#Research-for-Action seminar: What role for tourism in the Doughnut?
Exploring the dual nature of tourism as both an extractive activity and a deeply relational practice
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Welcome to the latest Doughnut Research-for-Action seminar, entitled What role for tourism in the Doughnut?, co-hosted with Neus Crous Costa and convened by Doughnut Economics Action Lab.
📅 Tuesday, October 13, 1:00-2:00 PM (UK time)
Session Summary
Tourism has an extractive reputation among many postgrowth scholar-activists, yet it is also a relational practice: a context for enlightenment and reciprocity that many have experienced firsthand. Tourism can foster connection and love for the world, particularly when it is decoupled from the interests of profit and accumulation. This reflects lived experience: when tourism serves the public interest, people often defend it; yet when it serves capital, communities rise against it. This session offers an invitation to explore an urgent political question together: can we rethink the governance and management of tourism so that it is ecologically safe and accessible for all?
Speaker Bio
Neus holds a PhD in Tourism Studies from the University of Girona (Spain). Her present work expands towards climate citizenship from the perspective of applied philosophy, and she is particularly interested in imagining new futures and new relational networks. Neus is currently completing a Master’s in Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country and collaborates with the COST network on Climate Change and Mental Health in Europe. Her academic interests have developed through action-research with activist groups such as StayGrounded and Culture Declares Emergency.
How to Register
Please use this Zoom link to register for the seminar (also pasted at the top of this page). Upon registration (via zoom) you will receive an email confirmation. Please use the link in the email to add the event to your calendar.
This online seminar series is co-hosted by Andrew Fanning, DEAL's Research & Data Analysis Lead, together with members of the network and invited guests. The aim is to connect scholar-activists worldwide in open and informal spaces around specific topics/initiatives related to Doughnut Economics research and action. Feel free to bring a snack. 🍩
Thank you for your interest in connecting with scholar-activist peers to explore research for action with Doughnut Economics -- we look forward to learning with you!
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