Tara Duncan

Lifestyle Mobilities: The Crossroads of Travel, Leisure and Migration

Abstract This article examines how the mobilities paradigm intersects with physically moving as an ongoing lifestyle choice. We conceptualise a lens of ‘lifestyle mobilities’ that challenges discrete notions of and allows for a wider grasp of the increasing fluidity between travel, leisure and migration. We demonstrate how contemporary lifestyle-led mobility patterns contribute to and illustrate a breakdown in conventional binary divides between work and leisure, and a destabilisation of concepts of ‘home’ and ‘away’. We unpack issues of identity construction, belonging and place attachment associated with sustained corporeal mobility, and conclude by suggesting avenues for the further study of lifestyle mobilities.

Current Issues in the Global Hospitality Industry

This paper aims to highlight the current issues of most concern for the hospitality industry worldwide. By examining a number of hospitality and hotel association websites from around the world, eight main areas of concern for the hospitality industry were highlighted and examined in more detail. These areas included employment issues, taxation levels and environmental issues. The paper concludes by recognising both the powerful position many of these associations now hold on a national and sometimes international scale and the global nature of many of the main issues of concern for the hospitality industry

Academic mobility in the Anthropocene era: a comparative study of university policy at three New Zealand institutions

Anthropogenic climate change is a wicked problem, requiring fundamental behavioural and technological responses now, in the Anthropocene, a term denoting the current era of human dominance of biological, chemical and geological processes on Earth. Travel and transport policies are key to effective responses, confronting both leisure and business travellers, including academics. This paper explores in detail the factors that promote or suppress academic travel, examining institutional policies which frame academic mobility practices at three New Zealand universities; University of Otago, University of Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington. It finds evidence of little congruence between sustainability statements, with their wide discourses on environmental sustainability, and the institutional policies governing academic mobility. Three overriding themes emerging from the analysis are presented: hollow words (describing a lack of meaningful commitment to sustainability, with disconnections between sustainability rhetoric and key policies), unspoken words (assumptions about the necessity of travel) and facilitating mobilities (promoting travel, rewarding those who travel). These themes highlight varying degrees of divergence between the sustainability imperatives of these universities and the carbon emissions of institutionalised academic mobilities. Concluding remarks highlight opportunities for New Zealands academic institutions to align travel policies with growing sustainability imperatives and discuss future research directions.

Experiencing ‘moments of home’ through diaspora tourism and travel

ABSTRACT Whilst the relationship between diasporic communities and tourism has been explored in the tourism literature, it has generally been underpinned by a limited consideration of the notion of home. Based on ethnographic research with an Iranian diasporic community in the South Island of New Zealand, this paper explores the different ways in which this diaspora community engages with travel and tourism to (re)produce and taste ‘home’. It is argued that the notion of home should be viewed as incomplete, contingent and fleeting, rather than fixed and permanent, specifically within the tourism context. The concept of ‘moments of home’ is presented to illustrate how diasporic communities use travel and tourism to find, maintain or make home when away from their original homeland. Thus, ‘moments of home’ is proposed in order to allow a more complex and dynamic understanding of the relationship between diaspora tourism and home.

Co-producing mobilities:negotiating geographical knowledge in a conference session on the move

Abstract In an experimental session entitled Co-Producing Mobilities held at the 2014 Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, 20 mobility scholars travelled around London on foot, by bus and by Tube to investigate how mobilities could be considered co-produced. In this paper, 18 participants reflect on this collaborative experiment and on how it influenced their thinking about mobilities, geographical knowledge and pedagogy. Contributions cast light on the function of conferences and the multiple forms of pedagogy they enable, and provide guiding resources for those now wanting to continue such experiments.This is Sophie Cranstons section of the following paper: Simon Cook, Anna Davidson, Elaine Stratford, Jennie Middleton, Anna Plyushteva, Helen Fitt, Sophie Cranston, Paul Simpson, Hannah Delaney, Kate Evans, AmyJones, Jonathan Kershaw, Nina Williams, David Bissell, Tara Duncan, Frans Sengers, Joanna Elvy & Clancy Wilmott (2016) Co-Producing Mobilities: negotiating geographical knowledge in a conference session on the move, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 40:3, 340-374, DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2016.1141397. This is a Submitted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Geography in Higher Education on 29 Feb 2016, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2016.1141397.

Organizational Culture and Scale Development: Methodological Challenges and Future Directions

Abstract Defining and measuring organizational culture (OC) is of paramount importance to organizations because a strong culture could potentially increase service quality and yield sustainable competitive advantages. However, such process could be challenging to managers because the scope of OC has been defined differently across disciplines and industries, which has led to the development of various scales for measuring OC. In addition, previously developed OC scales may also not be fully applicable in the hospitality and tourism context. Therefore, by highlighting the key factors affecting the business environment and the unique characteristics of hospitality industry, this paper aims to align the scope of OC closely with the industry and to put forth the need for a new OC scale that accurately responds to the context of the hospitality industry.

