REGISTRATION/ENREGISTREMENT: www.geog.snu.ac.kr/IGC2000

I would like to convey the current information that we have regarding the 29th IGC in Korea and the associated Study Group meeting. I would like to especially acknowledge the assistance of the local organiser, Dr. Sangcheol Kwon <kwonsc@cheju.cheju.ac.kr>, in ensuring that we have a successful meeting. / Je aimer pour transporter actuel information qui avoir concernant 29ème CIG dans Corée et associé étude groupe réunion. Je voudrais reconnaître particulièrement l'aide de l'organisateur local, Dr. Sangcheol Kwon <kwonsc@cheju.cheju.ac.kr>, en s'assurant que nous avons une réunion réussie.

Day 1 August 10

10:00 - 11:30 Registration and Social Gathering/enregistrement et accueil des participants

11:30 - 12:00 Opening Session - Addresses: Welcome and SG Chair/ séance d'ouverture - mot de bienvenue du Président; Briefing on Cheju Tourism Development/présentation du développement touristique de Cheju

12:00 - 13:00 Banquet

13:00 - 18:00 Paper presentations/communications

Day 2 August 11

09:00 - 12:30 Paper presentations/communications

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 18:00 Paper presentations/communications

Day 3 August 12

09:00 - 12:30 Paper presentations/communications

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 18:00 Paper presentations/communications

Day 4 August 13

09:00 - 17:00 Field Trip

The field trip will focus on the most popular tourist routes of Cheju representing and possibly suggesting how Cheju tourism has been and could be developed. Areas to be studied include volcanic landscapes, folk villages with traditional Korean food, and developed tourism attractions.

17:00 - 18:00 Roundtable Discussion re: sustainable tourism in general and Cheju in particular/ table ronde sur le tourisme soutenable en général et à Cheju en particulier

18:00 - Closing Ceremony/ cérémonie de clôture

Leave early to Seoul or stay at Cheju/départ vers Séoul ou nuit à Cheju

August 14

Leave to Seoul/ nuit à Cheju

Considerable interest has already been shown in the Study Group Pre-Congress Meeting and in the main IGU Congress. SEE www.geog.nau.edu/igust/korea2000.html

a New Horizons in the Geography of Tourism (eg recent methodological and conceptual issues in the geography of tourism, tourist-planning methodologies, tourism marketing and management, regional tourism planning).

b Local Culture and Tourism Development (eg tourism in cross-cultural perspective, cultural tourism and regional development, tradition and tourism, pilgrimages, religious sites as tourism attractions)

c The Tourist Industry : A New Basic Sector in Urban and Regional Economies? (eg visions of the tourist industry in the 21st century, tourism conventions and expositions, complex tourism information systems)

d Tourism and Regional Development (eg interrelationships between tourism and development, case studies of tourism and community development, tourism marketers in local government, socio-economic impacts of tourism, tourism development policies and ethics in the Third World)

e Environmental Impacts and Strategies of Tourism in Rural, Mountain and Coastal Areas (eg tourism carrying capacity, recreation trends and mountain and coastal resort development, tourism as a conflicting land use)

f Eco-Tourism: A Sustainable Solution between Regional Development and Environmental Conservation? (eg definition, framework, planning, monitoring , and assessment of eco-tourism; regional, economic and policy issues of eco-tourism; reducing environmental impacts of tourism; tourism and environmental degradation; case studies of sustainable tourism development)

g Tourism and Migration

To present papers at general or poster sessions, members must submit an abstract in either English or French before March 1, 2000. Abstracts of up to 600 words will be accepted for publication in a typeset abstract volume. In the first line of abstracts, proposed sessions and sub-sessions must be specified such as T-5a or T-15-d. The following lines should be the title of the papers, name(s) and affiliation(s), and then the body of the Abstract. The text must be typed on no more than two double spaced pages, minus space allowances for tables and figures. Since figures will not be redrafted and may be reduced by as much as 50 percent, they must be of high quality and camera-ready. The Organising Committee reserves the right to exclude figures that do not meet professional standards for reproduction or that exceed the publication space allocated for each author.

