RC50: Tourism Committee, ISA

RC50 Double Newsletter 2025 (Issues 1–2) includes reflections from the Interim Conference at Tama University, interviews with Megumi Doshita, Claudio Minca, and John Eade. You can read the newsletter here: rc50tourismisa.wixsite.com/rc50/projects-2

A Time For Sociology At a moment marked by global crises, rising inequalities, growing intolerance, and threats to academic freedom, this statement reasserts the values of a rigorous, independent, public, critical, and global sociology, pls endorse: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

The keynote speakers for the RC50 Interim Conference have been announced: rc50tourismisa.wixsite.com/rc50/copy-of-c…

Planetary Biostyles doi.org/10.4337/978103… Interested in revisionist approaches to planetary matters with reference to climate change? This ground-breaking book deliberates on what planetary multitudes have to say about crisis and global (i.e. tourism) mobilities. @SSPLeeds

Please circulate widely. RC50 members are particularly welcome to send their proposal to TCC, but the Critical Reviews Editor will consider all high quality proposals by non-RC50 members.

It is this time of the year...to have a hot chocolate while reading the second and last ISA/RC50 Newsletter of 2024! rc50tourismisa.wixsite.com/rc50/projects-2

Having recently discovered that this publication is open access, I circulate the link for those who are interested in film, tourism and development! researchgate.net/publication/37… @tourismsociety @UNWTO @UNWTO_pub @UNWTOAcademy @CurrentSociolog @SSPLeeds

The sessions for the RC50 Interim Conference on Human Rights are now open for submission of proposals. rc50tourismisa.wixsite.com/rc50/copy-of-c… @isa_sociology @tourismsociety @UNWTO @WTTC @UNWTOAcademy @UNWTO_pub @cemore4mobs @UniLeedsCulture @NS_CCTH @SSPLeeds

Follow the link to read our RC50August 2024 Newsletter: rc50tourismisa.wixsite.com/rc50/projects-2 @tourismsociety @UNWTO @UNWTO_pub @UNWTOAcademy @isa_sociology @isagdmag @cemore4mobs @UniLeedsCulture @SSPLeeds

The RC50 Executive Board had a meeting today to discuss the upcoming ISA Congress in Rabat and the RC50 Interim Conference in Japan. The first 2024 RC50 Newsletter will be released soon, with info re. activities of relevance to the RC50/critical tourism theory community!

𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮, 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺: 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 is freely available for download worldwide at bit.ly/media-place-an…. @tourismsociety @isa_visual @SSPLeeds @UniLeedsCulture @CulSoc

ISA RC50 International Tourism members are invited to consider turning Research Committee discussions into SAGE Studies in International Sociology (SSIS). For more information see: isa-sociology.org/en/publication…

Call for Sessions ISA RC50 Interim Conference 2025 Theme: HUMAN RIGHTS IN TOURISM: Location & Dates: Fujisawa, Japan, 19-22 June 2025. Submission deadline: Tuesday 4th June 2024 @tourismsociety @ISA_RC21 @isa_sociology

You can watch the first inaugural seminar of the RC50 Online Seminar Series, 2023-24 "Rethinking the past and envisioning the future of tourism sociology": lm1572.wixsite.com/rc50/rc50-onli… @UNWTO @tourismsociety @isa_sociology @UNWTO @CulSoc @UniLeedsCulture @MoHu_Centre @cemore4mobs

Tourism Sociology Seminar Series (T3S), Research Committee 50 of the International Sociological Association. 'Rethinking the past and envisioning the future of tourism sociology studies' on Friday 24th November 10-11am CEST. Register for free: …kingTourismSociology.eventbrite.co.uk

@RodanthiPu A new book that critically examines the emerging field of popular culture tourism and its close connection with fan studies and placemaking. I contributed a chapter on 'Climate Disaster Films and Scholarly-Virtual Pilgrimage to Viable Planetary Futures'.

A new book that critically examines the emerging field of popular culture tourism and its close connection with fan studies and placemaking. I contributed a chapter on 'Climate Disaster Films and Scholarly-Virtual Pilgrimage to Viable Planetary Futures'. @SSPLeeds @cemore4mobs