The Aesthetic Survey: A Field Guide to an Integrative Methodology for the Study of Urban Change at the Neighborhood Scale - latest paper from Ben Gerlofs and Kylie Yuet Ning Poon @HKUgeography #methods

https://t.co/5FbRx3oGfS… Our CfP for a Special Issue on #Aeromobilities in #Tourism #Geographies (combining the two fields) is up! Please do consider it if you have any ideas. Very excited to see where this might take us!

Geopolitics and tourism - inherently entangled. Want to know more about tourism and the new geopolitics? See the recent published special issue in Tourism Geographies led by @BenIaquinto https://t.co/atoYsBL8rw

A great new paper by Ben A. Gerlofs an Xuechao Zheng from @HKUgeography in @antipodeonline "Humour as a Pedagogical Tool: Evidence and Implications for Critical Geography"

For a wider scholarly discussion on the topic, the recently published special issue in Tourism Geographies may be of interest. The opening article sets the stage and is Open Access and FREE to download. @BenIaquinto https://t.co/KRSaXyMBtn

🏝️ Published in an interactive map by Nusantara Atlas, the images show how the once tranquil coastlines have been transformed from sleepy dots on the map into a jungle of shopping strips, huge resorts and villas as far as the eye can see. https://t.co/xbHHyhEMVA

Latest urban geography research coming out of @HKUgeography offering a critical reassessment of the role of the state in gentrification processes. By @Bgerlofs & @kyliethepooh

🌍 The intersections between geopolitics and tourism have been thrust into the foreground in recent days, as links between conflict zones, sovereignty and crisis capitalism emerge. 🚨 In case you missed it, Tourism Geographies 26(5), 2024, THE NEW TOURISM GEOPOLITICS, is out.

#backpackers is the topic of this week's #Tourism #geographies #Podcast https://t.co/Y2XQwg1Ds4 via @acast @tandfsport @tandfonline @TourismJournal @BenIaquinto

Great new article in @ProgHumGeog by Zuyu Lyu and @JunxiQian 'Social and cultural geographies of economic innovation: Proliferation of meanings, articulation with user cultures, and dialectical power relations'

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I wrote about what second-wave positive psychology can teach us about tourism resilience - negative emotions can enable resilience as readily as positive ones

New article in @envplane! I examine long-proposed 'amorphous' dams & diversions in the Salween River Basin, & show how speculation & rumour are deployed strategically by different actors working towards project development or demise. Open access! https://t.co/7i4AMMyDtz

Fantastic keynote on "Drawing a future breath" by @bradley_rink at the Global Mobility Humanities Conference. Reflections on aspiration, aeromobilities, informal taxis, and bus journeys.. captivating talk!

Interviewer: “How do you explain this gap in your resume?” Me: “I was trying to connect with eduroam”

Some visitors just dropped by my room on the 111th floor @RitzCarlton Hong Kong 😱

NEW: Me, Rafael Azeredo & @BenIaquinto trace the evolution of the Working Holiday Maker backpacker visa that has become an essential labour cohort for rural AU. Out now in Rural Studies —

I wrote a commentary for @TourismJournal explaining how backpacker research has been developed within and beyond tourism geography in the past 25 years. Thanks to @jmcheer1 & @GeogProfMary for the invite. First 50 downloads free

The 2nd edition of the Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies is finally here! Many thanks to our fantastic chapter contributors, to @jmcheer1 for the foreword and to my brilliant co-editor, Dieter K. Müller. https://t.co/7UW5wmoUdB @igutourism @TourismJournal @RoutledgeGPU

Latest piece by me & Robert Mason on the role of exhibitions and creative expression to capture the ongoing legacy of Pacific mobility in regional Australia.