The size and format of a poster should not deviate from usual practices. Abstracts should be written in Microsoft Word format and be sent via Email or mail (a floppy disk and its hard copy) to :

The 29th IGC Organising Committee
Department of Geography
Seoul National University
Seoul 151-742, KOREA

Email : igcseoul@plaza.snu.ac.kr

Abstracts of papers and posters, to be presented to the conferences of the IGU Commissions and Study Groups (including those of the Main Congress sessions organised by Commissions and Study Groups), should be submitted to each Commission and Study Group: Sangcheol Kwon <kwonsc@cheju.cheju.ac.kr> or Michael Hall <cmhall@business.otago.ac.nz>. More information will be provided by the Homepage of the 29th IGC at www.geog.snu.ac.kr/IGC2000, or www.geog.nau.edu/igust/korea2000.html.

En novembre 1999, le directeur du Groupe d'Etude avait soumis un projet ecrit aux membres du groupe, concernant l'avenir du groupe. Ce document incorporait les debats de l'UGI sur sa structure future pour souligner que toute restructuration du groupe doit denir compte des initiatives de l'UGI.

Le directeur du Groupe s'est entretenu directement de facon officielle, mais aussi officieusement, avec des membres titulaires et des membres correspondants du Groupe au sujet de sa direction future lors de la conference a Flagstaff, Arizona en octobre 1999 et de celle a Oamaru, Nouvelle Zelande, en aout. Les resultats de ces entretiens ont servi de base au projet ecrit soumis aux membres en novembre, ainsi qu'aux conclusions qui suivent, sur le statut a venir du Groupe. Plus de details sur la Commission proposee, sa composition et les conditions d'adhesion suivront ce rapport.

Voici quelques principes generaux sur l'avenir du Groupe qui ressortent de ces debats.

• Le Groupe devrait rechercher le statut de commission vu le dynamisme de cette sous-discipline, d'apres le nombre de geographes chercheurs, le nombre et la qualite de leurs publications et la reconnaissance croissante de l'importance du tourisme en geographie puisque les processus de glovalisation, de localisation et de mobilite recoivent de plus en plus d'attention.

• La Commission proposee devrait inclure la geographie des loisirs pour incorporer effectivement toutes les activites et tous les comportements en matiere de loisirs, de delassements et de tourisme dans un large eventail d'echelles spatio-temporelles. Le fait que le Groupe d'Etude soit restreint au seul tourisme empeche d'etudier les consequences de (grande) portee d'autres formes de delassement qui s'apparentent pourtant au tourisme, telles que les randonnees d'une journee. L'Organisation Mondiale du Tourisme elle-meme cherche a definir ces randonnees comme activite touristique. Qui plus est, on nepeut guere distinguer l'etude des consequences economiques et sur l'environnement du tourisme de celles des loisirs, tandis que les migrations dues aux loisirs et aux changements de mode de vie sont maintenant considerees comme faisant partie du corpus 'tourisme'.

• Le groupe doit continuer a encourager activement la participation de chercheurs recemment diplomes et a accroitre le nombre et la participation de membres originaires de regions jusqu'a present peu representees telles que l'Asie, l'Oceanie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique Latine.

• Les membres titulaires de la Commissiion proposee doivent demontrer qu'ils sont actifs en geographie du tourisme et des loisirs, soit en participant aux rencontres du Groupe et en s'interessant aux activites du Groupe, et/ou soit par leurs publications, et/ou soit en organisant des rencontres. Ils doivent egalement representer l'origine geographique et la distribution par sexe de tous les membres du Groupe.

• Le Groupe doit continuer a organiser des rencontres et des seminaires en collaboration avec d'autres commissions, Groupes d'Etudes et associations academiques pour avancer leurs desseins respectifs et pour encourager des etudes collaboratives.

La Commission devra se placer, tout comme le Groupe d'Etude dont elle est la continuation, dans le contexte de changement global. Notre concentration actuelle sur la durabilite en est un des themes majeurs. La facon dont le tourisme et les loisirs contribuent a ce changement et en sont affectes doit mener a des etudes sur:

-les relations entre le tourisme et la convergence espace-temps -la facon don't le tourisme opere dans un 'monde sans frontieres" -les correlations entre le tourisme et le lieu, l'identite et la citoyennete, y compris la reconnaissance de droits et de responsabilites et des questions de sexe. -la facon dont les institutions peuvent developper des capacites reflexives d'apprentissage pour contribuer et pour repondre plus efficacement a ces changements globaux.

Nous proposons donc que tous ces themes soit reunis en une seule Commission sur la Geographie du Tourisme et des Loisirs et de Changement Global (titre de travail).

