Dr Rachael Ironside
@DrIronside
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Associate Professor; PhD in Social Interaction and Paranormal Experience; Researcher Dark Tourism/ Heritage/ Experience; love of life and chocolate!
Aberdeen
Joined September 2009
🌟PhD studentships at Robert Gordon University 🌟 Happy to chat to anyone who may be interested in pursuing a PhD in areas such as #tourism, #storytelling, #darktourism, #placemaking, #supernatural, #conversationanalysis, #socialinteraction
https://t.co/87j3bCdB5m
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Do you think Scotland could be the supernatural tourist destination of the world? 👻 🎃 Dr Rachael Ironside, in today's @TheScotsman, says Scotland, with its "character, identity, landscapes and heritage" makes a very strong case... In full ➡️ https://t.co/Ddgg0i3aDn
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'the temporal layering of cities creates fertile ground for supernatural rupture. The layering of history in urban space forces us to remember that which has been hidden by time or what has yet to come' @DrIronside & @alyedwards3 @Revenantjournal
https://t.co/emAbIM0ACY
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Delighted to share our Special Issue published last week in @Revenantjournal exploring Supernatural Cities! Available to access and read following the link below... #darktourism #supernatural #placemaking #gothic #urban #cities #storytelling
Our latest issue is out! Supernatural Cities: Placing urban identities, Memory and Cultural Crises - a wealth of fascinating research & reading to enjoy, edited by @DrIronside & @alyedwards3 Congratulations to all involved. Start exploring at the link... https://t.co/Y8m9XoRqOv
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Our project 'Talking about Prisons' is featured on @BBCScotlandNews! Funded by @BritishAcademy_ , the project is a collaboration between @RobertGordonUni and Peterhead Prison Museum exploring how visitors interact and make sense of difficult heritage. #darktourism #heritage
Captive audience: ‘Dark tourism' reactions at @PhdPrisonMuseum researched - how would you react to the more gruesome moments? #Peterhead #Aberdeenshire #darktourism @RobertGordonUni @DrIronside
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Thank you to @ThatsTVScotland for featuring our project 'Talking about Prisons' last week! @RobertGordonUni #talkingaboutprisons
"What we're interested in is how people interact in those spaces." @RobertGordonUni has launched a new research project to investigate how people engage with a variety of challenges based in a former prison.
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A research project is underway to help explore how people engage and deal with a range of challenging issues and ‘difficult heritage’, all set within an eerie preserved prison setting. Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/P6Pm0GgtQx
@DrIronside | @alona_ro | @PhdPrisonMuseum
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A fascinating exploration of the future possibilities of dark tourism! Delighted to contribute a chapter, "The Virtual Afterlife: Dark Tourism in the Hereafter" with @leith_craig . Available to pre-order now at the link below.
AVAILABLE to pre-order now. Due 10 Sept 2024. Discover the perils and possibilities of difficult heritage and dark tourism in future visitor economies. #DarkTourism
#NewBook #Heritage
https://t.co/Ld7DpbE6Kr
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Happy to share our most recent blog post from the Talking about Prison's project. Reflecting on our time collecting data at Peterhead Prison Museum and visit to Cruden Bay - https://t.co/FziJ5FbmJN
@RobertGordonUni #CA #interaction #darktourism #research #prison #heritage
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Delighted to kick off our Talking about Prisons project! You can find out more about the project here: https://t.co/FRCnwsPdif
#darktourism #prisonheritage #TaPs #ca #socialinteraction
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Shameless self-advertisement: “People, Technology, and Social Organisation. Interactionist Studies of Everyday Life” eds. Dirk vom Lehn, Will Gibson, and Natalia Ruiz-Junco (Routledge 2023) – Table of Contents and Abstracts https://t.co/PwMXLsi4TN
#EMCA #INTERACTIONISM #SSSI
dirkvl.info
Google Books Amazon (UK) Amazon (US) Routledge (UK) Routledge (US) People, Technology and Social Organization Interactionist Studies of Everyday Life edited by Dirk vom Lehn, Will Gibson and Natali…
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A special issue, "Dark Tourism and Spectral Geographies", coming soon to #TourismGeographies led by @Nitasha__Sharma, Annaclaudia Martini and Dallen Timothy. https://t.co/ceFIw2DKCn
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New CFP for a collection (edited by me) on seasonal horrors. Please, share widely!! Thanks https://t.co/1zhYPYQcjv
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Delighted to share this fully funded @sgsah PhD studentship opportunity - a collaboration between @EdinburghNapier @RobertGordonUni and Peterhead Prison Museum. Applications close 6th June. https://t.co/UwfDrDI9Zt
#darktourism #tourism #heritage #museums #phd #research
findaphd.com
PhD Project - The Role of Prison Museums in Public Culture: The Case of Peterhead at Edinburgh Napier University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Delighted to see our new edited collection arrive in print today. Thank you to our wonderful contributors for making this book possible - such a joy to bring together #folklore #place #tourism @routledgebooks
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Delighted to see our Culbin project featured in this blog! Check some of the fascinating projects in last years 'Year of Stories' programme below @MorayCouncil @BanffshireProf @RobertGordonUni @RGUresearch
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Excellent opportunity to apply for a Chancellor's Fellowship in research with @RobertGordonUni based in Orkney (£43-51k) #research #orkney
rgu.ac.uk
RGU has 5-year Fellowships available, focused on impactful, innovative and interdisciplinary research.
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Call for Papers! Haunted Landscapes: Nature, Super-Nature, and Global Environments Conference: Falmouth University, 4-6 July 2023 Please RT & share widely
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