A multisensory phenomenology of interrail mobilities

The state of research methods in tourism and hospitality

“…Adding to the debate on the benefits of subjective methodologies, in Chapter 16, Martin Trandberg Jensen discusses the analytic prospects of audio research methods in tourism. Critiquing textual modes of expression and contributing to the existing discourses on the use of sounds in research (e.g., Jensen et al, 2015;Lwin and Wee, 1999;Scarles, 2010), Martin alerts readers to the paucity of research that uses sound clips, audio music, and noise recording to deconstruct tourism experiences. Using a number of illustrations and examples, he provides a sonic manifesto for tourism and hospitality research.…”

New directions in the sociology of tourism

“…The study of sensory experiences of tourists is in principle an interdisciplinary field, but is in fact dominated by psychological approaches, particularly in marketing (Agapito et al 2013;Kim & Fesenmaier 2015) and destination branding studies. Sensory studies by tourism researchers share some common traits: they prioritize the embodiment paradigm over the cognitive paradigm (Agapto et al 2013); propose various 'scapes' for specific senses such as soundscapes (Liu, Liu & Deng 2016), smellscapes (Dann & Jacobsen 2003), tastescapes (Quan &Wang 2004), thermalscapes (Jensen, Scarles & S. Cohen 2015) and hapticscapes ('touchscapes'); but many prefer a holistic, multi-sensory approach over the study of specific senses (Agapito et al 2013;Hultén 2011;Jensen et al 2015). However, while rich in conceptualizations, the field of sensory studies in tourism is still quite poor in concrete empirical research.…”

The frictions of slow tourism mobilities: Conceptualising campervan travel

“…Conversely, Larsen (2001) argues that although trains were responsible for the initial mobilisation of tourists in the 19 th century, the car has now taken over as it provides a greater sensation of unpredictability via the experience of the open road: it allows users to change their routes at will. This is in contrast to the perceived relative rigid and freedom-restricting sense of railway travel which may limit detours and ad hoc stops (although rail travel has its own rhythmssee Roy and Hannam 2013;Jensen et al 2015). In contrast to the car then, public transportation is predominantly deemed to be both "inflexible" and "fragmented" in terms of accessibility (Urry 2004: 29).…”

“…The related literature on caravanning holidays attests to the wider significance of having a home on the move (see Mikkelsen and Cohen 2015). However, we seek to move beyond this to examine the frictions of the physical and socially embodied practices of campervan travel in order to address the call for more research into the multi-sensory practices of tourism mobilities (Roy and Hannam 2013;Hannam, Butler and Paris 2014;Jensen, Scarles and Cohen 2015;de Souza Bispo 2016;Lamers, Van der Duim and Spaargeren 2017).…”