Cette Commission proposee poursuivra les buts suivants:

1. De mettre en oeuvre les decisions de l'Union Geographique International telles qu'elles sont definies dans ses statuts pour promouvoir la Geographie du Tourisme et des Loisirs de par le monde.

2. De developper une culture de recherche internationale qui developpe la Geographie du Tourisme et des Loisirs et de Changement Global.

3. De promouvoir des relations de travail serrees avec des organisations internationales, nationales et regionales qui partagent les interets de la Geographie du Tourisme et des Loisirs et de Changement Global.

4. De hausser la place de la Geographie du Tourisme et des Loisirs et de Changement Global en recherche et en formation universitaire; aupres des responsables du tourisme et des loisirs; aupres des activites de tourisme et de loisirs; et aupres du public.

Le projet d'ensemble de la Commission proposee est de developper et d'appliquer un programme international de recherche comparative sur les relations entre le tourisme, les loisirs et les changements globaux.

Les buts particuliers de la Commission proposee suivent:

1. faire comprendre le role du tourisme et des loisirs comme facteur qui influence mais est egalement influence par les changement sglobaux;

2. developper plus amplement le concept de durabilite dans les domaines du tourisme et des loisirs, dans un contexte de changement global;

3. faire comprendre qu'il existe un large eventail de processus qui 4. interviennent dans les relations entre le tourisme, les loisirs et les changements globaux, y compris l'environnement physique et politique ainsi que les processus socio-economiques; 5. encourager une recherche qui integre la notion de relations mutuelles entre les structures et les processus en tourisme et loisirs a differentes echelles spatiales (internationales, nationales, regionales, locales, individuelles) et temporelles (a court comme a long terme, d'une generation a une autre ou dans la meme generation); 6. transmettre les resultats de telles recherches par les membres de la Commission a divers organismes academiques, industriels et politiques, afin d'influencer leurs decisions de facon efficace et appropriee.

Ces objectifs seront maintenus tout au long de l'existence de la Commission proposee par une serie de taches qui ont ete definies lors d'entretiens entre les membres et qui seront modifiees si necessaire lors de futures rencontres comme celle de Cheju. Des membres de la Commission proposee dirigeront ces diverses taches individuellement.

Tache 1 Definir la signification de 'durabilite' dans le contexte du tourisme, des loisirs et de changement global;

Tache 2 Le fonctionnement et la reglementation du tourisme et des loisirs dans un 'monde sans frontieres';

Tache 3 La relation entre tourisme et loisirs et les questions soulevees par la convergence espace-temps;

Tache 4 Le role du tourisme et des loisirs dans l'interaction entre les systemes naturels, ruraux et urbains;

Tache 5 La correlation entre tourisme et loisirs et le lieu, l'identite et la citoyennete, dans le contexte de changement global;

Tache 6 L'energie et le pouvoir des collectivites et des institutions a contribuer et a repondre au changement global;

Tache 7 Contribuer pertinemment a des programmes de recherche internationale, associes aux buts et aux objectifs de la Commission.

'Tourisme et Loisirs dans le Contexte de Changement Global' est le theme qui integre toutes ces taches.

Il est considere que la liste ci-dessus des buts, objectifs et taches est la juste continuation et reprise de direction du Groupe d'Etude actuel, compte tenu des debats et des questions de recherche auquel il devra faire face a l'avenir.

C. Michael Hall

In November 1999 the Study Group Chairperson issued a discussion paper to members regarding the future of the Study Group. This document highlighted the IGU discussions as to the future structure of the IGU and the need for any restructuring of the Study Group to be undertaken with these in mind.

At the Study Group's conference held in Flagstaff, Arizona, in October 1999 as well as the earlier conference in Oamaru, New Zealand, held in August, 1999 the chairperson had the opportunity to formally and informally discuss directly with full and corresponding members as to the future direction of the Group. The outcomes of these discussions served as the basis for the discussion document to members as well as the following set of conclusions regarding the future status of the Group. Further details of the proposed Commission and its constititution and membership will follow this activity report.

