Annals: 40–40 vision

A multisensory phenomenology of interrail mobilities

“…The paper has demonstrated how phenomenology in tourism can be informed by sensuous concerns (Edensor & Falconer, 2011) and non-representational approaches (Xiao et al, 2013). Whilst the paper extends recent contributions on the sensory in tourism (Edensor, 2007b;Scarles, 2010), its main contribution is the original application of multisensory phenomenology in the context of interrailing.…”

“…Firstly, we interrelate sensuous tourism research (Crang, 2003;Crouch & Desforges, 2003;Edensor, 2007a) and non-representational approaches (Xiao, Jafari, Cloke, & Tribe, 2013) to further inform tourism mobilities research (Hannam, Butler, & Paris, 2014). More specifically, this contribution derives from the novel application of a multisensory phenomenology inspired by the experimental aspirations of research framed within non-representational theory (NRT), to an under-researched tourism and rail travel phenomenon: interrailing (Fernandes, Sarmento, & Matias, 2013;Johnson, 2010;Klingbeil, 1994).…”

Tourism and decolonisation: Locating research and self

“…Indeed, in reflections on Annals after 40 years of publication, Xiao, Jafari, Cloke and Tribe (2013) indicate that the rationale behind publishing abstracts in French while it did not reduce the language problem "was intended more as a statement that Annals recognises that language is a major obstacle in communicating research and understands the 'pain' of those whose native language is not English" (p.356-357). Hall (2013) in a review of the state of tourism geography also underscores the importance of language in knowledge creation when he states No matter how important local and national knowledge is within a specific spatial context, unless it is conveyed in English it has little chance to enter the global marketplace and be reproduced and circulated.…”

Tourism Evolution: On the Synergies of Tourism Studies and Evolutionary Economic Geography

“…The challenging epistemology of tourism studies has been at the core of its scholarly development for decades as tourism studies has embraced and advanced theory from several disciplines (Xiao, Jafari, Cloke, & Tribe, 2013). Therefore, calls from tourism scholars for closer theoretical connection between economic geography and tourism studies should be taken seriously (Ioannides, 2006;Mitchell & Murphy, 1991;Song, Dwyer, Li, & Cao, 2012).…”