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Call for papers:
Journal of
Heritage Tourism
Special Issue:
Heritage Tourism in the Caribbean
Guest Editors: Dr.
Leslie-Ann Jordan and Professor Lee Jolliffe, University of the West Indies
Introduction
The Caribbean
has immense cultural, natural and built heritage tourism assets that have been
molded by its history of slavery, colonialism and the plantation economy.
Mather and Todd’s (1993:139) comments are still true today as the
Caribbean’s variety is still regarded as “…one of its major
selling points: its people, who are a mix of races; its different languages;
its architecture and fortifications arising from its colonial past; its variety
of religions ranging from Christianity to Hinduism to voodoo; its varied
topography, from flat sand islands of the Bahamas to the lush tropical
mountains of St. Lucia; its cuisine, ceremonies and
traditions”. In the wake of increasing competition from
emerging destinations, many Caribbean destinations have realized that their
future tourism potential is almost solely based on the utilisation of this rich
heritage. Their plans to harness these assets have been riddled with as
many challenges as success stories. The purpose of this special issue is
to share and discuss some of the key issues facing heritage tourism in the
Caribbean.
Subject Coverage
This special issue
on heritage tourism in the Caribbean is designed to cover a range of issues
surrounding the natural, cultural, built, urban and colonial heritage of the
Caribbean region including, but not limited too, the following:
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Tourism-heritage nexus
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Trends in policy developments for heritage
tourism
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Regulatory and policy environment
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Development of the heritage tourism product
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Marketing the heritage tourism
product
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Evolution of heritage tourism markets and products
in the region
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Impact analysis and assessment of
heritage tourism – economic, socio-cultural, environmental, political
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Authenticity and cultural dependency
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Sustainable heritage development
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Conservation and preservation
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Community interest, involvement
and participation
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World Heritage Convention/World
Heritage Sites – journey from ‘tentative listing’ to being
‘inscribed’
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Institutional arrangements –
national, regional and international
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Impact of technology
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Issues in the interpretation of contested
heritage
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The role of museums and historic sites in
heritage tourism in the region
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The politics of heritage
In addition to submissions
from/about the Anglophone Caribbean, we welcome submissions from/about the
French, Spanish and Dutch speaking Caribbean islands.
Notes for Prospective Authors
All papers
submitted for the special edition of the Journal of Heritage Tourism will be
subject to double-blind peer review before acceptance for publication and
should conform to all criteria, submitting and formatting requirements as
described at: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1743-873X&linktype=44
Abstracts due: March
25th, 2011
Notification of acceptable abstract: April
22nd, 2011.
Submission of full papers: July 29th,
2011.
Feedback from blind reviewers:
September 30th, 2011
Revised full papers due:
December 30th, 2011
The publication
of the special issue is planned for late 2012 or early 2013.
Editors and Notes
Selection
of papers will be based on abstract submissions. Abstracts should not exceed
200 words.
Indicate
the author's name, affiliation and contact information (phone number and email
address) only on the cover page of the abstract. Only the primary author will
be notified regarding the outcome of the review process.
Abstracts should be sent in the
form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail to the following, with the
Subject line “Special Issue Heritage Tourism in the Caribbean”:
Dr. Leslie-Ann Jordan-Miller
Hospitality/Tourism Lecturer
Department of Management Studies
University of the West Indies
St. Augustine
Trinidad
E-mail:
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or
Professor
Lee Jolliffe
Almond
Chair in Tourism and Hospitality Management
Director, Cave Shepherd Tourism Research and Documentation Centre,
The University of the West Indies
Cave
Hill, Barbados
E-mail:
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JOURNAL
INFORMATION
The Journal of Heritage Tourism is a
peer-reviewed, international transdisciplinary journal, edited by Professor Dallen
J. Timothy, with a distinguished international editorial board. JHT focuses
on exploring the many facets of one of the most notable and widespread types of
tourism. During the past 20 years, the study of tourism has become highly
fragmented and specialised into various theme areas, or concentrations. Within
this context, heritage tourism is one of the most commonly investigated forms
of tourism, and thousands of scholars and industry workers are involved in
researching its dynamics and concepts. JHT seeks to examine
critically all aspects of culture, heritage and tourism.
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