As a result of the feedback on the discussion paper and the discussions of the Chairperson a number of general principles as to the future were apparent

In terms of the focus of a Commission it was also apparent that, building on the work of the Study Group since its establishment, Tourism and Leisure needs to be seen within the context of global change of which our present focus of sustainability is a major theme. However, it was also widely agreed that the manner in which tourism and leisure contributes to and is affected by global change also needs to incorporate concerns and interests in

• the relationship of tourism to issues of time-space convergence;

• the manner in which tourism operates in a 'borderless world';

• the inter-relationship of tourism with place, identity and citizenship, including the recognition of rights and responsibilities and issues of gender; and

• the manner in which institutions can develop reflexive and learning capacities in order to effectively contribute and respond to global change.

It is therefore proposed that these related themes be brought together within the ambit of a proposed Commission on the Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change/ Géographie du tourisme et des loisirs et changement global (working title).

The aims of the proposed Commission will be to:

1.To implement the purposes of the International Geographical Union as defined in its statutes to promote the geography of tourism and leisure around the world.

2. To develop an international research culture to investigate and develop the Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change.

3. To promote close working relations with international, national and regional organisations which share similar interests in the Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change and to work with communities which are affected by such change

4. To enhance the place of the geography of tourism and leisure in education and research; tourism and leisure policy-makers; the tourism and leisure industries; and the wider community.

The overall objective of the proposed Commission is the development and application of an internationally comparable research program on the relationships between tourism, leisure and global change.

The proposed Commission's specific objectives are to:

• communicate the role of tourism and leisure as a major factor which both influences and is influenced by global change;

• further develop the concept of sustainability as applied to 'tourism' and 'leisure' with respect to the concept of global change;

• communicate the importance of understanding a broad range of processes that

affect the relationships between tourism, leisure and global change, including the natural environment, political, and socio-economic processes;

• foster research that incorporates the notion of the inter-relatedness of structures and processes in tourism and leisure, through a variety of linked spatial - international, national, regional, local and the individual, and temporal - short term and long term (inter and intra-generational) - scales.

• communicate the results of the research by members of the Commission to various academic, industry and policy arenas in order to influence policy in an effective and appropriate manner.

These objectives are to be pursued over the life of the proposed Commission through a set of research 'tasks' that have been defined through discussion with members and modified as appropriate during the Cheju and subsequent meetings. Individual members of the proposed Commission will adopt leadership roles for the various tasks.

Task 1 Interpreting the meaning of 'sustainability' within the context of tourism, leisure and global change;

Task 2 The operation and regulation of tourism and leisure in a 'borderless world'

Task 3 The relationship of tourism and leisure to issues of time-space convergence;

Task 4 Tourism and leisure in the interaction between natural, rural and urban systems;

Task 5 The inter-relationship of tourism and leisure with place, identity and citizenship within the context of global change;

Task 6 The dynamics and capacities of communities and institutions in order to effectively contribute and respond to global change; and

Task 7 Contributing to relevant international research programmes associated with the aims and objectives of the Commission

The integrating theme of all the 'tasks' is 'Tourism and Leisure in the Context of Global Change'

The above list of aims, objectives and tasks is regarded as an appropriate continuation and redevelopment of the present Study Group in light of its findings and the research problems it faces in the future.

C. Michael Hall

• North-South: Contrasts and Connections in Global Tourism Savonlinna, Finland, 18-21 June 2000

• Marketing Identities: Asian Tourism in the 21st Century Hainan, China, 23-26 October 2000

For details email richards@kub.nl

Greg Richards
Dept of Leisure Studies
Tilburg University
PO Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg
The Netherlands
Tel +31-13-466-2313
Fax +31-13-466-2370
http://www.atlas-euro.org

The University of Houston, Universite d'Angers and Siam University, in collaboration with Chiang Mai University are pleased to host the Fourth International Conference on Tourism in Southeast Asia and Indo-China: Development, Marketing and Sustainability in Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 24-26, 2000. The conference will be held immediately before the Sixth Annual Asia Pacific Tourism Association Conference, scheduled to take place in Phuket, Thailand, June 27-July 1, 2000. The conference seeks to provide international tourism and hotel industry community with an opportunity to learn about tourism/hotel industry development and marketing opportunities in Indo-China and Southeast Asia. It will provide tourism educators, academicians and researchers with an interdisciplinary forum for exchange of research in tourism. The Conference program will feature keynote speeches by important government and tourism organization representatives in the region, regional tourism industry leaders, and prominent international experts on tourism development and marketing as well as competitively selected paper presentations by researchers.

