Seminar: “Tourism and perception of nature”
Date: 5.12.2014 (Friday)
Place: Askja N367, University of Iceland, Sturlugata 7
The seminar is part of the project “Leisure practices and perception of nature. Polish tourists and migrants in Iceland” carried out by the University of Gdańsk in cooperation with University of Iceland and financed by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism. The main subject of the project is intersection of tourism and migration with a focus on leisure time and perceptions of nature.
Program
13:00 – 13:45 Agata Bachórz: The East looks East. Postcolonial perspective and tourism in Eastern Europe (the case of Poland and Russia)
13:45 – 14:30 Gunna Þór Jóhannesson: Connecting to nature: Tourism policy and practices
14:30 – 14:15 coffee break
14:45 – 15:30 Anna Horolets: Migrants' adaptation through leisure. Case study: Polish migrants in the UK and the U.S
15:30 – 16:15 Harald Schaller: Perception of conflict, communication, and consensus among stakeholders of protected areas in Iceland and Japan
16:15 – 17:00 general discussion