[Re]positioning second homes within leisure studies

Nearly 40 years ago, Coppock (1977) produced his ground-breaking Second Homes: Curse or Blessing? which, at the time, brought together in one volume the collective knowledge of second home scholars around the world. In the early years of scholarship, research was predominantly focused on describing the spatial distribution of second homes and the demographics and motivations of owners. Almost 30 years later, Hall and Müller (2004) brought together the controversial notions of elitism and egalitarianism in second homes in their edited volume Tourism, Mobility and Second Homes: Between Elite Landscape and Common Ground. New research directions in this volume included the investigation of deeper, more nuanced understandings surrounding the meanings associated with second home ownership (Quinn 2004), and the addressing of issues associated with mobility and social justice (Halseth 2004). Second home research has now also begun to emerge from countries and regions hitherto invisible to the academic gaze such as South Africa, Russia and Ireland (Visser 2003; Fitz Gerald 2005; Nefedova and Pallot 2013). Even in countries where second homes are presented as an integral part of society, a (somewhat) normative experience, such as Norway, Finland and New Zealand, researchers are now questioning such representations of national identity (Abram 2012; Pitkänen 2008). However, even though the underlying raison d’être of the majority of second homes may be recreation and leisure, this link seems to have largely been overlooked or forgotten; second home studies have been largely absent from the leisure studies literature. Our initial call for papers drew a gratifying response with nearly 30 abstracts received (thank you to all contributors) and it was with much discussion and careful thought that our shortlist was selected. This special issue of Annals of Leisure Research seeks to begin to address this absence from the leisure studies literature and each of the articles presented sheds light on a different aspect of the relationship between second homes and leisure. Furthermore, the papers published in this special issue represent a wide geographical spread and thus we hope to highlight new cultural perspectives on second homes and leisure practices. This broad spectrum of articles certainly contributes to the new direction and focus of the editorial team of Annals of Leisure Research and their desire to strengthen and internationalize the journal’s position (Carr 2013). We are in the privileged position of being the first issue of Annals of Leisure Research to include a critical commentary and we thank Chris Paris for his extremely insightful comments on the state of second home literature within leisure studies. Our appreciation

Host and backpacker perceptions of environmental impacts of backpacker tourism: A case study of the Yasawa Islands, Fiji:

This paper examines host and backpacker perceptions of the environmental impacts of backpacker tourism on local communities in less-developed countries. The discussion is based on data collected in 2011 via surveys and interviews with host and backpacker populations in the Yasawa Islands of Fiji. The results suggest that there is a significant difference between the perceptions of hosts and their guests towards the environmental impacts of backpacker tourism. Backpackers believe that they generate a higher extent of negative environmental impacts on the destination than those perceived by their hosts. This study broadens the understanding of the impacts of backpacker tourism from dual perspectives – both the hosts and guests.

The issue of translation during thematic analysis in a tourism research context

This research note discusses issues with translation of non-English text during qualitative analysis in tourism research using examples from the newly emergent phenomenon of Chinese working holidaymakers in New Zealand. In particular, this note highlights an additional translation step in the thematic analysis process with non-English interview quotes and excerpts. This note argues the merit of researchers’ dual role as researcher/translator and discusses how researchers can undertake translation in cross-language research to maintain the rigour of qualitative tourism research.

Non-tourism magazines as sources of material in tourism research

This research note discusses a significant gap in tourism research – the use of non-tourism magazines as a valuable source of research material. Researchers have long used travelrelated publications for their research purposes. However, many of the messages people absorb about tourism come from non-tourism media. Despite its significance as a reflection and influencer of societal views, non-tourism media is a largely underutilized resource in tourism research [see Jordan’s (2007) work on the discourses in tourism found in women’s lifestyle magazines in the UK as a notable exception]. It is argued here that using non-tourism magazines makes it possible to uncover previously under-explored messages about tourism practices that are circulated to a broader public audience. For centuries, magazines have influenced and reflected society’s changing beliefs, fashions, tastes, and desires. In New Zealand, Leonard, Perkins, and Thorns (2004) contend that magazines have played a significant role in influencing ideas of taste in the architecture and home-making arenas. However, magazines also communicate more subtle discourses to their readers. For example, longitudinal studies using magazines have identified evolving gendered discourses and changes in societal beliefs and values over time (Osgerby, 2005; Shaw & Brookes, 1999). Despite the significance of such findings, tourism studies have largely ignored non-tourism magazines in examinations of the construction of social class, place, and local or national identity (see for example Page, Steele, & Connell, 2006; Schellhorn & Perkins, 2004). The purpose of this note is certainly not to dismiss such research. Rather, it seeks to encourage tourism researchers to engage with broader public discourses surrounding tourism practices through a focus on nontourism-specific print media.