The Conference will be held at Chiang Mai Westin Riverside Plaza Hotel, a 5-star property in the center of Chiang Mai. Special conference room rate of 2,100 Thai Baht for single and 2,300 Baht for double (approximately US$54 and US$59, respectively) has been arranged for conference participants. The rate includes all tax, service charge and full American breakfast.

It is the intent of the conference to focus on a broad range of topics related to tourism and hospitality education, investment and development, and sustainability of tourism. Individual or panel presentations pertaining to recent trends, research findings, case studies, and/or contemporary issues related to the tourism and hospitality industry would be most suitable. Possible presentation topics could include, but are not limited to:

· A state-of-the-art review of tourism and hotel industry. · Educational and human resources development issues affecting tourism and hospitality.· Case studies and research studies pertaining to other parts of the world and which might have direct implications to tourism education, investment, and sustainability.· Investment opportunities in Asia's tourism industry. · Regional tourism policies and development plans. · Economic feasibility studies for hotel/tourism development projects. · Eco-tourism and sustainable tourism development. · Creative marketing and promotional efforts. · Service quality in tourism and hospitality industry. · Convention and meetings management.

· Human resources development and training. · Casino and gaming industry and management. · Airlines and tour operator strategic alliances. · Internet marketing.· Information technology and tourism. · Research in progress as related to tourism and hotel industry.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 1. Two copies of an abstract or detailed outline of proposed paper or panel presentation should be submitted for the final selection process. 2. The proposal should not exceed three typewritten, double spaced pages. Submit abstracts/outline to the Conference Coordinator. 3. Deadline for submission of abstracts/ outline is March 1, 2000. 4. Authors of accepted abstracts/outline will be asked to submit a completed paper or a completed outline of their presentation no later than May 5, 2000.

Final copies of papers or detailed outline will be professionally published as an edited volume of conference proceedings and distributed at the conference. In addition to the Conference Proceedings, selected papers will be included in an edited book to be published by The Haworth Hospitality Press (New York). Selected papers will be further considered for publication in the Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Journal of Convention & Exhibition Management, Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, and Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing.

For additional inquiries and paper submissions, please contact the Conference Organizer: Prof. K.S. (Kaye) Chon ¨ University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College, Houston, TX 77204-3902, USA; Fax +1-713-743-2427 Telephone +1-713-743-2458 Email: Kchon@uh.edu

The Asia Pacific Tourism Association (APTA) Sixth Annual Conference will be held in Phuket, Thailand, 28 June - 1 July 2000. The Conference Theme is: TOURISM, A STRATEGIC INDUSTRY IN ASIA AND PACIFIC: DEFINING PROBLEMS AND CREATING SOLUTIONS. The conference website is http://talay.psu.ac.th In its relatively short history the APTA conference has grown into a major academic tourism meeting.

The 6th World Leisure Congress of the World Leisure and Recreation Association will be held in Bilbao, Spain, hosted by the Institute of Leisure Studies of the University of Deusto. The Congress will provide a forum for discussion and reflection upon leisure as a context for individual and social development.

As we enter the new millennium, the world pauses to look both backward and forward, what have we learned from the past and what must be done in the future. Leisure is no exception. Thus, the Congress will address the potentialities for human development through leisure at a time when we seem to have fallen short of creating the best conditions for optimising the quality of life for all, despite the astonishing achievements of science and technology.

To address the issue properly requires a broad range of approaches. Therefore, the role of leisure in human development will be considered from both individual and collective perspectives. More specifically, how do leisure experiences enhance or diminish personal development and well being, and how do organised and institutionalised leisure affect communities, states and relations among them? Following the successful 5th Congress in Sao Paulo, Brazil last October, which attracted over 1,000 delegates, you are invited to attend and become a part of World Leisure Congress 2000. In addition to traditional program formats, there will be exhibitions, a trade show, and a full social and cultural program. Congress 2000 will be an integral part of Bilbao's dual celebration: The new Millennium and the city's 700th anniversary.

Who Should Attend:

* Leisure academics

* Leisure professionals and managers

* Public administration officials

* Leisure industry representatives

Call for Papers: The program will address a range of theme and non-theme subjects and issues relating to the full spectrum of leisure: its celebration, its challenges, its problems. For those wishing to have papers considered for inclusion in the program, the format and general requirements are available through the Congress web site. For information on Congress Registration, Hotels, Exhibition and Trade Show see the Congress web site

http://www.deusto.es/castell/castpags/estuc02/wlra2000/wlra2000es.htm

you could propose a paper, a presentation, a video, a film, an exhibition, or other form of involvement - and MOST of all, I would also like you to pass this e mail on to your networks!

