationship between culture and tourism by drawing on certain forms of cultural tourism, such as heritage and urban tourism.
4. Another focus is on tourism (non)participation examining social tourism values, policies and practices.
    

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the complex relationship between culture and tourism and develop his/her critical approach from a social perspective.

Connaissances et compétences pré-requises ou co-requises

None

lectures, presentations and participation

Références, bibliographie et lectures recommandées

See compulsory reading section on UV

readings provided on UV

Support(s) de cours

• Université virtuelle

Contacts

Anya Diekmann

anya.diekmann@ulb.be

Campus

Solbosch

Méthode(s) d'évaluation

• Examen écrit

Examen écrit

Written exam
Assignment: summary of a scientific paper

Construction de la note (en ce compris, la pondération des notes partielles)

90% exam
10% assignment

Langue(s) d'évaluation

• anglais
• (éventuellement français )