At present we have 120 proposals of papers, a number of plays commissioned, and a range of great plenary speakers as you will see on the web site: http://sunsite.wits.ac.za/urbanfutures/

This conference is meant to provide an opportunity for exchange of experiences both south-to-south and south-to- north - it will be exciting and fun - especially if you are here!! It is NOT a conference focussed on Johannesburg, though there will be plenty of interest generated by lots of bits and pieces which do have to do with this city ... we want theory, experience and practice from other places in profusion too. Please get in touch if you would like to know more - I would love to see you here next year!

Alan Mabin, Johannesburg

+27 11 482 7142 home / +27 82 856 5606 mobile/cell +27 11 403 0936/484 2729 fax

alternative e mail - mabina@zeus.mgmt.wits.ac.za

DEADLINES FOR ABSTRACTS NOW 1 MARCH 2000/ DATES-LIMITES POUR DES RÉSUMÉS MAINTENANT 1 MARS 2000

REGISTRATION/ENREGISTREMENT: www.geog.snu.ac.kr/IGC2000

Packaging Places: Imagining, Remembering, and Promoting Landscapes American Heritage Center, Ninth Annual Symposium, September 28-30, 2000, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

The American Heritage Center, a manuscript repository at the University of Wyoming, in cooperation with the American Studies Program, the History Department, and the UW Art Museum, will host the Center's Ninth Annual Symposium September 28-30, 2000. The theme of the conference will be the packaging of the country's natural and cultural landscapes.

The symposium's program committee requests proposals for papers and sessions which explore the idea of the packaging of natural and cultural landscapes. Areas of inquiry could include the perception and image of various landscapes; the influences of such perceptions in the areas of politics, tourism, boosterism, literature, art, and public history; the use of film, photography, documentaries, and literature in the promotion of tourism; the media's representation of landscapes; comparisons between the promotion of landscapes by cultural institutions and commercial enterprises; and literary representations of landscapes.

For papers and panels please submit an abstract between 100 and 500 words. Include the title of the presentation, the full name of all presenters, institutional affiliations, vitas, mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses; and any special requirements such as slide projectors or other equipment. Submit proposals to:

Sally Sutherland, American Heritage Center PO Box 3924, Laramie, WY 82071

307-7664295; FAX: 307-766-5511 sallys@uwyo.edu

Decisions will be made by the program committee. Participants will be notified by mid-March. A small honorarium will be provided as well as some assistance for travel and lodging for those invited to speak. The American Heritage Center holds many collections related to the area of western landscapes. The AHC also provides travel grants up to $500 to scholars and students who wish to use our collections. Travel applications are due April 15, 2000. Please contact the AHC for an application form or see the AHC's web page at http://www.uwyo.edu/ahc.

This conference is designed to bring together scientists, community activists, and science studies scholars who are working on environmental issues in an effort to reveal and move beyond barriers that have inhibited interaction between scholars in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, and between academics and activists. From the common ground of our concern for our global environment, we devote this conference to establishing a dialogue between the interdisciplinary fields of science studies (history, philosophy, sociology, literature, cultural studies) and environmental studies (biological and natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, management, policy, design, and law), as well as between academic research and public activism.

The chief goals of the conference are to foster dialogue that engages the practical and theoretical challenges of "taking nature seriously," that illuminates the value of interdisciplinary and inter-community collaboration, and that envisions new models of scholarship and policy that can move us beyond culturally constructed barriers. We will explore whether and how scholars studying scientific practices can contribute to more effective scientific research and policy formation, and we will investigate the ways practicing scientists and environmental activists can and do work together on pressing environmental issues. Such a dialogue promises to enable both a richer understanding of similarities and differences in our approaches to environmental problems and a realization of the common ground shared in our ultimate goals.

Keynote Speakers:

• Donna Haraway, author of Primate Visions; Modest_Witness@Second_Millennium;

Simians, Cyborgs, and Women

• Richard Lewontin, author of Biology as Ideology, The Dialectical Biologist, Education and Class, The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change, and Not in Our Genes

• Andrew Pickering, author of Constructing Quarks, The Mangle of Practice, and Science as Practice and Culture

Suggested conference topics include but are not limited to:

• Empirical analyses of specific environmental issues and proposed/implemented actions (for example: salmon restoration, forest protection and management, toxic waste management, ozone depletion, genetically modified organisms)

• Questions of expertise, citizenship, and sustainability

• Environmental justice: the relationship between protecting the environment and implementing equity among people

• The roles of humanistic and scientific rhetoric in environmental arguments and activism, including how best to translate theories and research results into public environmental discourse

• The nature and potential of Public-Interest Science (i.e. scientific research developed and conducted with the collaboration of an active, informed citizenry)

• The value of science studies for environmental studies and vice versa

• Investigations of the current realism/social constructivism debates

• The history and role of the idea of an independent reality, free of human interaction

• Analyses of distinctions such as body/mind, nature/culture - whether and how they might be productively reconceived

• Assessments of recent models and metaphors for framing the material and social aspects of nature, such as the cyborg, hybridity, actor network theory, the mangle of practice, and the transgenic organism, etc.

• The contributions of feminist science studies and race theories to the bridging of science studies and environmental studies / scholarship and activism

Panels:We hope to form several interdisciplinary panels on the above and related themes. Our goal is to encourage collaboration and interchange between scientists, activists, and science studies scholars. For example, a panel on Genetically Modified Organisms might include: a geneticist, to discuss the effects of gene modification at the organismal and ecosystem levels; an environmental health activist, to present issues relating to health concerns; and a science studies scholar, to discuss conceptions of "natural" at play in current environmental health debates. Prospective presenters are welcome to submit a complete panel proposal or to advertise for panel participants on the conference Web site. (Send a title and a brief description of your proposed panel, along with contact information, to conference coordinator Lynne Fessenden, tns@darkwing.uoregon.edu.)

"Perspectives: Geography" is a new reader (with a supporting website) of current issues designed to supplement introductory and advance geography classes. Sample review copies are now available from Coursewise Publishing, Inc. at 800-565-6247, or view the entire contents and order online at: http://www.coursewise.com/disciplines/geo/lew.html

The book is published by Coursewise Publications and is suited to classes in introductory human geography, world regional geography, geography of North America, and geography of contemporary affairs. The reader contains 41 articles published in 1997 or 1998 in academic journals and general news and science magazines. The major sections include: 1 - The Changing Physical Environment: Are We to Blame? 2 - Landscapes and Culture: Does Place Still Matter? 3 - Economic Restructuring and Globalization: How Sustainable? 4 - International Conflict: Can the U.S. Lead? 5 - The Developing World: Lessons Learned and Lost? 6 - Tourism and Recreation: Will Leisure Dominate the 21st Century?

Introductory information on each section and article can be found at: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~alew/pers-geog-toc.html

(Using the Coursewise Publication's supporting Courselinks website, is it possible to create an entire online class built around this reader and your regular textbook.)

ALAN A. LEW, Ph.D., AICP

Dept. of Geography, Planning and Recreation, Northern Arizona University, Box 15016, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5016, USA - tel: 1 (928) 523-6567, fax: 1 (928) 523-2275 <mailto:alan.lew@nau.edu>

Announcing a new publication in the series "TOURISM DYNAMICS" edited by Valene L. Smith and Paul F. Wilkinson published by COGNIZANT COMMUNICATION CORPORATION, New York: TOURISM & SMALL ENTREPRENEURS Development, National Policy and Entrepreneurial Culture Indonesian Cases, Heidi Dahles & Karin Bras (eds.) (Vrije University Amsterdam)

This book aims to offer a better understanding of the relationship between tourism development and small-scale entrepreneurship. Proprietorship of small-scale tourist enterprises in developing countries is a critical developmental issue that has been largely ignored. Development plans for tourism often ignore the needs of the people they are supposedly designed to help. These people are important not only because they come in large numbers, but also because they may play a vital role in the establishment of more sustainable forms of tourism. In particular, this book deals with different local entrepreneurs operating "under the tourist gaze" in Indonesia's state bureaucracy under the Suharto regime. The national tourism policy in New Order Indonesia advocated tourism as part of its modernization strategy and therefore prioritized the large-scale economic sector, in particular resort-development, the star-rated hotel sector and so-called "quality" tourism. Small-scale tourism business operating both in the formal and informal sector were not addressed in the national government policy. Instead these businesses ranged under local and provincial governments which were less well equipped in terms of power and money to make provisions for these tourism enterprises. Moreover, as local governments were supposed to reach goals set by the central state in terms of economic growth, local policies easily favored the large-scale sector and foreign investors over small-scale economic activities. The national policy of deregulation in the large-scale sector was countered by more and stricter regulations in the small-scale sector. All the chapters in this book investigate a specific category of tourism-related small-scale entrepreneurs in a particular local setting against the background of the anti-participatory national policies.

This book is based on research conducted in the major Indonesian tourist areas, Yogyakarta (Java), Bali and Lombok. The emphasis is on qualitative methodology, centering around anthropological fieldwork and ethnographical interviewing. The authors participated in tourism activities while living in villages and neighborhoods in Bali, Yogyakarta or Lombok that can be classified as popular tourist areas.

What makes this book unique is that most of the chapters are based on elaborate case studies conducted by graduate students participating in the graduate tourism program of the Department of Leisure Studies of Tilburg University. Therefore this book is of particular interest to students and contributes to tourism teaching.

Content: 1. Tourism and small entrepreneurs in developing countries. A theoretical perspective. 2. Small businesses in the Indonesian tourism industry. Entrepreneurship or employment? 3. Massage, Miss? Women entrepreneurs and beach tourism in Bali. 4. Homestays, losmen and guesthouses: Doing business in the low-budget accommodation sectorin Kuta and Ubud, Bali. 5. Gili Trawangan: Local entrepreneurship in tourism under pressure. 6. A home away from home? The production and consumption of budget accommodations in two tourist areas in the city of Yogyakarta. 7. Tukang Becak. The pedicab men of Yogyakarta. 8. Mountain guides in Lombok. Pathfinders up Gunung Rinjani. 9. Pathfinder, gigolo and friend. Diverging entrepreneurial strategies of tourist guides on two Indonesian islands.

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Let me introduce myself first. My name is Maria Rosario Partidario, I am a Professor and researcher at the New University of Lisbon, Portugal, working particularly on environmental impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment and environmental management and planning. Tourism has been one of my main fields of application of these tools, and consequently I have been developing research on sustainable tourism.

I have recently been engaged in a project related to the establishment of a sustainable development strategy for a city in Portugal, including the assessment of its tourism carrying capacity. Although there are plently of indications of conferences on these topics, which demonstrate that the issue is highly at the centre of debate (namely the incoming November conference in Madrid), the fact is that from a brief review conducted, there does not seem to exist much evidence of case-examples of urban or tourism policies, particularly in towns, where its tourism carrying capacity would have been assessed, or even a concrete strategy for sustainable development of tourism (with time and resources involved) clearly defined.

I am interested in seeing if any member could help me with the identification of case-examples, or at least methodologies, that might have been developed at such policy level.

Prof. Dr. Maria do Rosario Partidario (MSc, PhD)

Current work address:

DCEA / FCT / UNL
Quinta da Torre
P - 2825-114 MONTE DA CAPARICA
PORTUGAL
Phone: 351-1-2954464 (ext. 0134) 2941865 (dir.) Fax: 351-1-2948554 mp@mail.fct.unl.pt

You can now visit the web site of the tourism commission of the International Union of Anthroplogical and Ethnological Sciences. There are a variety of interesting bits on the site and if anyone has anything they feel would be appropriate to add to it, then please let me know. It has taken a long time to get this web site sorted, but thanks to everyone for being patient: http://www.herts.ac.uk/business/tourism_commission/folder/

Dr Neil Carr, Dept of Economics, Social Sciences & Tourism, University of Hertfordshire, Hertford SG13 8QF, Tel. 01707 285511/Fax. 01707 285455 email n.s.carr@herts.ac.uk

The Science Plan of the International Human Dimensions Program for work on "Industrial Transformation" has been issued. The website is: http://www.uni-bonn.de/ihdp/ITSciencePlan/index.htm

The plan covers topics related to industrial ecology, consumption, urbanization and a variety of other topics. It is intended to help guide the research agenda for the international community interested in these issues.

Dear Colleagues

I'm working in a project to analyze the relation between tourism and ocean economic. I'm interested in knowing if anyone is working on this project. I also hope i could obtain and share those data. If anyone are interested in this subject, please let me know to future join projects.

Address: Professor Guo Jinjie
Economics and Management College
Zhanjian Ocean University
524088, Zhanjian city, Guangdong
China

Email: jinjie85@hotmail.com Tel/fax: (+86)759 2305449